How It Works
Step 1: Map Your HR Needs
We start with an HR audit — reviewing your current people operations, compliance posture, policies, systems, and upcoming challenges. Lever Talent identifies what you have, what you're missing, and what's most urgent.
Step 2: Match You With the Right HR Leader
Based on your industry, stage, and priorities, we match you with a fractional HR professional from Lever Talent's network who has been specifically vetted for your project. While we can find you a junior HR generalist if needed, most of our fractional HR professionals have deep experience building people functions at companies like yours.
Step 3: Design Your Engagement Model
We flex to your needs — whether that's 2 days per week, 10 hours per month, or a project-based scope. Your fractional HR leader integrates with your team, attends key meetings, and operates as a true member of your leadership team.
Step 4: Launch, Execute, and Evolve
Your fractional HR professional hits the ground running on priority items, like building an employee handbook, managing a termination, recruiting new employees, running payroll, launching a benefits review, or building your hiring process. As your needs evolve, we flex the engagement up, down, or transition to a permanent hire.
What You Get - Real HR Leadership, Flexibly Delivered
1: HR Audit & Needs Assessment
A full review of your HR function — policies, systems, and compliance. You receive a written assessment with prioritized recommendations and a 90-day action plan.
2: Dedicated Fractional HR Leader
An experienced HR professional matched to your industry and stage, working part-time as an extension of your team. They lead strategic and operational HR, not just paperwork.
3: Compliance & Policy Framework
Your fractional HR leader ensures you're compliant with federal and state employment laws, builds or updates your employee handbook, and establishes core HR policies.
4: Talent Acquisition Support
From job descriptions and interview frameworks to offer letters and onboarding programs, your fractional HR pro builds a repeatable hiring process.
5: Employee Relations Management
Performance issues, terminations, accommodations, leave management — your fractional HR leader handles sensitive employee matters with experience and legal awareness.
6: People Operations Infrastructure
We manage HR tech selection, benefits, payroll, performance frameworks, and compensation benchmarking. We build the operational backbone your people function needs.
Who This Is For
Startups and Scaling Companies
Outgrown the "CEO handles HR" phase but not ready for a full-time hire? Fractional HR provides expert infrastructure and strategy without the $150K+ salary commitment.
Companies Between HR Leaders
Your HR director just left, and you need someone to hold the function together while you search. Lever Talent provides an experienced fractional HR leader who can step in immediately.
PE Portfolio Companies Without Established HR Functions
Many PE-backed firms lack formal HR. Fractional HR gives portfolio companies senior leadership to build the compliance, talent, and people operations foundation your investment thesis requires.
Companies Facing Compliance or Employee Relations Challenges
Facing a complaint or outdated policies? A fractional HR professional can step in immediately to manage urgent issues and build the infrastructure to prevent future ones.
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