Senior Manager, Employee Relations

Wonder Group • Parsippany, NY

8d • $149,000 - $157,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role leads Wonder’s enterprise Employee Relations strategy, with primary focus on corporate populations and direct oversight of the Field Employee Relations Manager. The Senior Manager ensures consistent, fair, and compliant employee relations practice across the organization while serving as the escalation point for complex and high-risk matters.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive Employee Relations or HR experience
• Bachelor's degree required in related field.
• Experience leading corporate ER and managing ER leaders supporting field teams
• Strong working knowledge of employment law and investigations
• Sound judgment, discretion, and executive presence
• Ability to balance empathy, accountability, and business needs

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AllVoices
• Experience with Workday

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Employee Relations Set and own the Employee Relations strategy for corporate teams
• Establish ER standards, frameworks, and escalation paths used across Wonder
• Act as senior advisor on complex, sensitive, or high-risk employee matters
• Field ER Leadership Directly manage the Field Employee Relations Manager
• Ensure field ER execution aligns with enterprise standards and risk posture
• Serve as an escalation point for field investigations, terminations, and critical cases
• Build capability, consistency, and judgment across the field ER function
• Investigations & Case Management Lead and oversee complex corporate investigations
• Provide guidance and oversight on field-led investigations
• Partner closely with Legal on elevated-risk matters
• Ensure timely, well-documented outcomes
• Policy, Compliance & Risk Own corporate ER policies, conduct standards, and disciplinary frameworks
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws
• Identify trends, repeat issues, and systemic risk and drive corrective action
• Support wage & hour, Fair Work Week, leave, and regulatory compliance as needed
• Leader Enablement Coach corporate leaders and HRBPs on performance management and corrective action
• Support leaders through difficult conversations with clarity and consistency
• Develop ER playbooks, tools, and training for leaders and People partners
• Reinforce values-based decision-making across the organization
• Insights & Reporting Track ER trends across corporate and field populations
• Build reporting for senior leadership on volume, themes, and risk
• Use insights to inform policy updates, training priorities, and org interventions
• Partnership & Scale Partner with Legal, Compliance, Safety, and Operations
• Contribute to broader People initiatives tied to engagement, culture, and leadership

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K.
• Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees