Global HR Lead, Works Council Strategy

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

Viasat is seeking an experienced People, Brand & Culture Partner to lead engagement with our employee representative bodies globally. This role is a hybrid role working 3 or more days a week from any of our US office locations.

This role will be focused on the planning, advising, and collaboration needed to foster positive relationships and drive productive outcomes between the Company and our various employee representative bodies. These include formal and informal works councils, elected employee representatives, employee forums, and unions. You ll play a key part in achieving our organizational objectives through: guidance and coordination with business leaders;

collaborative two-way engagement between the business and our employee representative bodies; and effecting planning and coordination.

• Focus on building and maintaining constructive relationships:
  Your success depends on building strong relationships with key members of the business, business partners, and our employee representatives - often balancing or finding solutions to competing positions.
• Lead, Plan, and Coordinate Global Employee Representative Engagement:
  Engage with business leaders, P&C Business Partners, and employee representative body leaders to ensure timely and appropriate engagement between the Company and its employee representatives on relevant business and employment matters. Lead the planning and coordination of these engagements utilizing effective organization and communication skills. In collaboration with internal & external legal counsel, provide effective advisory and execution support on the delivery of consultations, formal/informal requests, negotiations and informational exchanges.
• Lead with Credibility:
  Establish trust and confidence of business leaders, employee representatives, project leaders, P&C business partners, and other key stakeholders at all levels through advising, informing, challenging and facilitating discussions on a wide range of business and employee matters. Navigate difficult matters while maintaining strong relationships and handling conflict constructively. Act with courage, commitment, and selfless teamwork to reach timely and effective outcomes.
• Lead or Support Projects and Initiatives:
  Contribute to the ongoing evolution and development of the organization and its people capabilities by leading or participating in wide ranging projects and initiatives affecting our employees. Work to ensure all projects and initiatives with implications for our employees properly consider, prepare and effectively engage with relevant employee representative bodies. Connect with business and project leaders to ensure understanding and appropriate inclusion of our employee representative obligations.
• Drive the Coordination of Multiple, Complex Business Activity Requiring Employee Representative Engagement:
  Confer with business and project leaders to understand business activities where employee representative engagement is appropriate. Ensure business understanding of any required actions. Coordinate timing and preparation of rep body engagement on these matters involving Regional Business Partners for relevant employee representative body(ies). Act with strong subject matter expertise on a wide range of HR topics, providing timely and relevant support and guidance across numerous groups.
• Cultivate Communication and
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Create or contribute to internal communications tools and processes which ensure strong relationships with leaders and employees. Partner with business and employee leaders to proactively ensure information needs are met and work to resolve communication gaps.
• Thrive in a Dynamic Environment:
  Champion our culture, navigate…