Responsibilities

Extends that of the Manager, Team Member Relations responsibilities.

Oversight and management of the Team Member Relations Team.

Develop our investigation and team member relations processes, policies and objectives in partnership with Legal and People team functions.

Establishes strategic partnerships and supports business units on employee relations concerns, performance management initiatives and change management.

Responsible for reporting on and identifying team member relations trends and patterns and utilizing this data to develop and recommend strategic approaches to drive change and mitigate risk to GitLab.

Partner closely with People Business Partners, Legal, Learning and Development, and People Operations and Systems to implement solutions and help scale GitLab.

Ensures adherence to a wide range of practices including recruiting, hiring, performance management and compensation.

Designs, facilitates, and scales Manager Training based on data analysis.

Responds to and directly manages highly sensitive investigations, summarizes findings, and provides recommended resolutions to executive and other levels of management when necessary.

Requirements

Extends that of the Manager Team Member Relations requirements

10+ years experience in employee relations

5+ years experience managing a team

Solid judgment and experience assessing risk relative to the business

Strong communication and critical thinking skills

Empathetic compassionate and human

Objective, fair, and compliant with local laws and regulations

Strong project and change management experience

Demonstrated experience learning and thriving in a constantly changing environment.

Experience using data to identify insights that drive action

Strong analytical/problem-solving skills; ability to communicate complicated solutions in a simple, digestible way with data

Experience working with confidential data

Desire and enthusiasm to build processes and practices to create and elevate how team members experience their journey at GitLab

Performance Indicators

Team Member Case Management

Team member relations will respond to all requests for assistance from team members within 24 hours.

All cases are resolved in a consistent, fair and unbiased process.

Identify and resolve potential risks to GitLab.

Provide all GitLab team members an avenue to express workplace concerns and to resolve conflicts in a safe and unbiased forum.

When surveyed, >90% utilizing the Team Member Relations team report effective interactions and outcomes, and resolutions to their concerns.

Overall employee sentiment is positive (>80%) on the Engagement Survey.

Collaboration

Effective partnership with key stakeholders such as People Business Partners, Legal and People Success.

Career Ladder

The next step in the job family is VP, People Operations, or Director, People Business Partner.

Hiring Process

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find their job title on our team page .

Qualified candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute screening call with one of our Global Recruiters.

Next, candidates will be invited to schedule a 45 minute interview with our Senior Manager, People Operations

After that, candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute interview with members of the People Business Partner Team

Next, candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute interview with members of the Legal team

After that, candidates will be invited to interview with the Senior Director, People Success

Finally, our CPO may choose to conduct a final interview

Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page .

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