Employee Relations Business Partner

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2 Locations
Hybrid
165K-248K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Legal Tech • Professional Services • Software
The Role
Own US employee relations matters from intake through resolution, including performance concerns, conduct issues, investigations, conflict resolution, and sensitive separations. Partner with managers, People Business Partners, and Employment Legal to guide decisions, conduct impartial investigations, manage employee communications, and resolve cases fairly. Build case-management practices, manager resources, training, and data-informed improvements while maintaining confidentiality and supporting a fast-growing technology company.
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Why Harvey

At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.

Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

Role Overview

As Harvey continues to scale, we’re hiring our first Employee Relations Business Partner to own employee relations across the US. You’ll work closely with our US People Business Partners, managers, and Employment Legal team on performance issues, investigations, and sensitive employee transitions, as well as partner on Global matters

This is a hands-on role with meaningful ownership. You’ll work directly with managers and employees to resolve difficult situations while helping us scale an ER approach that is consistent, practical, and suited to a fast-moving company.

What You’ll Do
  • Own US employee relations matters from intake through resolution, including performance concerns, conduct and sensitive issues. Work directly with managers and Employment Legal in partnership with the relevant People Business Partner.

  • Lead thorough, impartial workplace investigations. Develop investigation plans, conduct interviews, assess evidence, document findings, and coordinate appropriate follow-up.

  • Help managers navigate difficult conversations and decisions. Challenge assumptions, distinguish facts from impressions, and provide clear guidance that balances business needs, fairness, and employee trust.

  • Be a thoughtful resource for employees. Listen carefully, explain processes and next steps clearly, and handle sensitive information with discretion.

  • Partner with Employment Legal and People Business Partners on case strategy, required reviews, employee communications, and implementation of agreed outcomes.

  • Build practical tools and improve how we work. Develop case-management practices and manager resources, use case trends to address recurring issues, and develop ad hoc training / programs as relevant.

What You’ll Bring
  • 7+ years of experience in employee relations or related People roles, with substantial hands-on ownership of complex ER matters and workplace investigations.

  • Experience managing employee relations in a high-growth technology environment, ideally AI, with exposure to both technical and commercial teams.

  • Strong working knowledge of US employment requirements and experience translating legal guidance into practical recommendations.

  • Experience across both investigations and ongoing ER advisory work, including performance management, conflict resolution, and sensitive separations.

  • Credibility with senior leaders and the confidence to challenge a proposed approach while maintaining trust. You can be direct without being dismissive and empathetic without avoiding the difficult message.

  • Strong writing, organization, and judgment. You can manage competing priorities, maintain clear records, and explain your recommendations.

  • A low-ego, high-ownership approach. You’re comfortable operating through ambiguity, building what is missing, and adapting your approach rather than defaulting to a playbook.

Compensation

$165,400 - $248,200 USD

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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing [email protected]

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of experience in employee relations or related People roles
  • Substantial hands-on ownership of complex employee relations matters and workplace investigations
  • Experience managing employee relations in a high-growth technology environment
  • Experience with technical and commercial teams
  • Strong working knowledge of US employment requirements
  • Experience translating legal guidance into practical recommendations
  • Experience with investigations and ongoing employee relations advisory work
  • Experience with performance management, conflict resolution, and sensitive separations
  • Credibility with senior leaders and ability to challenge proposed approaches while maintaining trust
  • Strong writing, organization, judgment, and record-keeping skills
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and explain recommendations clearly
  • Low-ego, high-ownership approach with comfort operating through ambiguity

Harvey Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harvey and has not been reviewed or approved by Harvey.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and fertility benefits. This breadth indicates robust health protections within the total rewards package.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is prominently offered with eligibility starting on day one. Family-building support complements leave policies to support different life stages.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is routinely positioned alongside competitive cash, with communications emphasizing pre-IPO upside. This signals meaningful access to ownership as part of compensation.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
373 Employees
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

Harvey is a generative AI company backed by Sequoia and OpenAI's startup fund building the future of professional services.

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