HR Specialist

At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products we work better together. We connect with candor and care seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced challenging and meaningful. Here youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Our HR Operations team is looking for an HR Specialist EMEA to help deliver a high-quality responsive and increasingly scalable employee experience across the region.

This role goes beyond processing transactions and answering HR queries. You will be a trusted point of contact across the employee lifecycle using strong judgment critical thinking data systems and technology to solve employee needs while continually looking for ways to make the underlying process better.

You will be expected to understand the why behind the work recognize when something does not make sense investigate issues before escalating and bring forward solutions. As Axon grows you will help us simplify standardize automate and improve how HR Operations supports our employees and managers across EMEA.

• Own day-to-day HR support across the employee lifecycle providing accurate timely and employee-focused service across EMEA.
• Manage employee lifecycle activity including starters leavers contractual changes pay-related changes redundancy processes medical severance calculations and employee data changes.
• Own employee requests through resolution rather than simply completing one step in a process reducing unnecessary handoffs and ensuring employees and managers understand what happens next.
• Apply strong judgment to complex sensitive or time-critical situations and understand when issues require escalation to HR Business Partners or senior stakeholders.
• Review information critically rather than processing it mechanically. Identify inconsistencies validate source information investigate issues and raise potential risks before action is taken.
• Maintain exceptional accuracy and data integrity across HR systems documentation employee records and case management ensuring activity meets GDPR governance audit and internal policy requirements.
• Identify recurring employee questions process breakdowns duplicate work manual handoffs or areas of unnecessary complexity and recommend practical solutions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that simplify processes strengthen controls improve employee experience and increase the scalability of HR Operations.
• Use reporting and operational data to identify trends investigate root causes and support informed People and business decisions.
• Produce accurate standard and ad hoc reporting and contribute to audits controls and data-quality reviews.
• Support regional and cross-functional HR projects including organizational changes system implementations process changes and other large-scale employee lifecycle initiatives.
• Maintain clear accurate HR knowledge process documentation guides and employee-facing content while continuously identifying opportunities to strengthen manager and employee self-service.
• Help onboard and cross-train team members reduce single points of failure and contribute to a culture where the success of the broader team matters as much as individual performance.

We expect our HR Specialists to actively participate in how HR work evolves.

You will use approved AI and technology responsibly to improve the quality speed and scalability of your work. This may include using AI to synthesize information support research and documentation identify patterns improve knowledge content or accelerate structured problem solving.

You will be expected to:

• Critically review and validate AI-generated output rather than treating it as authoritative.
• Protect confidential and sensitive employee information and follow applicable data-handling requirements.
• Identify repetitive or manual work that could be simplified automated or redesigned.
• Look beyond todays process and ask whether there is a better way to accomplish the outcome.
• Share successful tools approaches and learnings with the broader team.

AI fluency is not measured by simply using an AI tool. It is demonstrated by using technology thoughtfully to improve the work while retaining human judgment and accountability.

• Approximately 24 years of relevant HR HR Operations Shared Services employee support or comparable experience with demonstrated capability more important than tenure alone.
• Understanding of the employee lifecycle and experience independently managing moderately complex HR activity.
• Experience working in a fast-paced high-volume HR or Shared Services environment.
• Strong working knowledge of HR policies processes data confidentiality and GDPR requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail and demonstrated ability to maintain accurate employee data and documentation.
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. You investigate connect information identify patterns and develop potential solutions rather than immediately escalating every non-standard situation.
• Confidence in navigating ambiguity and working with context and objectives rather than requiring step-by-step direction.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize competing work based on urgency employee impact risk and business need.
• Strong analytical capability including experience producing reports reviewing data and using insights to identify operational improvements.
• Confidence using HR systems case management or ticketing platforms reporting tools and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience identifying process improvements developing documentation improving workflows or participating in HR transformation or technology initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex HR information clearly and build trust with employees managers and HR partners.
• Professional judgment and discretion when handling confidential sensitive or complex employee matters.
• Curiosity and learning agility with a willingness to learn new systems technologies processes and areas of HR.
• A collaborative mindset. You share what you know support teammates and actively contribute to making the broader HR Operations organization stronger.

Success is more than closing cases or completing transactions.

A strong EMEA HR Specialist asks:

Did I solve the employees problem Did I get the details right Why did this issue happen Will it happen again Can we simplify automate or eliminate part of the process And what can I do to make the experience better for the next employee

We are building an HR Operations organization that combines strong execution with judgment employee empathy operational excellence AI fluency and continuous improvement. The people who thrive here will help us build what HR Operations needs to become not simply maintain how it works today.

Dont meet every single requirement Thats ok. At Axon we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If youre excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification listed here we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as nor should it be construed as exhaustive of all duties responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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