Director, Employee Relations

Overview

The Employee Relations Director is a part of the EMEA Employee Relations team and Global Employee Relations function. This role will be based in Dublin and will report to the Senior Director of EMEA Employee Relations. In this role, you will lead the ER function in the France, Central and South Regions, including emerging markets UAE and KSA. You will set the strategy for ER in the France, Central and South Regions, in alignment with the wider local ES function and the Global and EMEA ER strategy. You will manage a team of 4 ER professionals across France and Spain.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and partner with ESBPs, Employment Legal and Employee Success COEs to achieve high quality, seamless ES support, and represent as 1 ES to the business
  
• Partner closely with global and regional ER team members, share best practice and leverage support from each other
  
• Manage a constructive relationship with the Works councils in the region, leveraging the Labor Relations team partnership
  
• Conduct investigations on more complex or escalated ER cases across EMEA, including investigations, performance management, disciplinary, grievance and separation processes
  
• Conduct joint investigations with the CSE in France as required
  
• Demonstrate a proven track record of managing complex casework
  
• Restructure and RIF Activity
  
• Lead individual restructures and work in partnership with wider ES teams to execute on collective redundancy programs including RCCs, applying local legal processes and Salesforce practice and policy
  
• Partner with the wider EMEA ER team to create and sustain positive employee relations programs and standard methodologies across the region
  
• Manage executive exits, negotiations with external counsel, balanced with financial and legal risk management
  
• Coach business leaders and people managers through ER challenges, handling business risk and balancing commercial decisions with employee welfare
  
• Deliver and facilitate training as required on ER processes
  
• Generate, analyze and report on metrics to share themes and trends to the business. Maintain excellent data hygiene in the ER case management system
  
• Share business insights into ER trends and themes with ESBP leaders on a quarterly basis
  
• Lead or participate on special projects/programs requiring ER internal partner input, e.g. HR Compliance activity
  
• Make informed and measured judgement calls in complex pressurized situations, ensuring we consult with key stakeholders to achieve the best possible outcome while balancing risk to the company and staying true to our company values
  
• Create executive summaries for senior stakeholders, outlining key challenges, risks, issues, assumptions including possible and recommended course/s of action to reach a resolution
  

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in Employee Relations and Works Council/ Trade Union management
  
• Fluency in English and French is preferred, one other language would be ideal
  
• Experience as an HR BP with material ER exposure or as an ER specialist
  
• Proven negotiation skills and an ability to influence others
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to build strong partnerships and work effectively in a matrixed environment with leaders and ES colleagues
  
• A Human Resources; Industrial relations or other related degrees
  
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, preferably in a high growth technology company although this is not a requirement
  

Benefits

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Seniority level

• Not Applicable
  

Employment type

• Full-time
  

Job function

• Human Resources
  

Industries

• Software Development, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet
  

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