EMEA Senior Labor Relations Manager, Global Corporate Employee Relations (GCER)

This role can be performed in either Barcelona or Madrid in Spain Milan in Italy or London UK Corporate offices. There will be travel required up to 30% of the time mostly within the EMEA region.

Amazons Global Corporate Employee Relations (GCER) team seeks a senior labor relations leader to own and shape our regional LR strategy drive programmatic excellence and elevate the employee experience across EMEA.

As Senior EMEA Labor Relations Manager youll operate across two dimensions:

- Regional LOB ownership: Serve as the dedicated LR leader for one of Amazons largest lines of business at EMEA regional level owning the end-to-end labor relations strategy stakeholder relationships and risk posture across all EMEA markets for that LOB.

- Southern Europe Middle East LR depth: Provide specialised hands-on strategic LR support for Spain Italy and emerging markets across the Middle East high-complexity environments with active collective frameworks and growing headcount requiring dedicated expertise.

Reporting to the EMEA LR leader youll set strategic direction contribute to cross-regional LR programmes and capability development and drive outcomes that balance employee trust with business velocity at scale. This role requires the ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels setting the vision while rolling up sleeves to deliver.

Key job responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Programme Ownership:

- Set and drive the multi-year labor relations strategy for your assigned LOB across all EMEA markets

- Own end-to-end LR programme design execution and continuous improvement at regional scale

- Lead proactive risk identification scenario planning and mitigation across countries

- Shape and influence GCER-wide frameworks playbooks and operating models

- Represent EMEA LR in global forums and cross-functional leadership discussions

ERB Governance & Stakeholder Influence

- Influence VP stakeholders and business leaders on LR strategy risk posture and investment decisions

- Partner with Legal PXT Public Policy and business leadership to drive aligned outcomes

Change Leadership & Innovation:

- Lead complex multi-country change programmes (restructurings tool deployments policy changes)

- Drive innovation in LR delivery including automation data-driven insights and scalable frameworks

- Own the LR lens on regional business initiatives ensuring compliance and trust are built in from Day 1

- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience in employee relations labor relations or labor/employment law
- Regional LR experience across EU/EMEA
- Specialised LR expertise in Spain and Italy Knowledge of EU labor laws collective regulations and co-determination frameworks
- Experience leading and developing teams
- Experience managing complex multi-country LR programmes in a matrix environment
- Experience influencing and advising VP leadership on strategic workforce matters
- Fluent in written and spoken English (CEFR C2) and Spanish and/or Italian (CEFR C2).

- MBA JD or relevant advanced degree
- Experience operating across the broader EMEA region (Middle East and Africa)
- Direct experience managing ERB relationships in Southern European consultation environments
- Demonstrated success building LR functions or programmes from the ground up
- Strong bias for action with proven ability to simplify complexity
- Experience with data-driven decision making and LR analytics
- Track record of converting ERB relationships from compliance-driven to trust-driven
- Ability to deliver results in fast-paced ambiguous high-growth environments
- Experience in tech-sector or corporate (non-operations) labor relations
- Experience supporting large complex lines of business at regional scale

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