Manager, Employment Investigations

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Manager for Employment Investigations to lead a team in conducting thorough workplace investigations. The role requires strong problem-solving skills, empathy, and the ability to manage complex cases across multiple regions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in employment law and team management, ensuring investigations are conducted fairly and efficiently.

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in employment-related investigations.
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• Experience conducting investigations in multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team conducting complex workplace investigations.
• Communicate strategic information and set clear expectations.
• Partner with cross-functional teams for investigations.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Judgment

Collaboration

Education

Juris Doctorate

Job description

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.

Manager, Employment Investigations Responsibilities

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

Set clear expectations and goals for investigators and remove operational barriers

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

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

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

Show care by understanding what matters most to people

Recognize people for their contributions

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

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

With minimal guidance, ensure the team is healthy

Help people build and sustain productive relationships

Collaborate with partners on shared goals and priorities

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Minimum Qualifications

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

3+ years of people management experience

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

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

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

Experience documenting investigation findings and recommendations

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

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

Flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing environment

Preferred Qualifications

Juris Doctorate or advanced degree in relevant field

Experience identifying relevant legal issues

Project management experience both at a strategic and tactical level

Formal training and/or Certification in Workplace Investigations

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

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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