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Gilead Sciences · 7 hours ago

Director, Employee Relations Partner - Foster City

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$210K/yr - $272K/yr

12+ years exp

Gilead Sciences is dedicated to creating a healthier world for all people, tackling major health challenges through innovative therapies. As a Director, Employee Relations, you will provide core support in managing complex employee relations issues, ensuring fair treatment and compliance while collaborating with HR and business leaders.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provides subject matter expertise on a broad range of ER issues, including performance management, investigations, high risk disciplinary actions and terminations, re-organizations, complex leaves of absence and disability accommodations issues, and HR policies and practices, among others

Contributes to continued development, scaling, and stabilization of ER’s core service catalog, including but not limited to, prioritizing efforts to improve internal processes, develop knowledge articles and training, leverage data and metrics to make better informed decisions, and enhance the employee experience

Consistently exercises sound judgment and earns the trust and confidence of key internal clients and stakeholders when advising HR and business leaders on ER matters

Simplifies complexity by considering multiple factors and providing clear recommendations that are attuned to, and understood by, a particular audience

Confident and comfortable navigating ambiguity and confronting adaptive challenges through an open-minded, creative, and inquiry-based approach. Develop solutions to problems of unusual complexity which require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovativeness. Challenges are frequently unique and solutions may serve as precedent for future decisions which affect the entire organization

Provides guidance to HR Business Partners, Business Managers and Senior Management on managing Gilead's employment risk

Responds to and investigates complaints involving complex employment matters under guidance and supervision from senior ER leadership and Legal. Assists in the preparation of investigation summaries which includes factual findings and conclusions

Advises on business change including acquisitions/people integration, restructurings and reorganizations

Works continuously under consultative direction toward long-range goals and objectives that have a significant impact on the organization

Assignments are often self-initiated with no direct supervision

Understands the roles and responsibilities of, and collaborate well with, teams across functions, departments, and geographies. Triages and redirects issues to the appropriate team

Conducts regular meetings with key stakeholders in HR and the business. Drives alignment by seeking input from cross-functional clients and exercising persuasion and influence where appropriate

Builds and maintains strong relationships with other members of the HR team, the Legal team, and other internal clients

Qualification

Employee RelationsPerformance ManagementInvestigationsHR PoliciesEmployment LawData AnalysisCommunication SkillsTeamworkInterpersonal SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree desired and can be substituted for 2 years of experience. PHR/SPHR or AWI certification a plus

Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience with 2 years directly managing complex employee relations issues, preferably in a global biopharma company within a centralized ER model

Contributes to continued development, scaling, and stabilization of ER's core service catalog, including but not limited to, prioritizing efforts to improve internal processes, develop knowledge articles and training, leverage data and metrics to make better informed decisions, and enhance the employee experience