Senior Employee Relations Partner - Hybrid & Investigations

Lambda; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash & equity compensation

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Wellness and commuter stipends

401k with 2% company match

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is seeking a Senior Employee Relations Partner in San Francisco to lead sensitive investigations, advise HRBPs and managers, and improve practices across the People team. The role partners with Legal to ensure fair, timely resolutions and strong documentation.

You will handle intake, conduct impartial investigations, and drive policy adherence while protecting confidentiality and managing multiple cases. Hybrid work with a fixed in-office requirement.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of employee relations experience
• 4+ years independently leading complex workplace investigations
• Strong interviewing, evidence assessment, and documentation skills
• Impartiality and procedural fairness in handling sensitive matters
• Ability to build trust with employees and leaders while maintaining boundaries
• Experience partnering with Legal and applying federal/state employment law across locations
• Ability to manage concurrent cases and communicate clear recommendations

Responsibilities

• Own intake and triage of assigned employee concerns and coordinate next steps with HRBPs, Legal, and partners.
• Conduct impartial investigations into workplace concerns, including EEO complaints, retaliation, and policy violations.
• Develop investigation plans, interview stakeholders, evaluate evidence, and document findings and recommendations.
• Partner with Legal and leaders on corrective actions and case resolution, ensuring follow-up.
• Advise HRBPs and managers on complex performance, conduct, and separation matters and when Legal involvement is needed.
• Maintain accurate case records with access controls and provide process updates.
• Follow up on resolved matters and identify recurring patterns from case data and feedback.
• Track and report employee relations trends to People leadership.
• Improve case management, policies, and manager training for early issue resolution.

Skills

Interviewing

Evidence assessment

Written documentation

Impartiality

Procedural fairness

Stakeholder management

Education

AWI Training Institute certificate

SHRM-SCP or SPHR

Tools

HR Acuity

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is seeking a Senior Employee Relations Partner in San Francisco to lead sensitive investigations, advise HRBPs and managers, and improve practices across the People team. The role partners with Legal to ensure fair, timely resolutions and strong documentation.

You will handle intake, conduct impartial investigations, and drive policy adherence while protecting confidentiality and managing multiple cases. Hybrid work with a fixed in-office requirement.