Associate Director - Employee Relations - IT/ITES

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.