Employee and Labor Relations Director

Employee & Labor Relations Director

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

In this Employee & Labor Relations Director role, you will serve as a trusted partner and advisor to employees and all levels of management, providing guidance on a wide range of employee relations matters in alignment with Medtronic's practices, policies, and local labor legislation. You'll lead proactive workplace initiatives and strategies, conduct workplace investigations and internal reviews, and manage performance improvement and discipline processes, as well as end-of-employment situations, restructuring, labor relations, crisis management, coaching, and conflict resolution. Leveraging data and analytics, you'll develop and execute employee and labor relations strategies to foster a positive work environment, address areas of opportunity, and minimize risk. You'll play a key leadership role in restructuring initiatives, resulting in successful employee transitions.

As people manager, you'll provide motivational, thought, and technical leadership with significant autonomy, making strategic decisions that impact financial performance, employees, and the public image of the organization. You'll be accountable for budget and P&L responsibilities, and drive innovation by improving processes, systems, products, and services within your business area. The challenges you'll face are complex and require advanced problem-solving, analysis, and investigation.

You'll build and maintain strategic relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, regularly communicate and brief senior and executive leadership on operations and initiatives, and influence across functions to gain cooperation on operational matters. As a talent leader, you'll direct and lead teams, determine supervisory relationships, create staffing plans, and have authority over hiring, firing, promotions, and rewards within your area.

Minimum Requirements :

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of Employee Relations experience (or advanced degree with 8+ years) including 7+ years of managerial experience

Nice to Have :

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD) : $163,200.00 - $244,800.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan. The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification / education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week : Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance / reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees : Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums). Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico. Further details are available at the link below.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.