Strategic Employee Relations Leader

Vizient; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient seeks a strategic leader to head the enterprise Employee Relations function, ensuring compliant, business-focused guidance across the organization. You will advise executives, HR partners, and Legal, shaping policy, investigations, and workforce transitions while building a high-performing team.

You will guide performance management, complex investigations, and risk mitigation, partnering with Legal and HR.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant experience required.
• Demonstrated Employee Relations experience, including leadership of enterprise programs and consultation on complex and sensitive employment matters.
• Experience advising executive leaders and coaching people leaders on performance management, workplace conflict, corrective action, and other complex Employee Relations matters.
• Demonstrated experience conducting and overseeing complex workplace investigations involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, misconduct, and policy violations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise Employee Relations strategy aligned with organizational objectives, culture, employee experience, and risk management priorities.
• Lead Employee Relations programs, policies, processes, service standards, operating metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives to promote consistent and effective practices across the enterprise.
• Advise executive leadership, Human Resources Business Partners, Legal, and people leaders on complex and sensitive employee relations matters, organizational risk and appropriate resolution strategies.
• Coach leaders on performance management, corrective action, performance improvement plans, conflict resolution, difficult employee conversations, involuntary terminations, and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead, develop, mentor, and coach Employee Relations professionals while fostering professional growth, consultative capability, operational excellence, and a proactive approach to Employee Relations.
• Oversee and conduct complex workplace investigations involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, workplace misconduct, and policy violations while ensuring objective, thorough, timely, and consistent practices.
• Review investigation findings, documentation, and recommendations to promote quality, consistency, sound decision-making, and and appropriate risk mitigation, partnering with Legal it matters with potential litigation or regulatory implications.
• Lead Employee Relations support for organizational restructures, workforce reductions, mergers, acquisitions, and other business transformations in partnership with Human Resources Business Partners, Legal, and business leadership.
• Advise on reduction-in-force planning, ADEA compliance, decisional unit analysis, selection documentation, severance practices, and communication strategies to support effective workforce transitions and mitigate organizational risk.
• Manage Employee Relations policies, procedures, guidelines, and governance practices to promote consistent interpretation and application while maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Partner and collaborate with Legal and HR Business Partners on Employee Relations issues and policies.
• Develop and deliver Employee Relations education for people leaders and Human Resources Business Partners focused on performance management, documentation, workplace investigations, difficult conversations, conflict resolution, and consistent leadership practices.
• Oversee Employee Relations case management technology, data integrity, reporting accuracy, documentation standards, and system adoption while identifying opportunities to leverage automation and artificial intelligence to improve operations and service delivery.
• Establish documentation and case management standards for investigations, coaching, performance improvement plans, corrective actions, warnings, and involuntary terminations to promote consistency and quality.
• Analyze Employee Relations trends, investigation outcomes, corrective actions, turnover, employee feedback, and other workforce data to develop executive-level insights, identify organizational risks, and recommend targeted or enterprise-wide interventions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive coaching

Workforce analytics

Investigations leadership

Policy governance

Stakeholder management

Travel willingness

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

HR Acuity

Workday

Job description

Vizient seeks a strategic leader to head the enterprise Employee Relations function, ensuring compliant, business-focused guidance across the organization. You will advise executives, HR partners, and Legal, shaping policy, investigations, and workforce transitions while building a high-performing team.

You will guide performance management, complex investigations, and risk mitigation, partnering with Legal and HR.