What Lead HR Jobs Ask For
Across 46 open Lead HR postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are employee-relations, performance-management, succession-planning.
Updated November 1, 2026
50 open Lead HR postings. The percentages below are measured over the 46 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| employee-relations | 59% |
| performance-management | 52% |
| succession-planning | 30% |
| ai | 28% |
| talent-management | 26% |
| analytics | 17% |
| stakeholder-management | 13% |
| automation | 11% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Across all HR levels
Most HR postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- employee-relations 567
- performance-management 525
- ai 290
- analytics 286
- talent-management 232
- succession-planning 174
- automation 149
- stakeholder-management 107
- process-improvement 104
- ccpa 93
- accessibility 91
- data-analytics 86