Manager, Employment Investigations

Facebook; New York (NY); On-site; USD 143,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Manager of Employment Investigations, where you will lead a high-performing team in conducting thorough investigations across multiple regions. This role offers the chance to influence workplace culture by addressing complex issues with empathy and strategic insight. You will collaborate with various departments to ensure compliance and foster a respectful environment. If you possess a strong background in investigations and people management, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in employment investigations.
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• Experience in legal scrutiny investigations.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team conducting complex workplace investigations.
• Communicate findings and develop long-term solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on investigations.

Skills

Investigative Skills

People Management

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication

Education

Juris Doctorate or advanced degree

Job description

**Summary:**

As a Manager, Employment Investigations at Meta, you will lead a team responsible for conducting prompt, thorough, and fair investigations comprising background research, investigative interviews, and debrief meetings in partnership with Employment Law, HR and Employee Relations Business Partners, and the business. Although you and the team will primarily conduct investigations in your local region, you will be expected to manage investigations cross-regionally.Success in this role requires managing a high-performing team that executes with speed and quality, including focusing on prioritization, embracing ambiguity, improving systems, communicating effectively, building relationships, developing others, and driving execution. Our Employment Investigators demonstrate a high degree of empathy balanced against the capacity to provide direct feedback and confront witnesses with difficult information. Investigators must communicate findings, provide summaries and conclusions to the business so that long-term solutions can be developed and applied. Finally, this role requires working effectively across geographical boundaries and discerning systemic issues revealed during the investigative process.

**Required Skills:**

Manager, Employment Investigations Responsibilities:

1. Manage a team of investigators conducting complex end-to-end workplace investigations

2. Set clear expectations and goals for investigators and remove operational barriers

3. Communicate strategic information and context from the company and organization to the team

4. Assign cases and projects aligned with team strengths, skills, and motivations, and adjust management style to match the needs of the individual

5. Build a work environment where differences are appreciated, and everyone feels valued

6. Show care by understanding what matters most to people

7. Recognize people for their contributions

8. Match people’s strengths and skills to impactful work and experiences

9. Give and seek timely feedback and asks the same of the team

10. With minimal guidance, ensure the team is healthy

11. Help people build and sustain productive relationships

12. Collaborate with partners on shared goals and priorities

13. Empower people to execute against their priorities and holds them accountable for success

14. Manage complex employment related investigations, end-to-end, including conducting intake meetings, background research, investigative interviews, and debrief meetings, across Meta office locations within the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

15. Partner closely with global cross-functional partners within Employment Law, Human Resources and Employee Relations, Security, Internal Audit, and business units Investigate complaints involving violations of law or policy, including allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, bullying, privacy concerns, conflict of interest, integrity, failure to escalate and other inappropriate behavior

16. Discern systemic issues and utilize data to help develop long-term solutions

17. Provide timely communication to all relevant parties throughout the investigations process, including responding to case escalations

18. Remain respectful and empathetic in the face of difficult and uncomfortable situations surrounding an investigation

**Minimum Qualifications:**

Minimum Qualifications:

19. 10+ years of experience investigating and advising on employment-related matters

20. 3+ years of people management experience

21. Experience conducting investigations that will withstand legal scrutiny in multiple jurisdictions.

22. Experience working independently, acting on priorities and exercising proven judgement.

23. Experience fostering collaborative relationships in a highly cross-functional environment.

24. Experience documenting investigation findings and recommendations

25. Experience presenting findings and recommendations to leadership or those with dissenting opinions

26. Problem-solving, analytical, critical thinking skills and demonstrated track record of working with data

27. Flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing environment

**Preferred Qualifications:**

Preferred Qualifications:

28. Juris Doctorate or advanced degree in relevant field

29. Experience identifying relevant legal issues

30. Project management experience both at a strategic and tactical level

31. Formal training and/or Certification in Workplace Investigations

32. Experience, either in conducting and/or managing investigations or in practicing labor and employment law

**Public Compensation:**

$143,000/year to $207,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

**Industry:** Internet

**Equal Opportunity:**

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].