Head of Employee Relations
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Head of Employee Relations shaping global employee-relations and performance practices. Advising leaders and works councils at Nebius, an AI cloud infrastructure company.
Responsibilities:
- Define and implement the organisation’s employee relations and performance management strategy, principles and operating model
- Define the organisation’s approach to performance management, including effective management of underperformance
- Establish policies, processes and templates for performance concerns, grievances, disciplinary matters and other employee relations cases
- Provide senior oversight and advice on complex, sensitive or high-risk cases
- Help managers address concerns early, set clear expectations and reach fair, proportionate outcomes
- Ensure practices are applied consistently while accommodating local legal requirements
- Identify recurring themes and recommend preventative or organisation-wide action
- Partner with People teams to align employee relations and performance practices with broader talent and reward strategy
- Build relationships with works councils, employee forums and other representative bodies
- Advise leaders on consultation requirements, timelines and communications during organisational change
- Support consultation and negotiation processes and ensure agreed actions are implemented
- Partner with employment lawyers on legal compliance and translate legal advice into practical recommendations
- Monitor employment law developments and manage legal, financial and reputational risks
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, People partners and Legal
- Build manager and People-team capability through guidance, training and coaching
- Establish case-management, governance and reporting standards
- Use case data and employee insights to identify trends, risks and improvement areas
Requirements:
- 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
- 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
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