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

About the Role

As EMEA Labor Relations Manager, you'll operate across two dimensions:

- Southern Europe LR depth: Serve as the strategic LR partner for Southern Europe — equipping business leaders and the HR organization with the expertise, frameworks, and counsel needed to navigate day-to-day labor relations matters and local collective requirements.

- Broader EU contribution: Support and contribute to cross-country LR initiatives, change programmes, and capability development across the wider EMEA region, building exposure and expertise beyond your core markets.

Reporting to the EMEA & APJC Labor Relations Leader, you’ll deliver hands-on LR outcomes, contribute to regional strategy development, and ensure that employee trust and business velocity are balanced in your markets. This role requires the ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels — translating regional direction into local deployment while identifying risks and opportunities that inform broader strategy.

The applicable collective agreement for this role is CCNL per i dipendenti di imprese esercenti servizi di telecomunicazione. The position is classified at level Quadro above, depending on the candidate’s skills, competences and experience.

The minimum gross annual base salary for this position is listed below. The base salary listed corresponds to working on a full-time basis. For part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rated.

Amazon reserves the right to offer a higher salary and/or level, depending on the candidate's skills, competencies, and experience. Amazon's package may include a sign on payment. In addition, the candidate may be eligible to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA.

Your recruiting team will share final salary and any restricted stock unit scheme if applicable, depending on skills and requirements.

In addition to statutory benefits, and those applicable to the relevant CBA, company supplementary benefits may apply subject to further terms.

Italy - 52,700 EUR gross annually.

Key job responsibilities
Strategic LR Partnership & Country Expertise:

- Act as the go-to LR strategic partner for Spain and/or Italy, equipping PXT and business leaders with the knowledge, tools, and frameworks to navigate collective environments confidently

- Drive proactive risk identification and advise stakeholders on mitigation approaches in your assigned markets

- Provide expert counsel on collective requirements

- Enable HR and business partners to maintain compliance with local labor laws, collective regulations

- Build LR capability within the broader HR community through coaching, knowledge sharing, and framework development

Change Support & Programme Contribution:

- Support complex, multi-country change programmes (restructurings, tool deployments, policy changes) with local expertise

- Contribute to the design and improvement of EMEA-wide LR frameworks, playbooks, and operating models

- Provide the local LR lens on business initiatives, ensuring compliance and trust are built in from Day 1

- Participate in cross-regional projects to build broader EU LR knowledge and capability

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in labor/employee relations or employment law
- Specialised LR expertise in Spain or Italy, with deep knowledge of local labor laws, collective regulations, and co-determination frameworks
- Experience delivering complex LR programmes (collective requirements, policy implementations)
- Experience advising Director-level leadership on workforce matters
- Fluent in written and spoken English (CEFR C1 minimum) and Spanish or Italian (CEFR C2)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Specialised LR expertise in both Spain and Italy
- Previous exposure to wider EU labor relations frameworks beyond core market (e.g., France, Germany, Nordics)
- Experience operating in a multi-country matrix environment
- MBA, JD, or relevant advanced degree
- 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
- Strong bias for action with proven ability to simplify complexity