Iron Mountain
EMEA Employee Relations/Labour Relations/Generalist Leader
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At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain. We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.
Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.
The Opportunity
Job Title: EMEA Employee Relations/Labor Relations/Generalist Leader
Location: EMEA
Reports To: Senior Director, Global Employee Relations, Labor Relations & HR Generalists
Employment Type: Full Time
Iron Mountain is seeking an experienced and motivated EMEA Employee Relations/Labor Relations/Generalist Leader to join our Global Employee Relations, Labor Relations & HR Generalists team. In this role, you will be responsible for defining and delivering the regional vision for Employee Relations, Labor Relations, and HR Generalist services across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), building data-driven risk mitigation strategies, and optimizing a complex service delivery model.
You will lead a dedicated regional team of professionals in a highly matrixed environment, serving as a critical architect of change and a key strategic partner to Human Resources Centers of Excellence, Human Resources Business Partners, and executive leadership to enable business growth and support Mergers and Acquisitions activity.
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What You’ll Do
In this role, you will:
- Strategic Labor & Employee Relations: Architect and execute the EMEA-wide labor relations strategy, overseeing complex collective bargaining, managing relationships with Works Councils and unions, and leading a regional team of investigators to ensure compliant performance management and legal compliance during organizational transformations.
- Continuous Improvement & Model Optimization: Optimize a hybrid outsourced and in-house HR generalist model, driving scaling and automation efforts to simplify generalist workflows and standardizing cross-border processes while respecting local legal nuances.
- Transformation & Change Leadership: Lead the strategic vision for the regional function, driving large-scale transformational change aligned with global business goals while moving the team from reactive compliance to proactive business partnership.
- Data-Driven Insights & System Innovation: Build and implement regional tracking systems to capture granular case data, leveraging Artificial Intelligence opportunities to convert trends into actionable business intelligence for leadership.
What You’ll Bring
The ideal candidate will have:
- Extensive experience in regional employment laws, complex Employee Relations investigations, and managing multi-country union or Works Council relationships across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (with a strong preference for experience in France and/or Germany).
- Strong knowledge of modern Human Resources technology solutions, data analytics strategies, and "hybrid" internal/outsourced service delivery models.
- Influential Leadership: Proven ability to manage, coach, and develop regional teams while successfully influencing senior stakeholders within a complex, matrixed organization.
- Change Architecture: Success in leading large-scale organizational transformations and navigating the employee and labor relations complexities of Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Professional Certification: A valid Human Resources certification, such as Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional / Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-CP/SCP), or a local equivalent is preferred.
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What We Offer
- Flexible work options/alternative work options to support work–life balance (Ability to work remote)
- Competitive compensation and benefits package aligned with experience
- Total Rewards plan to support your career and wellbeing
- Opportunities for continuous learning, professional development, and growth
Note: This role requires up to 10% travel to maintain business knowledge and key relationships.
If you are a visionary HR leader ready to architect the future of Employee and Labor Relations at Iron Mountain, we want to hear from you. Click the Apply Now button to submit your application and join our team! #donotpost #LI-DNI
Category: Human Resources
Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.
Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics.
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If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to accommodationrequest@ironmountain.com. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.
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