Senior Specialist, Employee Relations – EMEA

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential global HR technology organization seeking a Senior Specialist, Employee Relations for their EMEA region. This fully remote role supports Germany, Portugal, Poland, and the Czech Republic and sits within a team that manages the complete employee lifecycle across 80+ countries.

In this position, you'll serve as an extension of client HR teams, managing complex employee transitions and providing first-level employee relations guidance. You'll navigate international employment regulations, lead sensitive conversations, and contribute to process innovation in a fast-paced, asynchronous environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end employee exits across multiple international jurisdictions, ensuring legal compliance and exceptional client service
• Provide guidance on terminations, resignations, transfers, employment contracts, and redundancy processes
• Lead and facilitate meetings including workforce reduction consultations, administrative hearings, and termination outcomes
• Negotiate positive outcomes in complex terminations while balancing competing stakeholder interests
• Coordinate with payroll, legal counsel, government bodies, and trade unions to ensure compliant offboarding and audits
• Draft and administer termination and supplementary documents with strict attention to privacy and confidentiality
• Process offboarding in internal HRIS platforms, collaborating across customer success, legal, payroll, benefits, and other teams
• Serve as subject-matter expert on offboarding matters for internal and external stakeholders
• Conduct preliminary assessment of workplace concerns, identifying key facts and applicable regulations
• Support clients in understanding progressive disciplinary approaches and documentation requirements
• Monitor ongoing employee relations cases with timely follow-up and stakeholder coordination
• Identify and contribute to process improvements, automation opportunities, and product development initiatives

What We're Looking For

• Experience as an HR Advisor or HR Business Partner with generalist HR competencies across the employee lifecycle
• Proven background managing both voluntary and involuntary exits with care, sensitivity, and legal compliance
• Strong knowledge of employment laws and regulations spanning various jurisdictions
• Ability to interpret industrial instruments, analyze complex HR issues, conduct research, and provide practical solutions in ambiguous environments
• Basic understanding of employee relations principles, progressive discipline, and workplace investigation fundamentals
• Excellent communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills
• Confidence leading difficult conversations to positive outcomes while maintaining professionalism and strict confidentiality
• Business-level (advanced) proficiency in written and spoken English; additional European languages are a plus
• Strong aptitude for process optimization, automation, and championing best practices
• Operational efficiency with thorough record-keeping and data integrity awareness
• Tech-savvy with ability to collaborate asynchronously across various tools and adapt to evolving systems
• Ability to work autonomously in an international, fast-paced, asynchronous remote environment with multiple priorities
• Willingness to work flexible hours as needed across time zones
• Proactive and self-motivated with strong ownership and accountability
• Demonstrated automation capabilities and AI fluency

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team conducts an initial screening to understand your background and match it with our client's requirements. We then present qualified candidates directly to the client for their interview process. Please apply exclusively through Get A Job.ai—do not contact the client directly, as this may disqualify your application.

The client's interview process includes recruiter screening, a take-home exercise, manager interview, peer interview, senior manager interview, bar raiser interview, and prior employment verification.

Pay

This is a full-time, remote position based in Germany, Portugal, Poland, or the Czech Republic. Pay information will be discussed during the screening process based on your location and experience.

Get A Job.ai is an equal opportunity recruiter. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.