Director of Human Resources Business Partner – Labor Relations

🕒 September 29

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Salute

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

Salute is a global leader in providing integrated lifecycle services for data centers, focusing on operational excellence, sustainability, and scalable infrastructure solutions. With over 30 services ranging from design, build, operate, to refresh, Salute supports clients through every stage of their data center journey. The company serves a wide-reaching market, including hyperscalers, colocation providers, and enterprise data center operators across North America, South America, and EMEA regions.

📋 Description

• Serve as the enterprise subject-matter expert on collective bargaining, contract interpretation, and union relationship strategy • Advise HRBPs, site leaders, and executives on complex grievance, arbitration, and contract administration matters • Design and lead collective bargaining negotiation strategy as lead negotiator or chief strategist • Escalate and manage the organization's highest-risk labor matters, including arbitration, NLRB charges, and labor board proceedings • Maintain current knowledge of the NLRA and labor/employment law across domestic and international jurisdictions • Author and maintain enterprise labor relations playbooks, position statements, and precedent guidance • Advise leadership on union organizing activity and labor relations strategy • Lead strike and contingency planning methodology and advise during active labor disputes • Own labor relations metrics and reporting and translate findings into enterprise strategy • Coach and upskill HRBPs, generalists, and operations leaders • Design and deliver labor relations training and certification programs • Partner with HRBPs as a technical advisor on complex or precedent-setting matters • Build toolkits, templates, and decision frameworks for routine labor matters • Set enterprise standards for CBA administration, grievance handling, and negotiation practice • Align labor relations strategy with workforce planning, M&A, and organizational transformation • Analyze workforce and labor relations data to identify enterprise-wide risk and opportunity • Govern consistency of contract interpretation and precedent across sites and regions • Ensure compliance with CBAs, labor regulations, employment law, and company policy • Monitor labor and employment law changes across global jurisdictions • Partner with Legal and Compliance on arbitration, NLRB matters, and labor-related proceedings • Serve as labor relations partner to HR Operations and regional HR teams • Provide SME support on local labor and works council requirements • Promote consistent labor relations practice and knowledge-sharing across regions and business units

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial/Labor Relations, or related field • 10+ years of progressive labor relations experience • Recognized subject-matter expertise in collective bargaining and contract administration • Experience as lead negotiator across multiple CBA negotiations, including complex or contested bargaining • Expert-level knowledge of the NLRA, labor board practice, arbitration procedure, and multi-jurisdiction labor/employment law • Experience serving as an escalation resource or technical advisor to other HR professionals on labor matters • Experience developing labor relations training, playbooks, or capability-building programs • Experience supporting multi-site, multi-state, or global unionized operations • Exceptional negotiation, analytical, and communication skills • Preferred: Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Labor Relations, or related field; JD a plus • Preferred: SHRM-SCP, SPHR, GPHR, or equivalent certification • Preferred: Formal labor relations or arbitration training • Preferred: Experience in a dedicated labor relations SME, center-of-excellence, or corporate labor relations role • Preferred: Direct experience with NLRB litigation, arbitration hearings, and strike or contingency planning at scale • Preferred: Experience supporting unionized manufacturing, distribution, logistics, healthcare, retail, or industrial environments • Preferred: Experience supporting international employee populations, works councils, and global labor relations programs

🏖️ Benefits

• 8 company-paid holidays • 2 floating holidays • PTO • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Employee Assistance Program • Employer-supported 401(k) with immediate 100% vesting • 3% employer match and 50% match on the next 2% • Health Savings Account (HSA) • Mental health resources • Gym discounts • Discounted legal services • Discounted home and auto insurance • Pet insurance • ID theft protection • Discounted Group Life & AD&D • Discounted Group Short & Long-term Disability • Parental leave

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