Employee Relations Lead

The Role

About Lord Abbett:

Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.

From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.

We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.

Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?

The Employee Relations Lead will oversee the firm’s employee relations and human capital management and workforce compliance functions, ensuring a positive workplace culture and adherence to regulatory requirements. This role involves developing policies, managing complex employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with labor and immigration laws, and partnering with stakeholders to mitigate risk. The ideal candidate brings deep human resources expertise, strong people related compliance knowledge, and experience within financial services.

We’ll trust you to:

• Design, implement, and maintain employee relations policies and procedures.
• Lead investigations and resolve employee relations issues, including documentation and disciplinary actions.
• Ensure compliance with global labor laws, immigration regulations, and internal policies.
• Conduct audits and risk assessments related to employee relations, immigration, and HR compliance.
• Advise employees and managers on employee relations and immigration matters.
• Draft key documents, including global mobility letters, employee handbooks, and immigration filings.
• Partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance and other teams to align human resources compliance strategies.
• Monitor and report on compliance metrics and employee relations trends.
• Stay current on regulatory changes and industry best practices.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 7+ years of experience in employee relations and compliance, ideally in financial services.
• Strong knowledge of labor laws, immigration policies, and compliance standards.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency with compliance tools, UKG, Microsoft Office, and HR systems.

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

• Principles-Based - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
• Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
• Purpose-Driven
  -We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first.

We were honored to be ranked #1 in Barron’s Best Fund Families for 2024 and to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for five consecutive years.

Annual base salary for this role is $150,000-$180,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Discretionary Bonus:
Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance.