Associate Director - Employee Relations - IT/ITES
Description
Associate Director - Employee Relations | Leading Global Technology Organization
Location: Hyderabad
Experience: 12 - 18 Years
Function: Human Resources - Employee Relations
About the Opportunity:
We are hiring an Associate Director - Employee Relations for a leading global technology organization based in Hyderabad.
The role will be responsible for driving the Employee Relations agenda, strengthening HR governance, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the Employee Relations function, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and business objectives.
- Handle complex employee grievances, disciplinary matters, workplace investigations, and conflict resolution.
- Partner closely with HR Business Partners, Legal, Compliance, and business leadership on employee-related matters.
- Ensure adherence to applicable labour laws, statutory regulations, and internal HR policies.
- Develop and strengthen Employee Relations policies, governance frameworks, and processes.
- Provide advisory support to senior leadership on sensitive employee matters and potential people-related risks.
- Drive proactive initiatives to enhance employee experience, workplace culture, and organizational effectiveness.
- Support organizational change, restructuring, and transformation initiatives from an Employee Relations perspective.
Desired Candidate Profile:
- 12 - 18 years of overall HR experience, with strong expertise in Employee Relations.
- Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases, workplace investigations, grievance handling, and disciplinary processes.
- Strong understanding of Indian labour laws, employment regulations, and HR compliance.
- Experience working in large, complex, matrixed organizations, preferably within IT/ITES or technology-driven environments.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to engage and advise senior business leaders on sensitive employee matters.