VP Labor Relations

VP, Labor Relations

Location – US - Nationwide with significant travel

(Flexible, with significant travel)

$250,000 to $325,000 DOE

This role is 35% bonus eligible and Equity eligible

Global Medical Response (GMR) is seeking a Vice President, Labor Relations to lead enterprise labor strategy, collective bargaining, and labor risk management across complex, union-dense, multi-state air and ground operations.

This executive will serve as a senior advisor on labor and employee relations strategy, connecting labor decisions to business, financial, operational, and workforce priorities. The VP will lead a national labor relations function, strengthen productive labor relationships, anticipate workforce risk, and build the systems and leadership capability needed to support sustainable operations and position GMR as an employer of choice in emergency medical services.

• Develop and execute a multi-year labor relations strategy aligned with financial targets, service commitments, workforce priorities, growth objectives, operating margins, and workforce sustainability.
• Advise senior and executive leaders on labor trends, workforce risks, organizing activity, legislative and regulatory developments, labor-cost pressures, and their implications for the business.
• Integrate labor strategy into enterprise planning, workforce economics, organizational effectiveness, retention, scheduling, compensation, productivity, market expansion, and operating-model decisions.
• Establish clear enterprise visibility into contract risk, economic exposure, grievances and arbitration, organizing vulnerability, and workforce trends.

• Lead a high-volume, multi-state collective bargaining portfolio, including strategy, economic mandates, negotiation planning, and outcomes. Direct first- and second-chair negotiators and serve as chief spokesperson or senior advisor in significant negotiations.
• Build enterprise bargaining strategies and playbooks that protect GMR’s financial and operational objectives while supporting productive, respectful labor relationships.
• Lead enterprise grievance and arbitration strategy in partnership with Legal, identify root causes of recurring disputes, and strengthen consistent contract interpretation and administration.
• Anticipate emerging labor risks and lead lawful organizing readiness, vulnerability assessment, leadership education, employee communication, and response strategies.
• Own strike and contingency planning to support service continuity and patient care during potential labor disruption.
• Lead labor strategy for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, market expansion, and operational restructuring, including due diligence, liability assessment, integration, and bargaining transition planning.

• Build trusted relationships across Operations, HR, Legal, executive leadership, labor organizations, industry associations, government agencies, and other external stakeholders.
• Build and develop a high-performing national labor relations function with clear enterprise standards, governance, operating practices, analytics, and accountability.
• Partner with HR and operational leaders to strengthen positive employee relations, leadership capability, retention, workplace culture, and the employee experience.
• Present labor strategy, bargaining developments, workforce trends, risk assessments, and continuity plans to executive and Board governance forums.

• Bachelor’s degree in Labor Relations, Human Resources, Business Administration, Law, or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressive labor relations experience, including significant…