Head of Employee Relations

About Nebius:
Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.
Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.
Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.
The Role
The Head of Employee Relations will define and lead our global approach to employee relations and performance management. Combining strategic leadership with operational expertise, the role will ensure employee matters are handled consistently, fairly and within applicable legal requirements. The role will build effective relationships with works councils and other employee representative bodies and partner closely with senior leaders, People teams and employment lawyers.
Responsibilities
Employee Relations and Performance Management strategy and governance
Define and implement the organisation’s employee relations and performance management strategy, principles and operating model.
Define the organisation’s approach to performance management, including the effective management of underperformance.
Establish clear, practical policies, processes and templates for performance concerns, grievances, disciplinary matters and other employee relations cases.
Provide senior oversight and advice on complex, sensitive or high-risk cases.
Help managers address concerns early, set clear expectations and reach fair, proportionate outcomes.
Ensure practices are applied consistently while accommodating local legal requirements.
Identify recurring themes and recommend preventative or organisation-wide action.
Partner with relevant People teams to align employee relations and performance practices with the broader talent and reward strategy.
Works Council and employee representation
Build constructive relationships with works councils, employee forums and other representative bodies.
Define the organisation’s approach to engaging, informing and consulting with employee representatives.
Advise leaders on consultation requirements, timelines and communications, particularly during organisational change.
Support consultation and negotiation processes and ensure agreed actions are implemented.
Build internal capability so that leaders and People teams engage with representative bodies confidently and consistently.
Legal and risk management