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HR Business Partner

Own client relationships end to end and act as the strategic HR partner for a portfolio of small businesses.

📍 Plymouth, MI / Hybrid 💼 Full-time 📅 Posted Sep 9, 2026
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About the role

What you will do

Forge HR Group is looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team. You will work directly with owners and leadership teams at small businesses across the country, acting as their HR department rather than a distant adviser.

This is hands-on, varied work. One day you are rewriting a handbook, the next you are coaching a manager through a difficult conversation or untangling a wage-and-hour question.

  • # What you will do
  • Own a portfolio of client relationships as their primary HR contact
  • Advise on compliance, employee relations, and workplace investigations
  • Build handbooks, policies, and onboarding programs that actually get used
  • Coach managers and owners through performance and people decisions
  • Support recruiting and onboarding as clients grow
  • # What we are looking for
  • 5+ years in an HR generalist, HRBP, or HR manager role
  • Strong working knowledge of federal and multi-state employment law
  • Comfortable advising business owners directly and being the one with the answer
  • PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP is a plus, not a requirement
  • Experience supporting small businesses or multiple clients at once is a real advantage

# Why Forge
We are a small, senior team. You will have genuine ownership of your clients, no layers of approval to work through, and variety that a single in-house role rarely offers.

Compensation is competitive and based on experience. Tell us what you are looking for when you apply.

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