Employee Relations Director (REMOTE - US)

Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to empower every organization to not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward.

With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience through data security, data recovery, and data freedom for their hybrid cloud. 

The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments that gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps 
and data are protected and always available.

Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running.

The Director, Employee Relations leader (ER) will be part of the People & Culture extended leadership team and drive the ER strategy and agenda for Veeam globally. As a people manager, the ER Leader will establish the strategy, framework, ER structure, develop standards/ SOPs for handling investigations, and improve our reporting capability to remain compliant with laws and practices of the countries we operate in. In addition, the ER leader will be responsible for implementing mechanisms to identify insights from signals received from the organization.  

This position is responsible for investigating and resolving executive employee relations issues that are complex complaints and conflicts in the workplace. The ER leader will work in conjunction with our HRBPs and Business Leaders to address employee relations issues, work with Business Leaders on establishing a performance management framework and manage HR and Compliance program roll out. The ER leader will drive the development and management of select ER programs to drive consistency when possible and customization as necessary.  

Primary Duties / Responsibilities:  

• Advise and support Business Leaders and their HR Leaders with resolution of employee behavior and performance issues; conduct internal investigations (executive level) into allegations of employee misconduct; etc.  
• Evaluate, analyze, and participate in addressing situations or data with employees, managers and stakeholders that require knowledge of company process, policies, and business needs  
• Ensure a culture of fair treatment of employees, review/ and recommend revisions to policies and programs  
• Influence and gain buy-in from VLT in sensitive situations, while building strong relationships  
• Manage and independently drive specific activities in large scale staffing initiatives and restructuring  
• Appropriately identify and coordinate cases with legal counsel, modifying case responses and/or ensuring stakeholders are advised of recommendations to achieve business objectives while minimizing risk  
• Develop and manage specific programs within ER  
• Evangelist of Veeam culture  
• Build an awareness of DEIB in approach and analytics  

Key Competencies:  

• Strong knowledge of regional, country, and local regulatory requirements globally  
• Self-directed with initiative and analytical and problem-solving skills  
• Ability to communicate effectively via verbal, written and presentation skills  
• Expertise in writing required documentation, including concise, comprehensive executive summaries  
• Collaborative and team oriented  
• Diplomacy, executive maturity, organizational agility, and ability to align corporate methods with ambiguity and ability to keep confidences  
• Strong listening skills and ability to understand client business priorities  
• Expert Interpersonal skills, ability to foster effective working relationships, build consensus, interact, and partner with people at all levels and at all locations (most will be remote)  
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback, continuous learning attitude; Continuous growth-mindset  

Requirements:  

• At least 10 years of demonstrated experience in multiple Human Resources disciplines  
• Demonstrated Employee Relations expe