Staff Workplace Investigator
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About the Cruise Legal Organization:
Cruise is creating a new-to-the-world service and a world-changing category of autonomous vehicle mobility. On the legal side, the rules are being written now, and we’re the team charged with helping guide the company on legal and risk considerations as we unlock the future. We’re a collegial group in which every role matters, and you will have an impact on high stakes decisions, working with technical and development teams solving some of the hardest engineering challenges of our generation. This position will report to our Assistant General Counsel, Employment.
About the role:
Cruise is seeking a hardworking and self-motivated Senior Workplace Investigator to join the Litigation, Employment & Investigations team in its San Francisco office. In this role, you will be responsible for any workplace matter that may be a potential violation of law or company policy. You will promptly conduct, track, and close out workplace investigations in close cooperation with our HR Business Partner and Employee Relations teams, and also partner as necessary with other teams at Cruise, such as the Ethics & Compliance and Security teams. You will make recommendations to management for addressing workplace concerns and help create long-term solutions for systemic issues. You will advise on appropriate investigation procedures and documentation. The ideal candidate demonstrates a high degree of empathy while providing direct feedback, is highly collaborative, maintains composure in difficult situations, and is excited by the challenge of designing, building, and scaling the Company’s investigation processes and procedures. While technical skills, experience, a strong work ethic, and knowledge are vital requisites of this role, the best candidates are also personable, organized, and demonstrate the ability to act with efficiency, accuracy, flexibility, and creativity. This position will be based at Cruise’s headquarters in San Francisco and will report to the Assistant General Counsel, Employment.
Day-to-day responsibilities Include:
- Investigate complaints involving violations of law or policy, including allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, bullying, privacy concerns, conflicts of interest, integrity, and other inappropriate behavior
- Actively manage all aspects of investigations, including background research, interviews, the preservation of data, tracking progress, and documentation of conclusions and any recommended remediations
- Competently analyze and synthesize relevant documents and data, make objective findings, and cohesively summarize the investigation addressing all relevant legal and policy issues
- Provide timely communication to all relevant parties throughout the investigations process
- Remain respectful and empathetic in the face of difficult and uncomfortable situations
- Provide advice and investigation design guidance to the Employee Relations team
- Partner with HR Business Partners, Employee Relations, and our Security teams to ensure cross-functional investigations and disciplinary processes are handled fairly, promptly, consistently, and in compliance with local, state, and federal requirements
- Create, update, and improve internal processes, templates, training, guidelines, and playbooks for workplace investigations
- Work closely and effectively with teams across Cruise on various risk mitigation initiatives and programs
You should apply for this role if you have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 8+ years of Employee Relations/Workplace Investigations experience in either an HRBP role or Employee Relations role, or equivalent experience in an employment lawyer role or supporting an employment law team
- Experience dealing with employment law principles and conducting and advising on investigations, performance management, and coaching/development
- Exceptional writing and communications skills, with a demonstrated ability to provide direct feedback and persuasively convey recommendations
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership
- Self-motivated with the ability to both self-manage and manage a team to achieve project objectives
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to organize and analyze data
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize issues under time pressure
Bonus points!
- JD and experience practicing law with an employment law focus
- Formal training and/or Certification in Investigations
- Experience working in tech, especially for a large or scaling organization
- Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
- Competitive salary and benefits
- 401(k) Cruise matching program
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
- One Medical membership
- Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
- Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
- We’re Integrated
- Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
- We’re Funded
- GM, Honda, Microsoft, SoftBank, & T. Rowe Price, have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
- We’re Independent
- We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.
- We’re Vested
- You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.
Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives.
We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.
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