People Relations Partner (London, United Kingdom)

Figma; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the design industry is seeking a People Relations Partner to develop a brand new employee relations function. This exciting role involves improving the employee experience, resolving sensitive issues, and supporting the overall growth strategy during a high growth phase.

Benefits

Flexible working conditions

Comprehensive health benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive employee relations expertise and in-depth knowledge of current ER legislation.
• Experience leading complex employee investigations autonomously.
• Ability to handle sensitive matters with empathy.

Responsibilities

• Review sensitive employee concerns and resolve investigations timely.
• Conduct complex employee investigations collaboratively with legal partners.
• Drive accountability on organizational health issues and employee workplace conflicts.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Decision Making

Data-driven Processes

Education

4+ years of experience in employee relations

Knowledge of UK employment laws

Tools

Google Suite

Workday

Job description

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

As a People Relations Partner at Figma, you’ll be helping to build a brand new employee relations function that is a key player in supporting our Figmates, our People team, learning & development strategy, and our Belonging, Equity, and Impact (BEI) efforts during a dynamic and high growth phase. You’ll leverage your subject matter expertise and exceptional communication skills to build trust and create thoughtful experiences for our Figmates and influence across the company.

For us, People Relations is about building an environment centered on the employee experience by working to ensure employees feel heard and supported to be effective and efficient in their careers. It is not just about workplace conflict or exit processes but about equitable, data-driven, and proactive processes across the employee lifecycle that drive organizational health. We operate in support of building better development, growth, assessments, and deeper understanding of multiple points of view quickly and efficiently. It is about solving for today while building for the future, ensuring our workforce is properly represented because, at Figma, we believe in a culture of belonging and that what makes you, you, makes us us.

If you’re excited about growing the employee experience in a fast-paced and ever-changing work environment by supporting programs, processes, and training content then this might be the role for you!

This is a full time role that can be held from our London Hub or remotely in the UK.

What you'll do at Figma:

• Review, advise on, and resolve sensitive employee concerns and investigations in a timely manner, including supporting our full life-cycle performance management process.
• Conduct complex and sensitive employee investigations with support from legal partners, which may include things such as determining appropriate investigation strategies, carrying out witness interviews, creating any required documents, and determining findings and recommendations for appropriate resolution.
• Analyze and provide thoughtful recommendations on complex accommodations and leave matters in concert with our Benefits team.
• Drive accountability, in partnership with the People Partners and BEI team, on organizational health issues and specific employee workplace conflicts and concerns, including conflicts with managers and organizations that have gaps in belonging and trust.
• Partner closely with BEI, Rewards and Wellness, People Ops, People Partners & Legal team to bring an employee experience lens to the services and processes we deliver.
• Provide training to relevant business partners and People team members on employee relations topics and best practices, including the nuances that exist within a global company.
• Support the creation of new employee relations policies and processes, develop and iterate on existing ones, and maintain confidential ER data and documentation effectively, accurately, and in a timely manner.
• Provide consultative guidance and conduct other duties as needed in support to various business and People teams.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 4+ years of experience in employee relations, extensive employee relations expertise and in-depth knowledge of current ER legislation and best practices.
• Experience leading a wide variety of complex employee investigations autonomously
• Excellent decision making, problem solving, critical thinking and writing skills.
• Experience partnering with legal teams and in-depth understanding of all aspects of UK employment laws, regulations, policies, principles, concepts and practices. Work experience in one or more of Figma’s other EMEA jurisdictions (France, Germany, Ireland). Working knowledge of global employment law is strongly preferred.
• Ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential matters with compassion and equity.
• Ability to work collaboratively, lead and influence at all levels within the organization, and make decisions while keeping all partners and leaders informed.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with strong time management and prioritization skills.

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Ability to position yourself as a credible, proactive and a trusted thought-partner.
• Knowledge of and experience with international labor & employment practices in major countries where we do business (US, France, Germany, Singapore, Japan, Australia).
• Experience in a pre IPO/ IPO or acquisition transition company.
• Comfort with Google suite of tools, Figma products, and Workday.

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to [e-mail]. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

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