Senior Employee Relations Architect

Relativity; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is seeking an Senior Employee Relations Specialist to act as a trusted advisor for complex workplace matters and to lead end-to-end investigations with sound judgment across the organization.

The role partners with Legal and senior leadership to resolve issues swiftly and fairly, driving improvements to ER playbooks, and aligning decisions with business outcomes in a global, evolving environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience with at least 3 years in an Employee Relations or HR compliance role.
• Experience leading workplace investigations independently from intake through resolution.
• Working knowledge of multi-state employment law and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to manage sensitive, high-risk cases with discretion and sound judgment.
• Strong written communication skills — able to produce clear, legally-defensible documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end investigations into complex employee relations matters.
• Conduct structured interviews, assess credibility, synthesize evidence, and produce clear, legally defensible findings and recommendations.
• Partner closely with Legal to manage risk, escalation thresholds, and compliance requirements.
• Ensure consistent application of policies globally, accounting for regional legal and cultural differences.
• Advise on high-risk performance cases, including PIPs, coaching plans, and involuntary separations.
• Ensure performance processes follow structured, documented frameworks with clear expectations, timelines, and success metrics.
• Support differentiation between performance vs. capability vs. organizational/system issues in partnership with HRBPs.
• Drive consistency in disciplinary actions and ensure fairness across managers and teams.
• Act as a subject matter expert in employment law (multi-state and global) and internal policy frameworks.
• Ensure rigorous documentation standards and audit readiness across all ER and performance cases.
• Identify and mitigate legal, reputational, and employee experience risks before escalation.
• Own ER case governance, including escalation pathways and decision frameworks.
• Coach managers on: Feedback delivery and documentation, navigating difficult conversations, when and how to elevate ER matters.
• Partner with Sr. HRBPs to align ER decisions with broader talent, calibration, and organizational outcomes.
• Provide real-time case consultation for ambiguous or sensitive situations.
• Analyze ER case data to identify patterns by manager, function, or region
• Drive improvements to ER playbooks, templates, and workflows.
• Design and deliver manager education on: Performance management rigor, documentation standards, bias mitigation and fair process.
• Build scalable tools (templates, guides, intake frameworks) that improve quality and consistency of ER handling.
• Partner with HRBPs to elevate overall organizational capability in managing performance and ER proactively.

Skills

Employee Relations

Investigations

Regulatory Compliance

Discretion & Judgment

Written Communication

Education

PHR / SPHR / SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP

Tools

Workday

Rippling

Case management tools

Job description

Relativity is seeking an Senior Employee Relations Specialist to act as a trusted advisor for complex workplace matters and to lead end-to-end investigations with sound judgment across the organization.

The role partners with Legal and senior leadership to resolve issues swiftly and fairly, driving improvements to ER playbooks, and aligning decisions with business outcomes in a global, evolving environment.