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Description
- Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote. We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.
- The Employee Relations Partner will be instrumental in building and maintaining the foundational governance for our global workforce. This is a high-impact role focused on mastering the intersection of policy development, organizational compliance, and complex employee relations (ER) management at scale.
- Reporting directly to the Director of People Business Partners, you will own the consistency and fairness of our People practices, lead critical investigations, and drive compliance across diverse global jurisdictions.
- You will partner closely with People Business Partners and our legal team, leveraging deep expertise to guide outcomes, mitigate risk, and set new operational standards. This role is essential for ensuring that our growth is underpinned by robust, scalable, and legally sound people management practices.
- Proven experience working specifically within a People function, with a primary focus on Employee Relations and Compliance.
- Proven track record of managing and resolving complex ER cases, across multiple jurisdictions.
- Exceptional capability to analyze systemic ER and compliance data, identify underlying risks, trends, and patterns, and translate findings into actionable strategic recommendations for the Director of People Business Partners to proactively inform governance and process improvements.
- Experience advising management on best practices to mitigate legal risk and promote positive employee engagement.
- Demonstrated ability to design, own, and execute the full lifecycle of global People policies (drafting, review, implementation, and maintenance) in partnership with Legal and senior stakeholders.
- Expertise in developing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and consultation guides that ensure policies are applied consistently, fairly, and are scalable across the organization globally.
- Deep experience serving as the initial consultative and oversight layer for performance structures, effectively managing the first review of probation checks and low-performance flags, and advising managers on complex performance management processes and documentation to mitigate legal risk.
- Proven ability to manage significant projects (e.g., policy implementation, system changes) with cross-functional partners (mainly Legal but also IT, Security, Finance and Payroll).
- Key Responsibilities
- Policy Governance, Implementation & Compliance
- Own the full lifecycle of People policies, leading their implementation and updates to ensure global compliance.
- Develop standardized operating procedures and consultation guides for consistent policy application.
- Serve as operational owner for processes requiring employee representative body consultation.
- Employee Relations (ER) & Performance System Management
- Manage systematic performance structures and serve as the initial review layer for complex performance cases.
- Lead investigations and manage high-risk ER cases from intake to resolution.
- Provide guidance and coaching on managing intricate ER issues.
- Collaboration & Impact
- Identify systemic risks and trends in ER, performance, and compliance data; provide actionable feedback.
- Collaborate with internal departments to ensure compliant processes.
- Develop and deliver training on policy application, performance management, and compliance.
- Practicals
- Report to: Director, People Business Partners
- Team: People Team - People Partners
- Location: Fully remote, open to all applicants.
- Salary & Benefits
- Salary range: $41,900 to $106,050, dependent on location, skills, and experience.
- Benefits include: remote work, flexible paid time off, flexible hours, 16 weeks paid parental leave, mental health support, stock options, learning budget, home office budget & IT equipment, local social event or co-working space budget.
- Application Process
- Multiple interviews including recruiter, manager, team members, and Bar Raiser.
- Application in English preferred.
- Remote promotes a flexible, async work environment, encouraging work-life balance and ownership.
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Requirements
- Proven experience working specifically within a People function, with a primary focus on Employee Relations and Compliance.
- Proven track record of managing and resolving complex ER cases, across multiple jurisdictions.
- Exceptional capability to analyze systemic ER and compliance data, identify risks, trends, and patterns, and translate findings into strategic recommendations.
- Experience advising management on best practices to mitigate legal risk and promote positive employee engagement.
- Ability to design, own, and execute the full lifecycle of global People policies in partnership with Legal and senior stakeholders.
- Expertise in developing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and consultation guides.
- Deep experience serving as the initial consultative and oversight layer for performance structures.
- Managing significant projects with cross-functional partners (Legal, IT, Security, Finance, Payroll).
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Benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Flexible paid time off
- Flexible working hours (async work environment)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Mental health support services
- Stock options
- Learning budget
- Home office budget & IT equipment
- Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces