Senior Manager Employee Relations

Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real-time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co.

The Employee Relations team sits in Employee Success where we work closely with various stakeholders across the business, i.e., employment law and our compliance legal teams. We collaborate with and support our HR Business Partners as well as provide mentorship and advising to our people leaders and to all Elasticians to improve and promote a positive employee experience!

• Ensure data integrity and analysis beyond the data. You help tell a story through the data which allows the team to gain insight and trends to actively engage with our managers and teams.
• Proactively identify trends, patterns, and areas of improvement in employee relations, and develop proactive strategies to address and mitigate potential risks
• Partner with the Learning team to craft, facilitate, and scale Manager Training that aligns with the Elastic way
• Partners with internal and external legal counsel as needed to ensure alignment with Elastic approach and state and local laws
• Provides analysis and resolution of employee concerns with growing complexity, visibility and risk related to policy or code violations while collaborating with managers, legal, HR and other relevant partners. Effectively evaluates all aspects and makes recommendations from a position of neutrality.
• Mentor and advise with people managers to proactively identify performance opportunities or concerns through detailed tools and clear communication
• Deliver relevant business solutions, tools, and resources to support and positively craft the Employee Relations experience.
• Provide management coaching and training where needed on topics from performance management and critical conversations to delivering feedback and developing employees and teams
• Drive consistencies in investigations, Performance Plans, Absence Management, Unemployment, and Grievance issues
• Play a key role in the development roll out of new initiatives and projects that support manager excellence

We'd love to hear from you if the following describes your qualifications!:

• Extensive experience with mentoring and developing managers and handling employee related issues.
• Working autonomously but understand the importance and need for collaboration with your team members and relevant partners
• 8 + years of dynamic HR experience with at least 3 years focus on Employee Relations
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment and lead multiple activities, projects and priorities across time-zones and geographies.
• Work well within ambiguity and have an excitement about building out new programs and processes
• Comfortable engaging with all levels of the organization
• Capable of building strong relationships and rapport with leadership teams, global HR colleagues, employee representatives and external advisors
• Shown experience leading, decision making, documenting, and delivering solid, defensible ER investigation reports
• You have a desire to initiate, implement and launch plans of action
• Experience in conflict resolution, policy development, negotiation planning & implementation
• Direct employee relations investigation experience to include all aspects of investigation and resolution of complex issues. Global investigations experience is a plus.
• Passionate about employee relations and you realize the importance of providing an outstanding employee experience
• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Management or other related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• Solid knowledge of applicable local, state and federal US laws, regulations, policies

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$128,200—$202,860 USD

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:

$153,800—$243,340 USD

Additional Information - We Take Care Of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Double your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected] We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)

Please see here for our Privacy Statement.

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected] We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below:

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Poster; and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster.

Please see here for our Privacy Statement.