Senior Employee Relations Partner, French Speaking
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Senior Employee Relations Partner supporting Guidewire’s cloud insurance software business across EMEA. Advising leaders on complex employee and labour relations matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and advise on complex employee relations matters, including investigations, performance management/PIPs, grievances, disciplinary matters, probation reviews and involuntary exits
- Ensure employee concerns are handled through fair, consistent and inclusive processes
- Provide pragmatic, risk-aware advice to managers while maintaining a strong employee experience
- Maintain high-quality case documentation, records and reporting through resolution
- Lead Guidewire’s relationship with employee representative bodies in France
- Support engagement with CSEs, Works Councils, unions and other employee representative groups
- Identify employee and labour relations risks arising from organisational change, business decisions and employee concerns
- Develop strategies to mitigate risk and support leaders through high-stakes situations
- Monitor employment legislation across EMEA and translate requirements into practical actions
- Review and refresh ER policies, processes and guidance
- Develop learning and manager interventions supporting consistent policy application
- Analyse ER metrics and trends to identify opportunities, risks and intervention areas
- Develop dashboards, tools, processes and governance forums to improve ER effectiveness, consistency and compliance
- Scope and deliver scalable ER products, toolkits and programmes for global use
- Support compensation changes, multi-market reorganisations and organisational transformations
- Contribute to or lead ER technology and systems implementations
Requirements:
- Fluent French speaker
- Significant Employee Relations experience within a multinational, technology-driven or complex organisational environment
- AI fluency
- Proven experience managing sensitive employment processes including investigations, PIPs, grievances, disciplinary matters, probation reviews and involuntary exits
- Strong knowledge of UK, Ireland and France employment practices, with ability to operate across multiple EMEA jurisdictions
- Excellent judgement, communication and influencing skills, with ability to advise confidently at all levels
- Highly organised and analytical, comfortable managing multiple complex cases and competing priorities
- Exceptional confidentiality, integrity, accuracy and discretion
- Ability to translate employment legislation and risk into clear, practical advice for managers and leaders
Benefits:
- Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer
- Inclusive workplace committed to diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures
- All offers contingent upon passing applicable criminal history and other background checks
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