Senior Manager, Employee Relations and Human Resources Business Partner

Location: Silicon Valley, United States

Salary: $126,000–$189,000 per year, plus a possible discretionary performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a professional firm providing legal and business services through departments and practice groups.

What you will do

• Manage complex employee relations matters from intake through closure, including complaints, grievances, workplace conflicts, and policy violations.
• Conduct impartial investigations into harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other workplace conduct concerns in partnership with HR leadership and in-house counsel.
• Coach managers on performance concerns, corrective action, difficult conversations, documentation, and employment-related recommendations.
• Serve as the HR business partner for assigned departments and practice groups, advising on workforce plans, organizational structure, staffing, and talent actions.
• Support performance reviews, merit and bonus recommendations, promotion decisions, career development, and succession planning.
• Analyze Workday and Peakon data and collaborate with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, and Compensation & Benefits.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, with recent roles focused on hands-on employee relations and HR business partnering.
• End-to-end workplace investigation experience, including interviews, credibility assessment, evidence evaluation, findings, and written reports.
• Knowledge of employment law across multiple states, including EEO, ADA, FMLA, and wage and hour requirements, with particular depth in California and New York.
• Experience coaching managers, mediating workplace conflict, handling sensitive conversations, and influencing without direct authority.
• Workday or comparable HRIS experience required; strong analytical, written, verbal communication, project management, judgment, and discretion skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required; occasional travel to other firm offices may be required.

Nice to have

• Law firm or professional services experience.
• Experience with engagement survey platforms such as Peakon.

Culture & Benefits

• Confidential, highly collaborative HR work with department, practice, and attorney leadership.
• Healthcare, life insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and wellbeing benefits for eligible employees.
• Potential discretionary performance bonus for eligible employees.
• Regular training and presentations for managers, employees, and firm leadership on workplace conduct and employee relations.