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About the Role

The Director, Labor Relations - Europe is responsible for shaping and executing the company's labor relations strategy across Europe and Latam. This leader will oversee employee representative engagement, works council/union engagement strategy, information and consultation processes, collective bargaining support, and labor risk management, while partnering with senior leaders to navigate complex organizational change.

Responsibilities

Define and execute a consistent labor relations strategy across Europe.
Lead the European Works Council and country works council engagement strategy.
Build trusted, long-term relationships with employee representatives, unions and works councils.
Provide strategic guidance to senior leaders on labor relations risks and opportunities.
Partner with business leaders to successfully deliver major organizational initiatives, including organizational redesign, mergers & acquisitions, business transfers, workforce restructuring, technology transformation, policy and organizational change, reward, incentive and sales-compensation change, performance management change, and introduction of new technology and AI tools.
Ensure consultation obligations are met while helping the business move forward confidently and effectively.
Act as the trusted labor relations advisor to senior HR and business executives.
Advise leaders on complex labor matters and associated business risks.
Prepare executive briefings and recommendations.
Influence strategic decisions through expert labor relations guidance.
Balance commercial objectives with legal and employee obligations.
Lead consultation and information processes across Europe.
Manage relationships with European and local works councils.
Lead complex consultation and codetermination programs.
Lead negotiation on company agreements on business-critical topics such as compensation and sales incentive/quota plans, performance management, workforce restructuring, and the introduction of new technology and AI tools.
Support collective bargaining activities where required.
Create a consistent and scalable approach across multiple countries.
Assess labor-related risks associated with business decisions.
Develop mitigation strategies and highlight trade-off decisions that enable business outcomes.
Monitor emerging European labor legislation and regulatory developments.
Ensure compliance with EU directives and country-specific employment legislation.
Build governance frameworks and best practices across the region.
Partner closely with HR Business Partners, Employment Legal, Employee Relations, HR Governance (Privacy), Total Rewards, Communications, Finance, and Regional and Global Business Leaders.
Bring cross-functional teams together to deliver thoughtful, commercially balanced solutions to complex organizational challenges.

Requirements

10+ Years experience establishing, building and scaling a labor relations / works council function.
10+ Years experience leading negotiations and consultations with Works Councils/ unions consultations across multiple European countries.
10+ Years experience negotiating collective company agreements with employee reps on business critical areas.
10+ Years experience of European information & consultation frameworks (EWC Directive and country-specific co-determination law).
Experience with German works council engagement and codetermination obligations.
Direct experience with a European Works Council (EWC) - including establishment, information and consultation under the EU EWC Directive.
Experience supporting organizational transformation, restructures and business change.
Strong executive stakeholder management experience.
Proven ability to influence senior leaders in complex, matrixed organisations.
Experience within a global technology or multinational business.
Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions or large-scale transformation programmes.
Strong applied employment-law grounding.
Additional European language(s).
Master's degree or equivalent.

Skills

Negotiation and mediation
Strategic thinking
Building and sustaining trust in ambiguous settings
Executive presence
Strong commercial judgement
Exceptional influencing skills

Location

Dublin

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

10+ Years

Education Level

Master's degree or equivalent

About the Company

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day.
We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth.
We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.

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