Head of Employee Relations

The role

The Head of Employee Relations will define and lead the global approach to employee relations and performance management. This role involves building relationships with works councils and partnering with senior leaders and legal counsel.

What you will do

• Define and implement the employee relations and performance management strategy, principles and operating model.
• Define the approach to performance management and management of underperformance.
• Establish policies, processes and templates for performance concerns, grievances, disciplinary matters and other cases.
• Provide senior oversight and advice on complex, sensitive or high-risk cases.
• Help managers address concerns early and reach fair outcomes.
• Ensure practices are applied consistently while accommodating local legal requirements.
• Identify recurring themes and recommend preventative action.
• Build constructive relationships with works councils, employee forums and other representative bodies.
• Advise leaders on consultation requirements and communications during organisational change.
• Partner with in-house and external employment lawyers to ensure decisions operate within legal thresholds.

Required qualifications

• Significant senior-level experience in employee relations, employment law, HR or a related discipline.
• Experience defining and implementing an employee relations strategy or operating model.
• Strong knowledge of performance management, investigations, disciplinary and grievance processes, organisational change and dispute resolution.
• Experience working with works councils, employee representatives or trade unions, ideally across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong employment law knowledge and experience working with internal or external legal counsel.
• Sound judgement and the ability to balance legal risk, employee experience, organisational values and commercial priorities.
• Strong influencing, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfortable working both strategically and hands-on with complex cases.

Nice to have

• Experience leading a team or specialist function is desirable

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth and learning opportunities
• Flexibility and ownership
• Collaborative and innovative culture
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
• International environment and talented teams

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply
• Will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire

About the company

Nebius is building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises. The company is listed on Nasdaq and is headquartered in Amsterdam.