Fractional HR · for growing U.S. businesses

Senior HR leadership.
Fractional, not full-time.

Strategic HR for Growing Businesses

Too big to keep handling HR informally, too small to hire a full-time leader — Scale HR Partners brings senior-level HR expertise to fast-growing U.S. companies, without the full-time price tag.

20–50 employee companies· Remote-first· U.S. Eastern Time· Senior HR expertise· No long-term lock-in·

01 — The problem

You didn't start this company to run HR.

But somewhere between 12 and 50 employees, HR stops being something you can improvise on a Friday afternoon.

  • The founder is still personally handling every hire, every complaint, every awkward conversation.
  • Onboarding looks different every time, depending on who runs it.
  • There's no employee handbook — or there is one, and nobody has read it since 2021.
  • You're one classification mistake or missed filing away from a real compliance problem.
  • Managers are absorbing HR work they were never trained to do — and it shows in retention.

02 — Services

Three layers. BUILD, OPERATE, SCALE.

Most engagements start at BUILD and move outward. You never pay for a layer you're not ready for.

01 / 03

BUILD

Put the foundation in place — the documents, policies and structure a company your size is expected to have.

  • Employee Handbook
  • HR Policies & Procedures
  • Job Descriptions
  • Onboarding Programs
  • HR Documentation
  • Compliance Audits
  • Compensation Structure

You stop operating on verbal agreements and good intentions.

02 / 03

OPERATE

Run the day-to-day HR function so it stops landing on the founder's desk.

  • Employee Relations
  • Payroll Coordination
  • Benefits Administration
  • HR Compliance
  • Hiring Process Guidance
  • Onboarding & Offboarding
  • Leave Management
  • Performance Support

HR questions get answered the same day — by someone who has seen them before.

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SCALE

Bring senior HR judgment into the room where the growth decisions get made.

  • HR Strategy
  • Leadership Coaching
  • Organizational Planning
  • Workforce Planning
  • Performance Management
  • Culture Development
  • Retention Strategies
  • HR Reporting & Metrics

Headcount, comp and structure decisions get made with data, not gut feel.

Full-time vs. fractional

The math is simple.

A full-time HR leader is a six-figure fixed cost — salary, benefits, payroll taxes, recruiting, and months of ramp before impact.

Full-time HR Manager

$90,000–$110,000/ year

  • Base salary + benefits + payroll taxes
  • Recruiting cost and time to hire
  • Months of ramp before real impact
  • A fixed cost whether the workload is high or low

save up to 70%

Scale HR Partners

starting at $30,000/ year

  • Senior-level expertise from day one
  • Flat monthly fee, month-to-month
  • Scales up or down with your needs
  • No recruiting, no benefits, no ramp

03 — Pricing

Four ways to work together.

Flat monthly fees. No per-employee pricing, no implementation fees, no long-term contract.

HR Health Check

$2,000 one-time

✦ Price discounted in the 1st month of any chosen plan.

Any size — the entry point

  • Full compliance & hiring audit
  • Handbook and documentation review
  • Prioritized 90-day action plan
  • One working session to walk through findings
Request the Health Check

Essential HR Partner

$2,900 /month

10–20 employees

  • Email HR support
  • Employee relations
  • Compliance oversight
  • Hiring & onboarding / offboarding support
  • Monthly check-in meeting
Start with Essential

Strategic HR Partner

$6,000 /month

50–80 employees

  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • Fractional HR leadership
  • Compensation strategy
  • Workforce planning
  • Culture & org development
  • Unlimited advisory
Talk about Strategic

The HR Health Check price is discounted in the 1st month of any chosen plan.

Your team's data stays confidential — no third-party sharing, ever.

04 — How it works

From first call to embedded partner.

Four steps. Usually two to three weeks from discovery call to onboarding.

  1. Discovery call

    A 30-minute diagnostic conversation — not a sales pitch. We map where you are and whether fractional HR is the right call.

  2. HR Health Check

    If it makes sense, we run a full audit of compliance, hiring and documentation, and hand you a prioritized 90-day plan.

  3. Plan proposal

    We recommend the tier that fits your size and complexity — no upsell, no long-term lock-in.

  4. Onboard as your partner

    We embed into your team, meet your managers, and start clearing the HR backlog from week one.

05 — Leadership

The people you'll actually work with.

Two founders, two capabilities most growing companies never get under one roof — senior HR expertise, and the operational discipline to make it real.

the person you'll actually work with

Camilo Riveros

Founder & CEO

Over 15 years, he's built HR from scratch — policies, systems, and people strategy — for companies ranging from fast-growing startups to large multinationals across the U.S. and South America.

He's managed multi-country budgets and stakeholders, and led HR through hyper-growth, market acquisitions, and the legal complexity of operating across the U.S. and LATAM at once. That's the same complexity growing companies face today — they just can't yet justify a full-time senior hire to solve it. Scale exists to close that gap.

  • 15+ yrsHR leadership across the U.S. & South America
  • Startups → multinationalsFull range of company scale
  • Multi-countryBudgets, stakeholders, legal complexity (US & LATAM)
  • Hyper-growth & acquisitionsLed HR through both

“Companies don't need more HR theory. They need someone who's actually built the function before — and knows exactly what to build next.”

Camilo Riveros, Founder & CEO

Camilo leads the HR.Sofia makes it run.One integrated partnership.

the person who turns strategy into execution

Sofia Tejada

Co-Founder | Business Operations & Client Partnerships

Sofia brings a background in Business Administration and extensive experience across operations, administrative management, client relationships and business development. Her strength is coordinating processes, managing stakeholders and turning business needs into practical workflows.

At Scale HR Partners, she leads business operations, client partnerships and business development, helping ensure that the firm's HR strategy translates into an organized, responsive client experience.

“Good strategy only creates value when someone turns it into action.”

Sofia Tejada, Co-Founder

06 — The market

Why this role keeps going unfilled.

Built for growing teams in professional services — agencies, boutique consultancies, B2B SaaS, legal and accounting firms.

73%

of U.S. small businesses have no dedicated HR professional on staff.

SHRM / U.S. small-business HR surveys

50 employees

is the threshold where federal compliance obligations (FMLA, EEO-1 and more) expand sharply.

U.S. Department of Labor

40%

of a manager's time can be lost to people issues they were never trained to handle.

Gallup, manager effectiveness research

We're currently onboarding our first retainer clients — no invented logos, no fake testimonials.

07 — Book a call

Start with a free HR audit call.

Thirty minutes, no pitch. Pick a time below — or send us a note first if you'd rather.

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