Global Employee Relations Manager, Optro
$105.6-145.2k
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AI-powered GRC software
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AI-powered GRC software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$105.6-145.2k
Offers Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To redefine GRC through a single, AI-powered system of action.
Role
Who you are
- Global Expertise: Proven experience managing employee relations on a global scale, with a strong grasp of international labor laws
- Investigative Rigor: Strong experience conducting investigations with a high degree of empathy, objectivity, and discretion
- Regional Proficiency: Familiarity with US, EMEA, and APAC labor law, including UK-specific grievance/disciplinary procedures and experience navigating consultation processes (e.g., Works Councils in EMEA)
- Exceptional Judgment: Ability to navigate complex, ambiguous situations by balancing legal risks with cultural impact, consistently making objective decisions that uphold our high-performance standards
- Expert Communicator: Ability to translate complex legal requirements into actionable advice, and comfortable delivering difficult news or coaching senior leaders through sensitive issues
- SaaS/Tech Background: Experience working within a fast-growing SaaS or tech company
What the job involves
- As a Global Employee Relations Manager, you will play a critical role in determining, managing, and upholding our global ER standards
- You will work to ensure our culture is supported through consistent practices across all international jurisdictions
- In this role, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy as a key partner to our People Business Partners (PBPs) and leaders, ensuring that as we scale into new markets, we do so with consistency, integrity, and legal precision
- This is a high-impact role for a professional who thrives on operationalizing global standards and resolving complex workplace issues
- ER Standardization & Execution: Lead the implementation and management of employee relations workflows to ensure a consistent, scalable framework that reinforces our high-performance culture across different regions
- Case Management: Manage the end-to-end process for investigations and performance cases, providing specialized support to People Business Partners (PBPs) to ensure consistent outcomes
- Labor Law Compliance: Maintain a deep understanding of labor laws in our expanding key operating regions, including UK grievance/disciplinary procedures, EMEA Works Councils, and California-specific regulations
- Expansion Support: Assist with the company’s growth into new markets by applying ER and labor law expertise to localized needs
- Data & Insights: Utilize ER data to identify trends and derive insights, proactively seeing around corners to address potential issues before they escalate
- Leader Enablement: Collaborate with the L&D team to deliver training to managers on ER best practices, managing performance concerns, and local compliance requirements
Our take
Optro (formerly AuditBoard) provides risk and compliance software for large businesses. The company's founders spent years working at the Big Four and other global enterprises, and realized that many audit activities were still taking place in Excel sheets, or using legacy software like IBM's OpenPages, which hadn't kept up to date with the latest reporting requirements.
The result was an end-to-end platform for managing risk, helping enterprises to streamline internal audit, SOX compliance, controls management, risk management, and security compliance. It's a top-rated cloud-based platform and has won numerous awards, with the company being consistently named the market leader in Audit Management.
Now Optro is focused on expanding its AI-powered GRC platform. Following its rebrand from AuditBoard, the company acquired AI-native SOX automation platform Midship to help audit teams automate repetitive work and focus more on strategic risk analysis. And impressively, more than 50% of the Fortune 500 now use Optro's platform as it continues building AI-driven tools for risk, compliance, and cybersecurity teams.
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Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2018
$40m
SERIES B
Apr 2017
$3.6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $43.6m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits: High quality health plans and access to hormonal and family-building support.
- Time away from work: Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, and more.
- Financial benefits: Beyond a competitive salary, plans are provided to assist in your financial future including retirement and pension plans as well as life and disability insurance.
- Parental leave: Parents are eligible for time off to care for their newborn, adopted child, or foster child. Parental leave benefits and pay vary by location.
- Professional development: Continuously grow through development workshops, mentoring programs, and more.
- Community impact: We partner with communities to provide services in addition to sponsoring our own events.
- Live your best life: Invest in yourself, on us. Our monthly wellness stipend is designed to support your life beyond the screen, giving you the flexibility to fuel your passions and your well-being.
- Mental health: Access to Headspace’s well known meditation support plus coaching and therapy, for you and additional loved ones.
Company HQ
Wilmington, DE
Leadership
Raul Villar Jr.
(CEO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Raul was the CEO of Paycor for nearly 6 years. They also spent over 8 years at AdvancedMD and nearly 22 years at ADP.
Jim Sperduto
(CGO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Jim spent over 30 years at ADP. While there, they held a number of roles, including President of Small Business, Retirement, and Insurance Services.
Haibei (Happy) Wang
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Prior to joining Optro in 2023, Haibei was the CTO at Everbridge and Skupos. They also held VP roles at Globality, AccelOps and Scripps Network Interactive.
April Crichlow
(CMO)April spent over 17 years at SAP, ultimately as CMO at SAP SuccessFactors. They then spent 3 years at Centrical as CMO before joining Optro in 2025.
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