Senior Employee Relations Specialist

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. Circle’s platform includes the world’s largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet.

Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we’re expanding into some of the world’s strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values:
High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

We are looking for a sharp, discreet, and forward‑thinking Employee Relations Lead to join our People & Talent organization. In this critical role, you’ll help maintain a high‑integrity, high‑performance culture by leading complex employee relations work with rigor, fairness, and sound judgment.

You will manage the full lifecycle of employee relations matters — from intake to investigation to resolution — while serving as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, Legal, Compliance, Ethics, and business leaders. Your work will directly influence how consistently, transparently, and effectively we navigate performance issues, conflict, conduct concerns, and organizational challenges.

This is a high‑impact role for someone who thrives on complexity, exercises exceptional judgment, and consistently models maturity, discretion, and clarity. You’ll help shape a scalable ER function rooted in data, compliance, and a strong sense of humanity — strengthening trust across the company.

• Own the end‑to‑end management of employee relations cases, including intake, triage, investigation, documentation, recommendations, and closure.
• Conduct thorough, unbiased investigations into allegations such as misconduct, policy violations, workplace conflict, retaliation, and performance escalations.
• Deliver clear findings and partner with HRBPs, Legal, Compliance, and Ethics to ensure outcomes are fair, consistent, and grounded in company values.
• Ensure high‑quality case documentation with precise, audit‑ready detail.

• Advise managers on handling performance concerns, conflict resolution, coaching strategies, and policy interpretation.
• Support employees and leaders navigating sensitive situations by offering clarity, empathy, and actionable guidance.
• Partner with HRBPs to elevate leader capability and to address root causes driving ER activity.

• Interpret company policies and help ensure organizational adherence, recommending updates as gaps or trends emerge.
• Strengthen ER playbooks, templates, and operational processes to improve consistency, efficiency, and risk management.
• Collaborate with Compliance and Legal to maintain alignment with employment regulations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, and HRBPs to refine employee‑facing policies and playbooks.
• Support the development of ER frameworks, templates, investigation tools, and documentation standards.

• Track and analyze ER cases to identify patterns, hotspots, and breakdowns in culture or leadership effectiveness.
• Produce reporting and insights for People leadership, highlighting emerging risk and recommending evidence‑based interventions.
• Use data to influence proactive solutions — training, policy adjustments, and capability‑building for managers.

• Work closely with HRBPs, Legal, Compliance, Ethics, Security, and Talent teams to ensure cohesive handling of employee…