Associate Manager, Employee Relations

Stryker; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Stryker is seeking an Employee Relations specialist to lead complex investigations across US, LATAM and Canada, partnering with HR and business leaders to strengthen culture and mitigate risk. You will manage intake, interviews, determinations and reporting, while providing counsel to HRBPs and delivering necessary training.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Employment Legal, Compliance and local HR teams to ensure consistent outcomes and trusted relationships within a global organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or 6+ years relevant experience
• Minimum 6 years of work experience
• Bilingual fluent speaking and writing Spanish

Responsibilities

• Conduct HR investigations for a high-volume portfolio across US, LATAM and Canada, including intake, planning, interviews, determinations, recommendations and reporting
• Provide support on high level, complex cases as needed
• Analyze investigations and data trends to mitigate risk and improve culture
• Respond to alleged violations by initiating investigation procedures with Employment Legal, Compliance and local HR
• Provide counsel to HRBPs on employee relations matters and make recommendations
• Develop and deliver training to managers, employees and HRBPs; define standards and processes for employee relations
• Coach HRBPs on employee relations and work environment matters
• Coordinate with Compliance and Employment Legal regarding disciplinary actions for investigations not work-environment related
• Maintain knowledge of current laws and update standards and trends affecting the company work environment

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Bilingual Portuguese

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

What You Will Do

Make an impact where it matters most—helping shape a fair, respectful, and high-performing workplace. In this role, you’ll lead complex employee relations investigations across multiple regions while partnering closely with HR and business leaders to strengthen culture, mitigate risk, and drive consistency. This is an opportunity to influence outcomes at scale while building trusted relationships across a global organization.

• Conducts HR investigations for a high-volume portfolio of cases across all US, LATAM and Canada, including intake processes, investigation planning, conducting interviews, making determinations and recommendations, and providing reporting/insights analysis. Communicates and updates status of investigations to relevant managers and HRBPs. Makes recommendations to HRBPs and leadership regarding investigations and employee relations issues.
• Provides additional support on high level, complex cases as needed.
• Analyzes HR investigations, employee relations and other data trends to address and mitigate risk and support and drive our culture of integrity. Partners with HR to drive necessary improvements.
• Responds to alleged violation of rules, regulations, policies, procedures and standards of conduct through the initiation of appropriate investigation procedures in partnership with Employment Legal, Compliance and local HR teams.
• Provides counsel and advice to HRBPs regarding employee relations issues, submits recommendations on addressing employee relations matters.
• Develops and delivers training to managers, employees and HRBPs as appropriate. Supports in defining the standards and processes related to employee relations.
• Provides coaching to HRBPs on employee relations matters in addition to work environment matters.
• Coordinates with Compliance and Employment Legal regarding employee discipline for Compliance investigations that are not work environment matters. May also assist in these investigations.
• Maintains knowledge of current and emerging laws and regulations, and periodically reviews and updates applicable standards, trends and issues affecting the company work environment and policies.

Required

What you need

• Bachelor's Degree or 6+ years relevant experience
• Minimum 6 years of work experience
• Bilingual fluent speaking and writing Spanish

Preferred

• Minimum 3 years business-facing HR, HR COE, HR Operations, orrole-related experience
• Minimum 1 year of relevant investigation experience
• Bilingual Portuguese

The ideal candidate would be a commutable distance from a major Stryker hub.

Posted Date: 08/21/2026 This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual
• US5: $93,800 - $156,200 USD Annual
• US10: $98,200 - $163,700 USD Annual
• US15: $102,700 - $171,100 USD Annual
• US20: $107,200 - $178,600 USD Annual
• US30: $116,100 - $193,400 USD Annual

View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.