HR Legal & Employee Relations Manager

The role

You will lead HR legal topics across Europe, manage employee relations, and give strategic legal guidance on individual and collective matters. You will work with the CHRO as a key legal partner to the HR organization.

What you will do

• Lead HR implementation for new country openings, including local benchmarks, employment contracts and social protection compliance
• Coordinate and challenge external legal counsel and payroll providers across European regions
• Manage international mobility files, including secondments, expatriation and cross-border recruitment
• Act as lead internal expert for management on employment law matters (contracts, working hours, disciplinary actions, terminations)
• Oversee pre-litigation and litigation cases with specialized law firms
• Maintain legal watch on French and European legislation
• Prepare and co-animate meetings with Employee Representative Bodies (CSE) and social committees
• Define strategy and lead negotiations for collective company agreements
• Advise leadership on the social climate and constructive dialogue with social partners

Required qualifications

• Master 2 in Social Law or Human Resources
• At least 5 years of experience in a similar role
• Proven expertise in multi-site management within Europe
• Significant experience in social relations, including managing instances and collective bargaining
• Full English fluency

Nice to have

• Experience in a law firm and/or an international environment

Benefits

• Hybrid work with up to 3 days of remote work per week
• Healthy meal service at headquarters and breakfast at all sites
• Swile card for lunches at regional sites
• Access to a gym, daycare places and discounted caring services
• International environment with dozens of nationalities
• Internal mobility to other Iliad Group entities

Before you apply

• The hiring process includes a 30 min discovery call with a recruiter, a 45 min interview with the HR Director and a 45 min stakeholder interview

About the company

Scaleway is a European cloud and AI provider founded in 1999, offering over 100 public cloud products. Its data centers run solely on renewable energy since 2017, and it is supported by the Iliad Group.