Director of Employee Relations

Meta is seeking a Director of Employee Relations to lead a team of Employee Relations Managers and Employee Relations Business Partners to support Cross‑Meta Platforms. The ideal candidate will contribute with both hands‑on and strategic support of our people managers through performance management and workplace conflict issues to cultivate an innovative, high‑performing, and inclusive culture. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, ability to assess different types of risk, drive strategy across the Cross‑Meta Foundations ER team, and bring creative and effective ideas and solutions to a growing organization.

They should also have proven experience leading, growing, and scaling experienced ER/HR professionals.

• Lead a team of Employee Relations Managers and ERBPs who work across multiple business groups to assist employees and managers in resolving issues and grievances
• Provide strategic Employee Relations support, business partnership, thought partnership, and coaching to all levels of the organization
• Proactively assess team and manager development needs, make recommendations, and implement appropriate solutions
• Design and implement scalable solutions for conflict resolution, performance improvement, and organizational change
• Balance risk considerations across employee, business and company perspectives on high‑stakes matters
• Provide rigorous data analysis and reporting solutions based on business needs, highlighting key trends in employee relations to actively drive proactive solutions
• Shape and communicate the vision for Employee Relations organization‑wide initiatives and programs
• Influence functional strategy using data and insights, participating in Global ER Team strategic development
• Drive strategy development for complex employee relations challenges with company‑wide implications
• Integrate and partner with HR colleagues in the HR Business Partner, Legal, Investigations, Learning & Development, and HR Programs teams to implement solutions and help scale the business
• Participate and lead projects as an integral member of the extended HR community and influence others within the organization
• Build collaborative and productive working relationships
• Lead with integrity, respect, high personal standards and build personal credibility
• Build internal community (e.g. supports others, shows respect, acts as an ally, onboards new hires, connects people, collaborates well, drives inclusion)
• Actively involved in interviewing and onboarding new employees

• 15+ years of experience in Employee Relations, or HR Business Partner roles
• 5+ years experience in managing people managers and senior individual contributors
• Experience demonstrating analytical, problem solving skills and project management skills, effectively managing multiple cases at any given time
• Demonstrates effective judgment and proven experience assessing risk relative to individual health and the business
• Effective communication and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrates empathy and has experience driving inclusion work
• Demonstrates ability to work through ambiguous situations towards a strategic outcome
• Demonstrates project management and change management experience
• Experience working independently with minimum supervision and make decisions involving various groups, locations, and partners
• Demonstrated experience learning and thriving in a constantly changing environment to cultivate relationships across teams
• Experience helping global and/or matrix organizations scale
• Demonstrated experience in influencing and strategically solving problems
• Consulting, coaching and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated experience leveraging best practices from industry to build and scale a new organizational functions from inception
• Proven experience leading, growing, and scaling experienced ER/HR professionals/teams

• BA/BS degree preferred
• Experience working with technology companies at significant scale (10,000+ employees)
• Demonstrated experience in crisis management and organizational change initiatives
• Professional certifications in HR, mediation, or organizational…