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Overview
IGT is seeking a Director, Employee Relations, Health & Safety to lead global employee relations and compliance strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements. IGT, where innovation meets entertainment on a global scale! From the casino floor to your mobile screen, we deliver thrilling, responsible, and unforgettable gaming experiences — powered by world-class content, strong technical and commercial capabilities and nurtured by a culture of collaboration, accountability, and ownership. Whether it’s spinning reels, placing bets, or enabling secure payments, we turn innovation into impact through disciplined execution and long-term value creation. With a team of over 6,000 employees across 30+ countries and products delivered in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide, we operate at scale while staying closely connected to customers we serve. If you’re ready to bring your talent to a team shaping the future of entertainment, your next big move starts here.
Responsibilities
- •Define and lead the global strategy for employee relations, labor relations, and compliance, aligning priorities with business objectives and risk posture
- •Establish the vision, operating model, and long-term roadmap for ER and compliance programs across the enterprise
- •Lead a globally distributed team, including regional and functional leaders, to deliver consistent and scalable outcomes
- •Drive organizational capability in employee relations and compliance, elevating practices across the HR function and leadership population
- •Serve as a trusted advisor to senior HR leadership and business executives on complex, high-risk employee and labor relations matters
- •Provide guidance on organizational decisions with significant employee, legal, or reputational impact
- •Partner with Legal on litigation strategy, regulatory matters, and enterprise risk exposure
- •Influence decision-making at the executive level to balance risk, compliance, and business outcomes
- •Own and govern the global policy framework, establishing standards, decision rights, and governance structures for policy development and enforcement
- •Ensure organizational compliance with employment laws and regulations across all jurisdictions
- •Lead governance forums or councils to drive alignment, accountability, and consistency in policy interpretation and application
- •Oversee the integration of policy and compliance requirements into business operations and HR practices
- •Lead the identification, assessment, and mitigation of employee relations and compliance risks across the organization
- •Establish frameworks to proactively identify trends and systemic issues, driving enterprise-level interventions
- •Provide regular insights and reporting to senior leadership on risk exposure, trends, and mitigation effectiveness
- •Anticipate and prepare the organization for emerging regulatory and workforce risks
- •Ensure scalable and effective execution of ER case management, investigations, and labor relations practices across regions
- •Oversee enabling tools and platforms (e.g., ServiceNow), ensuring alignment with enterprise needs, data integrity, and actionable insights
- •Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement to enhance efficiency and consistency globally
- •Lead, develop, and mentor a global team of employee relations, policy, compliance, and labor relations professionals, including regional leads and subject matter experts
- •Establish a high-performing organization with clear accountability, capability development, and succession planning
- •Foster strong collaboration across HR, Legal, and business functions to enable aligned and effective outcomes
- •Champion a culture of integrity, fairness, and accountability in employee relations practices.
Conditions
- •Estimated starting compensation range: $168,000 – $209,900 USD
- •Employees may be eligible for bonus or commission opportunities
- •Comprehensive benefits package, which may include:
- •401(k) savings plan with company contributions
- •Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- •Life and disability coverage
- •Paid time off
- •Tuition reimbursement
- •Other wellness programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
Qualifications
- •12+ years of progressive experience in employee relations, labor relations, HR compliance, or employment law
- •Proven experience defining and leading enterprise-wide ER and compliance strategies in a global organization
- •Deep expertise in employment and labor law across multiple jurisdictions
- •Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and guide high-impact organizational decisions
- •Experience leading global, multi-layered teams and building organizational capability
- •Strong business acumen and ability to align ER and compliance strategy with organizational priorities
- •Experience establishing governance frameworks, operating models, and scalable processes
- •Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.