Senior HR Executive |Â People Business Partner
Lori Norman
I build the whole HR function, not half of it.
Operations and strategy, startup to enterprise. 30 years building, scaling, and integrating people functions for complex, high-growth, and acquisition-driven organizations.
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Available now - Fully Remote
30
Years in HR
Leadership
25,000+
Employees supported
125+
Subsidiaries
250+
Locations
Dozens
M&A Integrations Led
3
SSRN Papers accepted 2026
A senior HR or People Business Partner role with an organization that values strategic thinking and wants an experienced partner at the leadership table. Having a sense of humor and enjoying the fun in what we build, is also appreciated.      Fully remote, available immediately.
What I'm Looking For
Strategic Value I Bring
C-Suite People Partnership
Trusted strategic partner aligning people strategy to business goals at scale.
Data-driven HR & Technology
HRIS, analytics, and AI-powered tools that serve people and outcomes.
Executive Coaching & Development
Succession planning and building HR teams into high-performing partners.
Eight areas of senior HR impact Â
M&A Workforce Integration
HR due diligence and integration across dozens of acquisitions.
Pay Equity & Total Rewards
Compensation architecture that is fair, defensible, and aligned to value.
Benefits & Total Rewards Design
Streamlining HR operations through advanced technology implementation and automated reporting systems.
HR Infrastructure From Scratch
Repeatedly recruited to build HR functions where none existed.
Employee Relations & Trust
Reading the pulse of the organization and fixing root causes.
Be the beacon, navigation is tricky
A Bit About Me
I build, transform, and scale people functions for complex, high-growth, remote, multi-state, and acquisition-driven organizations, partnering with CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and founders to turn people strategy into business execution.
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Organizations bring me in to solve:
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HR infrastructure that has not kept up with growth
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Remote and multi-state workforce complexity
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M&A workforce and HRIS integration and cultural alignment
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Employee relations risk and leadership accountability
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HRIS, payroll, benefits, compensation, and compliance gaps
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Leadership development, performance management, and succession planning
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I have stood up HR functions from the ground up, optimized processes using AI, centralized payroll and benefits across multi-entity organizations, led workforce integrations, and advised leadership through growth and change, across startup, consulting, media, construction, union, non-union, and remote environments. Whether the need is operational, such as HRIS, payroll, compliance, and M&A integration, or strategic, such as executive advisory, org design, and people partnership, I build the whole function rather than half of it.
I love doing research on challenges that face HR leadership today. I put that to use by writing articles on current topics. Here are some recent ones:
SSRN HR research - accepted by Organizational Dynamics, 2026
Pending SSRN Article submitted for review - 2026