Employee Relations Manager (EMEA)

Join Clio, a leading legal technology company, as an Employee Relations Manager for the EMEA region. In this role, you will be responsible for managing employee relations matters across multiple countries, conducting workplace investigations, advising and coaching people leaders, and overseeing compliance programs. You will have a high level of autonomy and the opportunity to shape the employee relations framework in the EMEA context.

Assurer la gestion des relations avec les employés dans la région EMEA, en adaptant le cadre mondial de la gestion des relations avec les employés au contexte local.

Collective engagement skill — credible and constructive at the table with works councils and unions, able to hold a firm position while protecting a long-term working relationship

Spanish labour relations depth — Estatuto de los Trabajadores, Convenios Colectivos, Comités de Empresa, equality legislation, and the compliance obligations triggered by the 50-employee threshold

Multi-jurisdictional EMEA employment law fluency — statutory dismissal and notice regimes, consultation obligations, protected characteristics and discrimination frameworks, and the practical differences between markets (e.g. Spanish just-cause dismissal versus UK statutory unfair dismissal process)

Preferred: post-graduate specialisation or certification in Employment Law, Labour Law, or HR compliance (Master's, LLM, CIPD, or equivalent)

Hands-on experience creating and governing mandatory compliance programs (Equality Plan, LGBTI+ Protocol, harassment protocol, whistleblowing channel, or equivalents)

Working knowledge of employment law fundamentals across multiple EMEA markets, and comfort partnering with outside counsel to fill gaps in jurisdictions where Clio has smaller populations

Deep expertise in Spanish labour law: Estatuto de los Trabajadores, collective bargaining framework (Convenios Colectivos), works council regulations (Comités de Empresa), equality legislation, and recent regulatory developments

About Clio

• Familiarity with a globally distributed People function where the regional ER specialist is the primary local expert
• Exposure to ER matters in EMEA markets beyond Spain — particularly the UK and Ireland

Responsibilities

• Diriger les enquêtes en milieu de travail, mener des enquêtes approfondies, impartiales et conformes à la législation, y compris les entretiens avec les témoins.
• Conseiller et coacher les dirigeants sur les processus disciplinaires, les griefs, la gestion des performances, les aménagements et les licenciements, en veillant à ce qu'ils soient conformes à la législation locale et aux valeurs de l'entreprise.
• Translation and influence — turns complex legal requirements into practical, business-aligned guidance for non-specialist managers and senior leaders, with autonomy in a matrixed environment
• Policy authorship — able to write clear, legally defensible policy and process from scratch, not only apply what exists
• Hands-on ER practice — workplace investigations, disciplinary and grievance procedures, performance management, and audit-ready documentation across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience authoring and iterating ER/HR policy from scratch, including piloting changes and incorporating stakeholder feedback

Requirements

• Discretion and composure — sound judgment handling confidential, sensitive, and high-stakes information
• Degree in Employment Law, Labour Relations, Human Resources, or a related field. Equivalent professional experience demonstrating deep ER and employment law expertise is also considered
• Demonstrated experience managing or negotiating with employee representatives and/or trade unions in Spain
• Demonstrated experience leading workplace investigations independently, from intake through resolution and written findings
• Track record of coaching and influencing managers and senior leaders through ambiguous, sensitive, or emotionally charged situations
• 6–8 years of progressive experience in Employee Relations, Labour Relations, Employment Law, or HR Compliance, including meaningful time supporting ER across more than one country
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English (working language with the global People team and leadership)
• Comfort operating with high autonomy in a fast-paced, distributed, matrixed environment — building the process as much as running it
• Professional or native proficiency in Spanish — strongly preferred given the works council, CBA, and compliance elements of the role

Preferred

• Experience in technology, SaaS, or LegalTech, particularly high-growth or post-acquisition integration environments

Pay

EUR 71,300 - 96,500