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Senior Employee Relations Partner

Lambda

San Francisco, CA · HybridFull-time$215–245K/yrPosted todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$215–245K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Employee Relations Partner helps Lambda address workplace concerns fairly, consistently, and promptly. This senior individual contributor leads sensitive investigations, advises HRBPs and managers on complex employee matters, and improves practices that prevent recurring issues. The role works closely with Legal and the People team, applying impartial judgment, clear documentation, and care throughout the process.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Employee Investigations, requiredEmployee Relations, requiredInterviewing, requiredEvidence Assessment, requiredWritten Documentation, requiredImpartiality, requiredProcedural Fairness, requiredTrust Building, requiredSensitive Conversations, requiredLegal Partnership, requiredEmployment Law, requiredCase Management, requiredUrgency Assessment, requiredClear Communication, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredFollow-Through, requiredWorkforce Relations, nice to haveHR Acuity, nice to haveCase Trend Analysis, nice to haveManager Education, nice to have

Qualifications

7+ Years Employee Relations Experience, required4+ Years Leading Complex Investigations, requiredAWI Training Institute Certificate, nice to haveSHRM-SCP Certification, nice to haveSPHR Certification, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

As a Senior Employee Relations Partner, you will help Lambda address workplace concerns fairly, consistently, and promptly. You will lead sensitive investigations, advise HRBPs and managers on complex employee matters, and improve the practices that prevent recurring issues. This senior individual contributor role will work closely with Legal and the People team, bringing impartial judgment, clear documentation, and care to every stage of the process.

What You’ll Do

  • Own intake and triage of assigned employee concerns, assess urgency and risk, and coordinate appropriate next steps with HRBPs, Legal, and other partners.

  • Conduct thorough, impartial investigations into workplace concerns, including EEO-related complaints, retaliation, and other policy violations.

  • Develop investigation plans, conduct interviews, evaluate relevant evidence, and prepare clear findings and recommendations grounded in documented facts.

  • Partner with Legal and accountable leaders on corrective actions and case resolution; help ensure decisions are consistent and follow-up is completed.

  • Advise HRBPs and managers on complex performance, conduct, workplace conflict, and separation matters, clarifying when specialist or Legal involvement is needed.

  • Maintain accurate case records with appropriate access controls, and communicate process updates while protecting information on a need-to-know basis.

  • Follow up on resolved matters, including concerns about retaliation, and identify recurring patterns through case data and employee feedback.

  • Track and report employee relations trends and case metrics to People leadership.

  • Improve case management practices, policies, and manager training to strengthen early issue resolution and trust in the reporting process.

You

  • Have 7+ years of employee relations experience, including 4+ years independently leading complex workplace investigations and advising on sensitive employee matters.

  • Bring strong interviewing, evidence assessment, and written documentation skills, with a consistent commitment to impartiality and procedural fairness.

  • Can build trust with employees and leaders while maintaining appropriate boundaries and handling sensitive, emotionally charged conversations with discretion and composure.

  • Have experience partnering with Legal and applying company policies and federal and state employment law (including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, and California's FEHA and CFRA) across multiple locations.

  • Can manage concurrent cases, assess urgency, and communicate clear recommendations without losing attention to detail or follow-through.

Nice to Have

  • Experience supporting both corporate and operational workforces in a growing technology or infrastructure company.

  • Experience with HR Acuity or comparable case management tools and using case trends to improve practices.

  • Formal workplace investigations training (such as the AWI Training Institute certificate), SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification, or experience developing manager education on employee relations topics.

Salary Range Information The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

  • Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast

  • Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove

  • We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG

  • Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers

  • We offer generous cash & equity compensation

  • Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

  • Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles

  • 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)

  • Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

Equal Opportunity Employer Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

How this job compares

Set against the 793 open Employee Relations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$215–245K/yr
  • California median$108–150K/yr63 salary ranges
  • US median$84–119K/yr435 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $230K, is 84% above the California median midpoint ($125K) — in the top quarter of Employee Relations salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 85 open Employee Relations jobs in California and 793 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Employee Relations postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 668 postings).
Education
220 of the 793 open Employee Relations jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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