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Director, Labor & Employee Relations

Heerdt, Düsseldorf💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-23

Core

Lead a team of Employee Relations professionals across Europe to deliver compliant, high-quality employee relations support, manage complex cases, and drive risk mitigation for a global life sciences workforce.

Role type

Senior IC Director of Labor & Employee Relations

Builds

Consistent employee relations practices, policies, and case management standards across the Life Sciences Platform

Domain

Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology

Required skills

Employee relations case management, employment law knowledge, team leadership, risk mitigation, stakeholder partnership, policy development, data analysis, works council/union engagement, reduction in force management

Preferred skills

Juris Doctor (J.D.), HR transformation leadership, HRIS/case management system expertise, workforce planning, M&A project support

Technologies

HRIS, case management systems, reporting tools

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of Employee Relations professionals; serve as escalation point for complex, high-risk matters; partner with business leaders and HRBPs on risk mitigation; develop and standardize employee relations policies and governance; oversee case reporting and trend analysis; ensure compliance with employment laws across European jurisdictions; support reduction in force initiatives and corporate policy deployment.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on operational oversight

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