Employee and Labor Relations Director

Medtronic•Minneapolis, MN

27d•Onsite

About The Position

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. A Day in the Life At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role requires an onsite presence supporting Medtronic’s manufacturing operations. The ideal location is Minneapolis, MN, but we are also open to other major campuses, including Boston, MA; Lafayette, CO; Tempe, AZ; Memphis, TN; Santa Ana, CA; and North Haven, CT. 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.

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 Haves

Experience developing and implementing both proactive and reactive Labor Relations strategies in US
Experience managing a team spanned across multiple manufacturing sites with high volume of work
Experience leveraging data and analytics to inform business decisions and proactive initiatives
Demonstrated strategic agility and execution

Responsibilities

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.
Lead proactive workplace initiatives and strategies
Conduct workplace investigations and internal reviews
Manage performance improvement and discipline processes, as well as end-of-employment situations, restructuring, labor relations, crisis management, coaching, and conflict resolution.
Leverage 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.
Play a key leadership role in restructuring initiatives, resulting in successful employee transitions.
Provide motivational, thought, and technical leadership with significant autonomy, making strategic decisions that impact financial performance, employees, and the public image of the organization.
Accountable for budget and P&L responsibilities, and drive innovation by improving processes, systems, products, and services within your business area.
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.
Direct and lead teams, determine supervisory relationships, create staffing plans, and have authority over hiring, firing, promotions, and rewards within your area.

Benefits

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
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
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
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)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)