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Full-time
postgraduate degree
Posted 17d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Director is responsible for shaping and executing the labor relations strategy across EMEA and LATAM, focusing on works council and union engagement. This includes managing consultation processes, collective bargaining, and partnering with senior leaders to navigate complex organizational changes.
Requirements
Requires over 10 years of experience in labor relations, specifically leading negotiations with European Works Councils and unions. Candidates should have a strong grounding in European employment law and experience managing large-scale organizational transformations.
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Company Description
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.
Job Description
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimised for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Dublin.
Position Summary
The Director, Labor Relations - Europe is responsible for shaping and executing the company's labour 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 labour risk management, while partnering with senior leaders to navigate complex organisational change.
Working closely with HR, Legal, business executives, and global/regional leadership, the Director will balance legal compliance with commercial priorities, enabling business transformation while fostering trusted, constructive relationships with employee representatives.
What You Will Do
Shape EMEA Labour Relations Strategy
Define and execute a consistent labour 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 labour relations risks and opportunities.
Enable Business Transformation
Partner with business leaders to successfully deliver major organisational initiatives, including:
Organisational redesign
Mergers & acquisitions
Business transfers
Workforce restructuring
Technology transformation
Policy and organisational change
Reward, incentive and sales-compensation change (e.g. pay-mix, commission and quota-plan design)
Performance management change
Introduction of new technology and AI tools
You will ensure consultation obligations are met while helping the business move forward confidently and effectively.
Executive Partnership
Act as the trusted labour relations advisor to senior HR and business executives by:
Advising leaders on complex labour matters and associated business risks.
Preparing executive briefings and recommendations.
Influencing strategic decisions through expert labour relations guidance.
Balancing commercial objectives with legal and employee obligations.
Works Council & Employee Representative Engagement
Lead consultation and information processes across Europe by:
Managing relationships with European and local works councils.
Leading complex consultation and codetermination programmes.
Leading 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.
Supporting collective bargaining activities where required.
Creating a consistent and scalable approach across multiple countries.
Risk Management & Governance
Assess labour-related risks associated with business decisions.
Develop mitigation strategies and highlight trade-off decisions that enable business outcomes.
Monitor emerging European labour legislation and regulatory developments.
Ensure compliance with EU directives and country-specific employment legislation.
Build governance frameworks and best practices across the region.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Partner closely with:
HR Business Partners
Employment Legal
Employee Relations
HR Governance (Privacy)
Total Rewards
Communications
Finance
Regional and Global Business Leaders
You will bring these teams together to deliver thoughtful, commercially balanced solutions to complex organisational challenges.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
10+ 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 + Experience negotiating collective company agreements with employee reps on business critical areas
10+ Experience of European information & consultation frameworks (EWC Directive and country-specific co-determination law).
Preferred Qualifications:
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 organisational transformation, restructures and business change.
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
Suggest Skills:
Negotiation and mediation
Strategic thinking
Building and sustaining trust in ambiguous settings
Executive presence
Strong commercial judgement
Exceptional influencing skills
Additional Information
Global Data Privacy Notice and Compliance Posters for Job Candidates
Please use this link to access documents that provide information about how LinkedIn handles the personal data of employees and job applicants, as well as the E-Verify Participation Notice and the Department of Justice Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Right to Work posters: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/candidate-portal.
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network. The company has a diversified business model with revenue coming from Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Sales Solutions and Premium Subscriptions products. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LinkedIn has offices across the globe.
Offices: 1000 W Maude, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, US · Madrid, Community of Madrid 28046, ES · Toronto, ON M5J 2Z2, CA · San Francisco, CA 94105, US · Singapore, Singapore 018983, SG
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Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network. The company has a diversified business model with revenue coming from Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Sales Solutions and Premium Subscriptions products. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LinkedIn has offices across the globe.
Offices: 1000 W Maude, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, US · Madrid, Community of Madrid 28046, ES · Toronto, ON M5J 2Z2, CA · San Francisco, CA 94105, US · Singapore, Singapore 018983, SG
Online Professional NetworkJobsPeople SearchCompany SearchAddress BookAdvertisingProfessional IdentityGroup Collaborationand RecruitingRobotics