People Partner & Employee Relations Lead, EMEA

Monday.com; Germany; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity eligibility

Bonus potential

L&D programs

Hackathons

Job summary

monday.com is expanding its EMEA People team with a new People Partner & Employee Relations Lead role to build out Employee Relations and HR Compliance across the region, alongside a partial People Partner support role. Countries currently in scope: UK, France, Germany, Poland, Netherlands and Switzerland.

You will work with Legal, Security, Finance, and People teams to ensure compliant, scalable policies and effective cross-functional support for the business.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of international HRBP experience across multiple countries.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, compliance and data privacy.
• Experience managing works councils is required or highly preferred.
• SaaS/tech experience is a plus; capable of fast-paced delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own workplace employee relations across the EMEA region, investigating cases and driving compliant resolutions.
• Monitor and enforce local labor law, working time regulations, compensation standards, and data privacy.
• Evolve HR policies, employee handbooks, and SOPs reflecting current law and scalable practices.
• Lead regular compliance audits and train managers on lawful hiring, termination, and people-management practices.
• Serve as primary contact for works councils and support HRBP partnering across functions.

Skills

Fluent English

French language

HR Business Partner experience

Employment law knowledge

Multi-country ER experience

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Job description

monday.com is the AI work platform powering the most ambitious teams. 250,000+ customers across departments use us to bring people, workflows, and AI agents together on one flexible platform where AI doesn't just assist, it executes. We move fast, build things that matter, and foster an ownership-driven culture where you're empowered to shape how organisations work and outpace their competition.

About The Role

We're creating a new People Partner & Employee Relations Lead role on the EMEA People team to build out our Employee Relations and HR Compliance capability across the region, alongside a partial People Partner support role. This is roughly a 60% ER & Compliance / 40% HRBP split.Countries currently in scope: UK, France, Germany, Poland, Netherlands and Switzerland.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Relations: Own workplace conflict, performance, disciplinary, and grievance cases across the region - investigating fairly, managing risk, and driving cases to a compliant and timely resolution.
• Statutory Compliance: Monitor and enforce compliance with local labor law, working time regulations, compensation standards, and data privacy requirements across all six countries.
• Policy Management: Own and evolve HR policies, employee handbooks, and SOPs - ensuring they reflect current law, scalable practices, and are usable by managers day-to-day.
• Risk Mitigation: Run regular compliance audits and train managers on lawful hiring, termination, and everyday people-management practices.
• Work Council Ownership: Act as the primary point of contact for works councils - preparing materials, running consultations, and managing the relationships. (Currently not active).
• HRBP (c. 40% ): Provide day-to-day People Business Partnering to an assigned set of groups - coaching managers, supporting workforce planning, and partnering on performance and talent conversations.
• Partner cross-functionally with a variety of stakeholders including Legal, Security, Finance, and People teams (Talent Acquisition, Total Reward, and L&D) to ensure joined-up support for the business and consistent application of policy.

Requirements

• Fluent English is a must, plus French (spoken and written) is highly preferred
• Solid multi-country ER and employment law experience across at least several of: UK, France, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland.
• 4+ years of relevant international HR Business Partner experience, supporting a variety of departments, especially Sales.
• Experience managing works council relationships.
• Strong compliance/statutory background - comfortable auditing, interpreting local law, and translating it into practical guidance for managers.
• Structured and highly organised - able to manage a caseload and compliance calendar across multiple jurisdictions at once.
• Independent and self-directed - able to move ER cases and projects forward without heavy oversight.
• Collaborative - works effectively with People Partners, Legal, and local leadership; strong stakeholder management.
• Commercial fluency - understands how a sales-driven, target-led business operates and can adapt HR approach accordingly.
• Adaptability & Agility - comfortable operating in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment; able to navigate ambiguity, pivot quickly, and deliver pragmatic HR solutions without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Prior experience in a SaaS or tech environment is a plus

What monday.com can offer you:

• Join a customer-obsessed team where transparency and ownership are how we actually operate - not just things we put on a wall
• Work on a multi-product suite powered by advanced AI, where what you ship reaches hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide
• Competitive salary, benefits, bonus potential, and equity eligibility for many roles - we believe people should share in our success
• Grow fast through a dedicated L&D team, AI workshops, bootcamps, and internal hackathons - the industry moves quick and so do we
• A collaborative, global culture backed by Employee Resour