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About the Role
HERE Technologies is seeking an experienced employment law leader to support our Legal & Compliance, HR and business teams on a broad range of workforce matters across Germany, Europe, and other jurisdictions in the EMEA region. The successful candidate will provide strategic legal guidance on employment related matters, support business objectives, ensure regulatory compliance, and help drive effective people practices in a fast-paced international environment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a lead employment law advisor for HERE’s EMEA region, including Germany.
- Advise Legal & Compliance, HR, senior leaders, and business teams on all types of people-cycle activities, including employee relations, performance management, investigations, restructurings, terminations, and cross-border workforce matters.
- Provide practical guidance on German individual and collective labor law, including works council matters, collective agreements, and employee representative relationships.
- Support organizational change, M&A activity, integrations, divestitures, expansion initiatives and strategic projects from an employment law perspective.
- Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related agreements, policies, procedures, and executive arrangements.
- Manage employment disputes, litigation strategy, administrative proceedings, and external counsel across relevant jurisdictions.
- Partner with HR, Legal & Compliance, Communications, and business stakeholders to build scalable, compliant, and people-focused workforce practices.
- Develop and deliver practical training and guidance for managers and HR teams.
- Proactively identify and mitigate employment law risks, ensuring issues are addressed before they escalate.
- Shape workforce policies and practices to align with German and EMEA labor law, supporting both compliance and organizational strategy.
Requirements
- Fully qualified lawyer in Germany and Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht.
- 12+ years of employment law experience, with deep expertise in German labor and employment law.
- Strong experience advising on works council matters, collective labor law, restructurings, investigations, separations, and complex employee relations matters.
- Experience supporting cross-border employment matters across Europe; broader global exposure is a plus.
- Prior in-house experience in a multinational company, ideally in software technology or another fast-moving international environment.
- Excellent German and English communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into practical business advice.
- Sound judgment, strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to balance legal risk, employee relations considerations, and business priorities while providing pragmatic and timely solutions.
- Strategic advisor with the ability to align employment law guidance with broader business strategy and organizational goals.
- Resilient and adaptable, can-do-attitude, thriving in fast‑paced, complex, and evolving environments.
Skills
- Employment law
- German labor law
- Collective labor law
- Works council matters
- Restructurings
- Investigations
- Separations
- Employee relations
- Cross-border employment matters
- Stakeholder management
- Legal risk assessment
- Workforce policy development
- Training delivery
Location
- Frankfurt
- Berlin
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 12+ years of employment law experience
Education Level
- Fully qualified lawyer in Germany
- Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
About the Company
- HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.
- At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.
Equal Opportunity
- HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.