European HR Manager

Overview

In this role you will provide expert employee relations and HR guidance across Europe and IMEA, ensuring compliant, commercially sound people practices. You will partner with local HR teams and senior leaders to manage complex cases, mobility programmes, and performance processes while driving wellbeing and engagement initiatives. You’ll supervise onboarding, appraisals, and exits, shaping regional HR strategy in a fast-paced, international environment. This position offers exposure to senior leadership, cross-border projects, and meaningful impact on people programs across multiple jurisdictions.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive benefits package
• excellent career development opportunities
• collaborative, high-performing culture

Responsibilities

• Partner with European and IMEA leaders on employee relations, performance, conduct, absence management, restructures and terminations
• Lead and manage employee relations cases, investigations and complex people matters
• Provide practical, commercially focused advice to senior stakeholders
• Coordinate international secondments and mobility programmes
• Oversee onboarding, probation, family leave and exit processes
• Support annual appraisal, promotion and remuneration cycles
• Lead wellbeing and engagement initiatives across the region
• Line manage and develop an HR Assistant
• Ensure HR policies and practices remain compliant across multiple jurisdictions

Key requirements

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or above
• Experienced HR generalist with strong employee relations expertise
• Experience supporting multiple countries, ideally across Europe
• Exposure to global mobility or international secondments
• Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders in a professional services or fast-paced corporate environment
• Organised, proactive and solutions-focused with excellent communication skills

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• problem-solving
• employee relations expertise
• international mobility/secondments
• compliance across jurisdictions

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