Director Employee Relations (Workforce Practices)

Location: Short Hills, New Jersey, United States

Salary: USD $172,000–$220,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a midsized U.S. property and casualty insurance company.

What you will do

• Lead the enterprise Employee Relations & Workforce Practices function, including strategy, complaint intake, triage, investigation governance, case management, employment-action standards, policy interpretation, risk insights, and external-provider oversight.
• Establish consistent, defensible, and risk-tiered standards for workplace concerns, investigations, escalation, documentation, quality, governance, and reporting.
• Oversee complex and sensitive workplace investigations, including scope, methodology, evidence, interviews, credibility analysis, findings, limitations, and coordination with Legal.
• Govern performance-improvement plans, corrective actions, separations, reductions in force, and other formal employment actions.
• Analyze employee-relations data and trends to identify emerging risks, root causes, organizational hotspots, retaliation concerns, and remediation opportunities.
• Lead and develop Employee Relations team members and manage external-provider quality, capacity, cost, conflicts, security, and service levels.

Requirements

• Advanced expertise in employee relations, workplace investigations, employment law, and HR policy, including intake, risk assessment, investigative interviewing, evidence evaluation, credibility analysis, findings, and documentation.
• Experience managing complex, sensitive, and high-risk employee matters with sound judgment, discretion, objectivity, and appropriate escalation.
• Strong knowledge of corrective-action and case-management practices, including policy application, investigation standards, documentation, and governance.
• Strong analytical and operational capabilities, including using employee-relations data and case trends to identify risks, root causes, and opportunities to strengthen workplace practices.
• Experience overseeing external investigators, counsel, or other vendors.
• Exceptional consulting, communication, and influencing skills, with experience advising senior and executive leaders on complex employee-relations matters and workplace risk.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, Business, Legal Studies, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive Human Resources or employee-relations experience, including significant experience leading complex, sensitive, and high-risk workplace investigations and employee-relations matters.
• 5+ years of people, program, or functional leadership experience, with responsibility for establishing standards, providing oversight, and driving consistent practices across an organization.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or specialized workplace-investigation training.
• Professional Human Resources or workplace-investigation certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace that values diverse identities, perspectives, experiences, and ideas.
• Comprehensive health care plans and retirement savings plan with company match.
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Tuition assistance and reimbursement programs.
• 20 days of paid time off and incentive plan eligibility.