# Senior Employee Relations Partner

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $234k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Employee Relations, Performance Management, Conflict Resolution, Organizational Reorganizations, AI Tools, Data Analysis, Executive Communication, Workplace Culture, Policy Implementation, People Operations
**Posted:** 2026-09-03

> Senior Employee Relations Partner advises leaders and People partners through complex, high-risk employee matters, including conflict, performance, exits, and organizational change. The role also develops scalable ER practices and responsibly adopts AI-enabled tools in a fast-growth environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Advise managers, HRBPs, and cross-functional partners on complex or high-risk employee situations, including performance management, conflict resolution, reorganizations, and difficult conversations.
- Support the responsible adoption of AI-enabled tools for Employee Relations workflows, knowledge sharing, and service delivery while maintaining confidentiality, safeguards, and human review.
- Build scalable Employee Relations tools, frameworks, guidance, operating practices, and manager resources.
- Serve as a sounding board and escalation partner for workplace culture concerns, manager-employee dynamics, and emerging people issues.
- Collaborate with HRBPs, Legal, leadership, and other partners on people decisions, organizational changes, and policy implementation.
- Use data and insights to identify trends and recommend systemic solutions that promote trust, engagement, and cultural health.
- Navigate ambiguity and high-tension situations with discretion, empathy, calm judgment, and a solutions-oriented approach.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 10+ years of experience in Employee Relations or other People roles.
- Experience handling highly escalated, emotionally charged, and high-stakes employee matters.
- Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Experience designing and implementing scalable frameworks, tools, operating practices, or programs.
- Experience adopting or championing AI-enabled technology with attention to confidentiality, accuracy, safeguards, and human judgment.
- Strong executive presence and credibility with senior leaders and executives.
- Ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity, rapid change, and imperfect information.
- Sound judgment, discretion, fairness, empathy, and principled decision-making.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience in technology, research, mission-driven, high-growth, fast-paced, or highly dynamic organizations.
- A creative, non-conventional approach to complex people challenges.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary: $234,000–$260,000.
- Hybrid work model with three days per week in the office.
- Relocation assistance is offered to new employees.

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