Director of Employee Relations — AI-Enabled Strategy

Blue Origin; United States; Vor Ort; USD 188.000 - 263.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical Insurance

401(k) Match

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Education Support

Zusammenfassung

Blue Origin is seeking a Director of Employee Relations to design and lead a modern ER function across the company. You will craft strategy, governance, and standards, and manage a two-level ER team delivering objective, timely investigations and policy guidance.

You will drive AI-driven insights, develop crisis protocols, and partner with Legal, Security, and HR Business Partners to align actions with business goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in business, HR, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive HR and/or Employee Relations experience, including 6+ years leading ER teams and leaders of others.
• Experience building, scaling, or transforming an ER function in a complex, fast-paced, or high-growth environment.
• Expertise in workplace investigations, including executive and multi-party matters.
• Knowledge of federal and state employment law, with working knowledge of the NLRA.
• Labor relations exposure, whether in a represented environment, union campaign context, or close partnership with an LR team.

Aufgaben

• Design and execute a multi-year ER strategy aligned to Blue Origin's mission, growth, and risk profile.
• Build the ER operating model end to end: intake, triage, risk tiering, investigation protocols, case management, quality assurance, and closure standards.
• Establish service levels, KPIs, and dashboards that measure timeliness, quality, consistency, and outcomes.
• Evaluate and implement ER case management technology, including responsible use of AI and analytics to strengthen insight while preserving human judgment.
• Champion AI adoption across the ER lifecycle, such as intelligent intake and routing, investigation planning, interview summaries, documentation quality checks, and predictive trend analysis.
• Lead, develop, and inspire a team spanning two levels.
• Define role clarity, career pathways, calibration practices, and a coaching culture that builds deep investigative capability.
• Build AI fluency across the team so ER professionals spend less time on administrative work and more time on judgment, coaching, and resolution.
• Set a high bar for objectivity, documentation quality, and empathy in every interaction.
• Oversee complex, sensitive, and executive-level investigations, ensuring thorough, timely, and defensible outcomes.
• Develop crisis response protocols and lead ER's role in high-stakes incidents.
• Identify enterprise-level ER risks and use data and AI-driven insights to spot emerging hotspots early and translate trends into prevention strategies, manager capability building, and policy improvements.
• Own and evolve ER policies, playbooks, and manager toolkits, including AI-assisted guidance that helps managers get consistent answers faster.
• Deliver training that equips leaders to address performance and conduct issues early, fairly, and confidently.
• Present insights and recommendations to senior executives with clarity and influence

Kenntnisse

HR leadership

Employee investigations

Policy development

Data-driven decisions

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in business, HR, or related field

Juris Doctorate (JD) or HR certifications (AWI-CH / SHRM-SCP)

Tools

ER technology tools

Jobbeschreibung

Blue Origin is seeking a Director of Employee Relations to design and lead a modern ER function across the company. You will craft strategy, governance, and standards, and manage a two-level ER team delivering objective, timely investigations and policy guidance.

You will drive AI-driven insights, develop crisis protocols, and partner with Legal, Security, and HR Business Partners to align actions with business goals and regulatory requirements.