Senior People Consultant EMEA

The role

The Senior People Consultant leads complex and ambiguous advisory cases across EMEA. This person provides advanced coaching to managers and senior leaders on leadership, performance, and organizational challenges.

What you will do

• Provide advanced coaching to managers and senior leaders on leadership, development, and performance.
• Lead assessment and resolution of highly ambiguous or sensitive cases.
• Guide leaders through resistance, difficult conversations, and high-impact decisions.
• Exercise advanced judgment and identify risks for escalation to ER&C, Legal, or Labor Relations.
• Strengthen team capability through peer coaching and complex case reviews.
• Analyse recurring case patterns to improve AI resources and workflows.

Required qualifications

• Professional expertise and practical consulting experience in HR, HRBP, Employee Relations, management consulting, leadership coaching, or organizational development.
• Ability to independently lead and resolve highly complex, ambiguous advisory cases.
• Experience advising senior leaders on sensitive leadership, performance, and organizational challenges.
• Exceptional coaching, communication, influencing, and conflict resolution skills.
• Strong understanding of leadership effectiveness, organizational dynamics, performance management, conflict resolution, and risk assessment.
• Ability to develop colleagues through peer coaching, case consultation, or knowledge sharing.
• Experience evaluating or improving AI-enabled workflows, automated guidance, or digital service capabilities.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with EMEA employment practices and employee representation processes, including works councils
• Additional language skills, particularly Spanish, German, or French

Benefits

• Equity (where applicable)
• Bonus
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Financial benefits
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

About the company

Okta secures AI by building trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. The Manager Success team helps managers lead effective teams through an AI-first support model.