Senior Manager, Employee Relations

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Partner with the BMS Asia Pacific Employee Relations Team to build strong relationships between People Leaders, Employees, HR Business Partners at all levels, HR Law, and Compliance and Ethics employees. Identify employee relations trends, recommend solutions and partner with all levels of HR management on execution. Partner with HR leaders to drive employee relations while maintaining a neutral position and consistent approach to BMS’s policies and procedures. Minimize risk, align work to meet business needs and improve employee morale and culture. Build manager skill sets, provide advice and coach employees and managers. Investigate and manage complex ER cases. Detailed Position Responsibilities: Handle cases of people-related issues such as performance management, behaviors concerns, disciplinary actions for policy violation, and other investigations into discrimination or harassment claims as assigned. Provide counsel and facilitate the prompt and effective resolution of workplace conflict to address issues for employees, managers, and leaders in a manner consistent with BMS policies, practices, and legal considerations. Consult and coach managers and people leaders on employee relations issues spanning all levels within the organization. Provide advice and counsel on HR practices and policy. Conduct investigations, research policies/practices, create and gather documentation, make recommendations, and implement resolutions when applicable. Ensure compliance and consistency in the execution of Employee Relations cases. Participate in the identification of employee relations trends and partner with ER Leads on identifying solutions. Develop effective relationships with the business to promote good employee relations across the organization. Interact with HR Business Partners, and other HR functions, to ensure a high level of employee satisfaction & engagement. Maintain strict confidentiality throughout conversations and investigations. Manage highly confidential human resources information and exercise sound judgment in handling or working with confidential data and situations. Ensure that the Company operates within current and local employment law to maintain its reputation as a good employer. Maintain strong business acumen while maintaining objectivity in work. Required to work with several different HR Business Partners and several different parts of BMS business units. Must be able to manage multiple projects and cases at any given time. May be required to work some off-shift hours to support cases or investigations at operations with multi-shift environments. Some travel (approximately 10-15%) may be required. Will work with remote locations frequently virtually (Phone and Teams). Must be able to work with all levels of the organization including hourly and salaried workforce. Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree 8+ years of HR or Employee Relations experience 5+ years of HR or Employee Relations experience with an advanced degree in law, human resources, or employee/labor relations Knowledge of India employment legislations and compliance requirements Hindi fluency preferred. Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:  Experience in employee relations Experience with employment law (India) Experience in ER procedures and processes Experience in project management · Experience with locally relevant employee representative bodies, works councils, trade unions and/or POSH Committee preferred. Digital Savvy/Acumen: Ability to use technology and digital solutions to enhance the employee experience. Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.) Change Agility: Ability to continuously adapt, effectively operate and manage people in a constant VUCA environment (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous). Ability to seek, collect and synthesize information from a variety of sources, to influence and apply sound judgment to enable strategic and leadership decision making. Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues. On-site Protocol BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role: Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function. BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to . 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