Senior Enterprise Labor Relations Strategist

FirstEnergy Corp.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstEnergy Corp. in the United States seeks a senior Lead, Labor Relations to drive enterprise labor strategies across represented workforces, guide bargaining activities, and advise senior leaders in HR, Operations, Legal, and Labor Relations.

The role emphasizes program ownership, analytical insight, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure consistency in contract administration, grievance handling, arbitration, and labor governance, with travel to multiple locations as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, business, IR, or related discipline.
• 8-10 years progressive labor relations experience in a unionized environment.
• Experience leading collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance resolution, arbitration.
• Ability to analyze complex workforce and labor issues and translate findings into business recommendations.
• Strong executive communication, negotiation, influencing, and conflict-resolution capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise labor relations programs and initiatives that support business strategy, workforce objectives, operational performance, and constructive union-management relationships.
• Develop bargaining strategies, proposals, costing scenarios, data analyses, and supporting materials.
• Partner with Lead Negotiators and Labor Relations leadership to promote consistency in bargaining strategy and outcomes.
• Evaluate proposed settlements for alignment with enterprise labor strategy, business objectives, financial considerations, and operational requirements.
• Provide strategic support during high-risk or complex negotiations and labor disputes.
• Develop and utilize labor relations analytics to identify emerging workforce trends and business risks.
• Translate labor and workforce data into actionable insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Develop executive-level analyses and presentations supporting labor strategy and business decisions.
• Evaluate labor implications of workforce planning, restructuring, productivity initiatives, and organizational change.
• Serve as a senior labor relations advisor to HR, Operations, Legal, and business leadership.

Skills

Executive communication

Negotiation

Influencing

Conflict resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/IR/Labor Relations

Job description

FirstEnergy Corp. in the United States seeks a senior Lead, Labor Relations to drive enterprise labor strategies across represented workforces, guide bargaining activities, and advise senior leaders in HR, Operations, Legal, and Labor Relations.

The role emphasizes program ownership, analytical insight, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure consistency in contract administration, grievance handling, arbitration, and labor governance, with travel to multiple locations as required.