Director, Employee Relations
Equinix
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $155,000 - $233,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Partner with the Risk, Policy & Compliance team on ER strategy and translate it into actionable aspects.
- Lead, develop, and performance-manage a global team of 10–12 ER 'Advisors', building depth of expertise, consistent decision-making, and strong professional standards.
- Provide oversight and guidance on complex, sensitive, or high-risk ER cases, ensuring quality, consistency, and defensibility of outcomes across jurisdictions.
- Act as a senior advisor to HR leadership, Legal and global investigations, and business executives on employee relations risk, trends, and critical matters.
- Balance global standards with local legal and cultural requirements, working closely with Legal teams to ensure compliant and pragmatic solutions.
- Leverage ER data and trend analysis to identify systemic issues, inform policy and process improvements, and provide actionable insight to senior leadership.
- Oversee engagement with external counsel where required, supporting legal teams with litigation strategy, settlement decisions, and cost-effective resolution of disputes.
- Assess, interpret, and apply employment law and regulatory requirements to employee relations matters, providing practical, risk-aware advice to managers and People partners.
- Drive preventative ER approaches through leader education, guidance, and tooling.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- 12+ years of experience in progressive HR and ER related roles and team leadership
- Deep employee relations expertise with a proven track record of leading complex, high-risk ER matters across multiple jurisdictions
- Global people leadership experience, having led and developed geographically distributed ER or HR advisory teams
- Strong multi-jurisdictional employment law knowledge, with the ability to balance global policy consistency with local legal, regulatory, and cultural requirements
- Executive-level stakeholder influence, including experience advising senior leaders on employee relations risk, culture, and sensitive people issues in complex, matrixed organisations
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
- Health insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
- Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.
- Pension: You will be enrolled in the employee capital plan or pension, known as PPK, a contributory pension scheme for you and your employer to save funds intended for withdrawal on retirement.
- Private Medical Insurance: You may enroll yourself and eligible dependents in Private Medical Insurance (PMI) for greater choice, flexibility, and access to specialist care for short-term illness or injury and so on.
- Life and Accident Insurance: Equinix provides Life and Accident Insurance cover for its employees which you can enroll in.
- Other Benefits and Perks: Employees have the option to select and use from a wide range of other benefits including: Annual Leaves, Flex Wallet, Multi-sport Card, Lunch Pass Card, Discount Portal, statutory allowances and reimbursements.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
employee relationsemployment lawrisk managementdata analysispolicy developmentperformance managementlitigation strategydispute resolutioncompliancetrend analysis
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder influencecommunicationdecision-makingadvisory skillscultural awarenessproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingteam developmenteducation and guidance
Certifications
Bachelor's degree