Director, Employee Relations & Compliance

Conair LLC; Stamford (CT); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Disability insurance

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

11 paid holidays

Volunteer days

Employee product discounts

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Job summary

Conair LLC in Stamford, CT seeks a Director of Employee Relations & Compliance to lead ER strategy, investigations, and HR compliance across the enterprise. You will partner with HRBPs and Legal to drive fair policies and proactive risk management.

This senior role blends strategic leadership with hands-on execution, building scalable governance, analytics, training, and containment of high‐risk issues while enabling leaders to address concerns consistently and with sound business judgment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Employment Relations, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7–10 years of progressive HR experience with depth in ER, investigations, and compliance.
• U.S. employment laws knowledge; multi-state experience preferred.
• Ability to advise senior leaders and balance risk with business needs.
• SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead ER strategy, standards, and practices to ensure fairness and risk-aware decisions.
• Serve as senior escalation point for complex employee relations matters.
• Advise HRBPs and leaders on performance, misconduct, and investigations.
• Oversee sensitive workplace investigations with objective, timely reporting.
• Own HR compliance practices and translate laws into policies and training.
• Develop and govern employment policies and governance across functions.
• Establish ER analytics, dashboards, and insights for leadership.
• Build capability in managers and HRBPs through training and coaching.

Skills

Employee relations

Investigations

HR compliance

Policy governance

Analytical skills

Communication

Executive presence

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Director, Employee Relations & Compliance

#235

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Job Description

The Director, Employee Relations & Compliance is responsible for leading the organization’s employee relations and HR compliance strategy, ensuring a fair, consistent, compliant, and high-performing workplace.

This role serves as a trusted advisor to HR and business leaders on complex employee matters, workplace investigations, policy interpretation, performance and conduct issues, and employment-related risk. The Director will build scalable ER practices, strengthen HR governance, identify trends and emerging risks, and equip HR and leaders to address employee issues confidently, consistently, and effectively.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on expertise, requiring someone who can navigate sensitive employee situations while also building the systems, standards, and capabilities that strengthen the organization over time.

Key Responsibilities:

Employee Relations Leadership

• Lead the company’s employee relations strategy, standards, and practices to drive consistency, fairness, accountability, and sound business decisions.
• Serve as the senior HR escalation point for complex or high-risk employee relations matters.
• Advise HRBPs and business leaders on performance management, misconduct, disciplinary action, workplace conflict, accommodations, employee complaints, and involuntary separations.
• Coach HR and leaders through difficult employee situations, balancing employee experience, business needs, precedent, and organizational risk.
• Build strong partnerships with HRBPs, Legal, leadership, and other HR Centers of Excellence.

Workplace Investigations

• Lead and/or oversee sensitive workplace investigations involving allegations such as harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misconduct, policy violations, or other employee concerns.
• Establish consistent investigation standards, including intake, risk assessment, investigation planning, interviews, findings, corrective actions, documentation, closure, and record retention.
• Ensure investigations are objective, timely, thorough, well documented, and handled with appropriate confidentiality.
• Review investigation findings and recommendations with senior HR and business leadership as appropriate.

HR Compliance & Risk Management

• Own key HR compliance practices and partner with Legal to ensure adherence to applicable federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Monitor changes in employment legislation and translate requirements into practical HR policies, processes, training, and communications.
• Develop documentation standards, and audit practices that reduce organizational risk and strengthen HR governance.
• Partner with HR leadership to proactively identify recurring issues and address root causes rather than managing issues solely on a case-by-case basis.

Policy & Governance

• Lead the development, review, interpretation, and consistent application of employment policies and HR standards.
• Ensure policies balance legal requirements, business needs, employee experience, and practical implementation.
• Partner with HRBPs to drive consistency in how policies and employment practices are applied across functions and locations.
• Identify opportunities to simplify policies and processes while maintaining appropriate organizational safeguards.

ER Analytics & Insights

• Establish meaningful ER metrics and dashboards to track case volume, type, severity, investigation timelines, outcomes, repeat issues, and organizational trends.
• Analyze ER data to identify emerging risk areas, leadership or organizational themes, and opportunities for proactive intervention.
• Present insights and recommendations to senior HR leadership.
• Use data to measure effectiveness and continuously improve ER practices.

Manager & HR Capability

• Build HRBP and manager capability in employee relations, performance management, documentation, difficult conversations, investigations, and policy application.
• Design and facilitate training on employee relations, workplace conduct, investigations, compliance, and risk management.
• Promote a culture in which leaders address performance and workplace issues early, directly, fairly, and consistently.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, Employment Relations, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7-10 years of progressive HR experience, with significant depth in employee relations, investigations, and employment compliance.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States, without requiring, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.
• Experience managing complex and sensitive workplace investigations and high-risk employee matters.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. employment laws and regulations, including areas such as Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, and state employment requirements.
• Experience operating within a multi-state organization is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders and influence decisions where legal risk, business considerations, employee experience, and organizational precedent must be balanced.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify patterns and translate ER data into actionable business insights.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, executive presence, and communication skills.
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or similar HR certification preferred.

Compensation:

Conair has established a good faith salary range for this position. The salary range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation for the role at the time of posting and is based on a variety of factors including business needs, market conditions, candidate qualifications, experience, skills, and internal equity. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $190,000 annually.

Conair also offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage; short- and long-term disability insurance; paid parental leave; paid time off; 11 paid holidays; two paid volunteer days; employee product discounts; and a 401(k) plan with employer contributions.

• medical, dental and vision coverage
• short- and long-term disability insurance
• paid parental leave
• paid time off
• 11 paid holidays
• two paid volunteer days
• employee product discounts
• and a 401(k) plan with employer contributions

Eligibility for certain benefits may vary based on employment status and plan terms.

This role is performed in a professional office environment and requires prolonged periods of sitting, working on a computer, and using standard office equipment. The position follows Conair's hybrid work model, requiring on-site presence at the Stamford, CT office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

About Conair:

Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories.

Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands include CONAIR, Cuisinart, BabylissPRO, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring.

Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products.

Pay Range

175k-190k

Also Hiring In

Stamford , Connecticut , United States

We are an equal opportunity employer. We employ people solely on the basis of how their skills, qualifications and experience match the requirements of the role. It’s our policy not to discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, marital status or disability, or any other characteristic/group as defined by a country’s legislation.