Director of Employee Relations

Meta is seeking a Director of Employee Relations to lead a team of Employee Relations Managers and Employee Relations Business Partners (ERBPs) to support Cross-Meta Platforms. The ideal candidate will contribute with both hands-on and strategic support of our people managers through performance management and workplace conflict issues to cultivate an innovative, high-performing, and inclusive culture. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, ability to assess different types of risk, drive strategy across the Cross-Meta Foundations ER team, and bring creative and effective ideas and solutions to a growing organization. They should also have proven experience leading, growing, and scaling experienced ER/HR professionals.

Director of Employee Relations Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Employee Relations Managers and ERBPs who work across multiple business groups to assist employees and managers in resolving issues and grievances
• Provide strategic Employee Relations support, business partnership, thought partnership, and coaching to all levels of the organization
• Proactively assess team and manager development needs, make recommendations, and implement appropriate solutions
• Design and implement scalable solutions for conflict resolution, performance improvement, and organizational change
• Balance risk considerations across employee, business and company perspectives on high-stakes matters
• Provide rigorous data analysis and reporting solutions based on business needs, highlighting key trends in employee relations to actively drive proactive solutions
• Shape and communicate the vision for Employee Relations organization-wide initiatives and programs
• Influence functional strategy using data and insights, participating in Global ER Team strategic development
• Drive strategy development for complex employee relations challenges with company-wide implications
• Integrate and partner with HR colleagues in the HR Business Partner, Legal, Investigations, Learning & Development, and HR Programs teams to implement solutions and help scale the business
• Participate and lead projects as an integral member of the extended HR community and influence others within the organization
• Build collaborative and productive working relationships
• Lead with integrity, respect, high personal standards and build personal credibility
• Build internal community (e.g. supports others, shows respect, acts as an ally, onboards new hires, connects people, collaborates well, drives inclusion)
• Actively involved in interviewing and on-boarding new employees

• 15+ years of experience in Employee Relations, or HR Business Partner roles
• 5+ years experience in managing people managers and senior individual contributors
• Experience demonstrating analytical, problem solving skills and project management skills, effectively managing multiple cases at any given time
• Demonstrates effective judgment and proven experience assessing risk relative to individual health and the business
• Effective communication and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrates empathy and has experience driving inclusion work
• Demonstrates ability to work through ambiguous situations towards a strategic outcome
• Demonstrates project management and change management experience
• Experience working independently with minimum supervision and make decisions involving various groups, locations, and partners
• Demonstrated experience learning and thriving in a constantly changing environment to cultivate relationships across teams
• Experience helping global and/or matrix organizations scale
• Demonstrated experience in influencing and strategically solving problems
• Consulting, coaching and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated experience leveraging best practices from industry to build and scale a new organizational functions from inception
• Proven experience leading, growing, and scaling experienced ER/HR professionals/teams

• BA/BS degree preferred
• Experience working with technology companies at significant scale (10,000+ employees)
• Demonstrated experience in crisis management and organizational change initiatives
• Professional certifications in HR, mediation, or organizational development
• Knowledge of employment law across multiple jurisdictions and experience working with global teams