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Human Resources

Human Resources is a job family — a stable cluster of work with shared purpose, outputs, responsibilities, and labor-market identity. On the frame it spans 6 canonical roles across the M track, 6 levels in all.

Titles that map here

Employers call this work many things — these all resolve to Human Resources.

The job family matrix

Every level of the family, side by side — what genuinely changes as the work scales, and what it pays. Open any level for its full profile.

M1
Human Resources Supervisor
3–6 yrs · $89k
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M2
Senior HR Supervisor
5–8 yrs · $115k
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M3
Human Resources Senior
8–12 yrs · $125k
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M4
Senior Manager, Human Resources
10–15 yrs · $175k
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M5
Director of Human Resources
12–18 yrs · $196k
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M6
Senior Director, Human Resources
15–25 yrs · $252k
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Median pay$89k$115k$125k$175k$196k$252k
ScopeA single teamAn established team or sub-functionMultiple teams or a sub-functionA function or departmentMultiple functions or a large departmentA major function or division
AutonomyManages within established goalsOwns planning for the groupSets goals within functional strategyOwns area strategy and budgetOwns multi-year strategy for the areaAccountable for division strategy and outcomes
ComplexityDay-to-day delivery and people issuesCross-project coordination and prioritiesMulti-team execution and resourcing trade-offsStrategic priorities and cross-functional alignmentOrg-level trade-offs and investmentEnterprise priorities and external factors
ImpactTeam output and healthGroup delivery and developmentSub-function outcomesFunction-level resultsMulti-function resultsDivision-wide / organization-wide
Decision rightsOwns team execution, hiring input, performanceOwns staffing, priorities, performance for the groupOwns goals, budget input, and people decisions across teamsOwns strategy, budget, and org design for the areaOwns investment and org design across functionsOwns strategy, budget, and org for a division
LeadershipDirect people management of one teamManages a team; sometimes manages leadsManages managers and/or several teamsLeads managers; sets direction for the functionLeads directors and managersLeads the leadership of a division

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Adjacent families

The work that sits closest to Human Resources on the frame — by coordinate distance, not by hand.

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