What C-level HR Jobs Ask For
Across 384 open C-level HR postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are employee-relations, performance-management, analytics.
Updated October 28, 2026
426 open C-level HR postings. The percentages below are measured over the 384 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| employee-relations | 64% |
| performance-management | 49% |
| analytics | 35% |
| hris | 34% |
| ai | 30% |
| succession-planning | 30% |
| talent-management | 24% |
| automation | 20% |
| stakeholder-management | 12% |
| corrective-action | 10% |
| candidate-experience | 10% |
| people-analytics | 10% |
| process-improvement | 7% |
| employer-branding | 6% |
| oracle | 5% |
| regulatory-compliance | 5% |
| strategic-planning | 5% |
| agentic-ai | 4% |
| osha | 4% |
| networking | 4% |
| accessibility | 3% |
| data-analytics | 3% |
| data-quality | 3% |
| risk-assessment | 3% |
| saas | 3% |
| agile | 2% |
| cloud | 2% |
| successfactors | 2% |
| vendor-management | 2% |
| data-governance | 2% |
| machine-learning | 2% |
| sap | 2% |
| adp | 2% |
| ai-enablement | 2% |
| api | 2% |
| gdpr | 2% |
| hipaa | 2% |
| notion | 2% |
| root-cause-analysis | 2% |
| six-sigma | 2% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 426 open C-level HR jobs →
Across all HR levels
Most HR postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- employee-relations 5,266
- performance-management 3,939
- hris 2,437
- talent-management 1,849
- succession-planning 1,680
- analytics 1,606
- ai 1,559
- corrective-action 852
- process-improvement 763
- automation 719
- stakeholder-management 608
- accessibility 385