Senior HR Operations Specialist (Deployment Support)

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Position Summary

At Metrea, people are the power behind mission success. We don’t just hire world-class Aviators, Flight Operations leaders, and technical specialists—we create an environment where they can thrive, grow, and deliver critical effects worldwide.

Our Air Domain covers everything from Airborne ISR and Aerial Firefighting to Advanced Training, and Aircraft Engineering—operating across FAA, EASA, and CASA standards.

Now we’re expanding fast—and we’re looking for an Aviation focused People Business Partner in Tampa. This is your chance to shape something new. You’ll partner directly with aviation leaders, build workforce strategies, design organizations, and develop talent plans that keep pace with a complex, safety-critical, multinational environment. You’ll also craft People policies, tackle fresh challenges, and build scalable solutions as we grow.

This isn’t a typical HR role—it’s a chance to design, influence, and partner at the heart of a mission that impacts global security. If you’re excited by growth, thrive on trust and impact, and love unlocking potential in others, we want to hear from you. This role is critical to ensuring workforce stability, regulatory compliance, and teammate well-being within mission-critical rotational programs. You will directly support retention, operational continuity, and readiness across high-demand technical and cleared roles. Success means balancing strategy and action: designing scalable people practices, advising on complex employee matters, and leaning into the tough problems with curiosity and pragmatism.

What You'll Do

Lead People Team coordination for rotational and deployed personnel across CONUS and OCONUS assignments

Manage pre-deployment HR readiness processes, including documentation, benefits review, compensation alignment, compliance verification, and security clearance coordination

Ensure compliance with federal contractor requirements (ITAR, DFARS, EEOC, OFCCP), export controls, and labor regulations related to domestic and international assignments

Support reintegration processes including payroll reconciliation, benefits transitions, PTO alignment, and return-to-home-site onboarding

Serve as primary HR contact for deployers and rotational teammates

Provide proactive support for benefits, leave administration (FMLA, military leave, ADA accommodations), hardship cases, and family-related matters

Develop and maintain structured communication cadence with deployed employees

Support crisis response coordination for deployed personnel when needed

Collaborate with Total Rewards to ensure proper administration of deployment premiums, hazard pay (if applicable), per diem, differentials, and tax considerations while providing deployers with clear explanations of compensation structures and benefits coverage while deployed

Partner with Legal and Security teams to mitigate risk in sensitive or export-controlled environments

Provide administrative support for investigations and employee relations matters involving deployed or rotational staff

Standardize pre-deployment checklists, reintegration protocols, and communication workflows

What You Bring

A strong background in aviation and/or defense (experience in one essential, both highly desirable)

Flexibility and resilience to thrive in a fast-moving, safety-critical environment

Experience shaping and delivering people initiatives across the full employee lifecycle—workforce planning, talent, engagement, and employee relations

Experience supporting field-based, rotational, or multi-state workforce populations

Strong knowledge of federal and state employment law, including FMLA, ADA, USERRA, and wage and hour regulations

Experience in federal contracting environment preferred

Ability to manage sensitive information with discretion

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Minimum of 5 years of experience resolving complex employee relations issues as a HR Manager or HR Operations Specialist

Working knowledge of ITAR/DFARS compliance considerations, experience supporting security-cleared personnel and supporting OCONUS or international assignments

Preferred Education, Experience and Certificates

Experience: Aerospace/aviation or defence industry

Certificates and Licenses: Professional in Human Resources or SHRM-CP

Computer Skills: Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite Programs and HRIS

Benefits

Comprehensive medical plan options

HSA/FSA accounts

Dental and vision coverage

6% employer 401(k) match

Fully paid parental leave for all new parents

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance

Long-term and Short-term disability coverage

AD&D Coverage

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

AAP / EEO Statement

Metrea Management LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.

Work Environment

This job operates in an office setting.

Travel

Less than 10%

Base Pay Range

The compensation range shown below is a good faith estimate and reflects the expected base pay for this position upon hire. This is just one component of Metrea's overall approach to total rewards and final compensation decisions, including the ultimate salary or hourly rate agreed upon, may vary depending on factors such as job location, job-specific knowledge, skills, experience, and the overall negotiated compensation package. Eligible full-time employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their health, wellbeing, and long-term success.

Pay Range$85,000—$100,000 USD

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.