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Senior Manager Employee Relations
Date: Dec 10, 2025
Location:
West Chester, United States, Pennsylvania, 19380
Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals
Job Id: 64851
Who we are
Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.
The opportunity
Primary responsibility will be managing all employee relations issues for Teva within the Employee Relations COE (Center of Excellence) for the United States. This position will be responsible for managing employee relations investigations and processes including ensuring appropriate outcomes of investigations consistent with Teva policy. The Senior Manager, Employee Relations, will track cases and investigations to view trends and areas for potential proactive training opportunities. Provides coaching and counseling to managers and HR colleagues related to employee relations issues including leaves of absence and requests for accommodation.
How you’ll spend your day
- Serves as a consultant to management on employee coaching & counseling, progressive discipline, investigations and exits related to performance, code of conduct & policy violations
- Serves as a liaison between management and specialist areas for workers compensation, leaves of absence accommodation requests and fleet violations; gathers information to support decision making in compliance with company policies and local regulations
- Partners closely with HR Operations & Services and other COEs to interpret HR policies and processes related to employee relations
- Work closely with Corporate Compliance to ensure employment actions are aligned with compliance policies and processes
- Provides employee and management, coaching and counseling with objectivity and professionalism in dealing with sensitive issues
- May advise related to other HR processes such as decisions/processes concerning promotions, compensation adjustments, transfers, terminations, recruitment and staffing.
- May support other HR projects, priorities and initiatives as needed
Travel Requirements: Up to 20%
This position is based in West Chester, PA however Parsippany, NJ may be considered for the right candidate.
Your experience and qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in HR or related field is required
- A minimum of 5 years of HR experience is required with experience in a business facing role with a significant emphasis on employee relations
- Knowledge of US employment law is required
- Pharmaceutical or healthcare with large field based sales organization is ideal
- Experience in processes for employee counseling, investigations, separations
- Experience managing leave of absence processes a plus
- The person will demonstrate fundamental cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to guide or direct others through action or influence.
- A successful candidate must also have the ability to understand issues impacting the business unit and company
- Experience developing and/or working in a COE based Human Resources model
- Able to navigate in a highly matrixed work environment
- Strong project management skills required
- Change management skills and experience strongly preferred
- Other required skills include a strong business understanding, basic organizational consulting skills and strong analytical and communication skills (oral and written)
- Experience coaching managers on employee relations
- Strong knowledge of US employment law and how to mitigate risk
- Comfort in providing constructive feedback to managers about their people manager skills
Enjoy a more rewarding choice
We offer a competitive benefits package, including:
- Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
- Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
- Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.
- Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
- Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.
The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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