Director, Employee Relations Jobs

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(located in Eastern or Central Time Zone preferred)

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world - together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. What will you make today?

As part of our Human Resources team, you’ll help us attract, hire and retain the top talent we need to achieve our bold vision. You’ll play a vital role in defining, developing, and maintaining the winning culture that empowers diverse individuals to work together and create the impossible. We’re seeking change leaders, talent strategists, employee advocates, and culture architects to enable our teams, partners, and businesses to do and be their best.

In this position...

As the Employee Relations Director for U.S. and Canada, you will have a key role in leading a team and projects to ensure a healthy work environment. This role can be remote; however, being located in the Eastern or Central Time Zone is preferred. The demands of this role are dynamic and require an individual who has a positive mindset and thrives on working hard to build new processes, products, and policies.

The individual must be resilient, able to work in a fast-paced environment, and a seasoned leader of people. This leadership will require ensuring we have the best possible employee relations talent. This requires strong and inspirational leadership, talent development, and upskilling. Other skills and capabilities extend beyond employee relations investigations. The role includes also includes impactful projects; therefore, the role requires experience with developing plans to implement enterprise projects related to employee relations products, policy, and processes. This includes project management skills, change management skills, engaging and aligning key stakeholders, reviewing existing policies and processes, and updating with competitive practice along with a mindset for improving the employee experience.

What you'll do...

This organization is intended to be proactive in the use of data and metrics to inform improvements to policy, process, and training to educate employees. In addition, this position will be responsible for scanning the external environment for regulations, best practices, and trends to be proactive and inform continuous improvement actions. Internally, the role will make recommendations to and liaise with operations and across HR. This role reports to the Global Senior Director of People Matters and will be responsible for leading and developing a high-performing team of ten direct reports. In addition, you will provide leadership to the team to ensure high performance and ongoing development.

You'll have...

• Creative thinker, problem solver, and resilient
• Passion for the employee and ability to empathize with their needs
• 5+ Experience leading and managing others
• A collaborative and empathetic approach to solving problems with teams across Ford
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ Experience conducting investigations

Even better, you may have...

• Aptitude for critical thinking
• Demonstrates a growth mindset (Learn-It-All)
• Strong coaching and facilitation skills
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality results while handling multiple priorities
• Strong business acumen – Possesses both systems thinking and holistic perspectives (understands how the different parts of the organization interact to generate results)
• Self-starter, capable of communicating across skill teams, regions, and at all levels
• Prior experience working with agile cross-functional teams
• Master’s degree in HR, Business, Law or other related subject areas

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
• Tuition assistance
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

New Hire Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.