Senior Employee Relations Business Partner

The role

The Senior Employee Relations Business Partner serves as a strategic advisor to leadership and People teams. This person leads complex workplace investigations, advises on high-risk employee matters, and designs scalable ER frameworks.

What you will do

• Partner with senior leaders, HRBPs, Legal, and executives on sensitive employee relations issues.
• Provide risk assessments and recommended actions aligned with company values, business goals, and employment law.
• Identify systemic risks and recommend proactive solutions.
• Lead and document complex investigations regarding harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misconduct, and ethics concerns.
• Draft investigation reports and executive summaries with findings and recommendations.
• Manage internal reporting channels and escalation protocols.
• Design and maintain employee relations policies, procedures, and frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Partner with Legal on regulatory readiness and litigation prevention.
• Advise on performance management, discipline, terminations, and RIF planning.

Required qualifications

• 3-5 years of employee relations, employment law, HR, or investigations experience.
• Experience in high-growth or scaling organizations.
• Demonstrated success handling complex, high-risk investigations.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR best practices.
• Exceptional judgment, discretion, and executive presence.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting global teams

Benefits

• competitive health coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with company match
• equity grants
• access to financial wellness tools and planning resources
• wellness benefits
• family support programs
• life and disability insurance
• paid leave programs
• company-designated paid holidays
• discretionary time off (DTO)
• end-of-year company shutdown

About the company

PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers. The company uses silicon photonics to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.