Senior/ Lifecycle Specialist, Employee Relations and Transitions - EMEA

Remote; United States; On-site; USD 37,250 - 83,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Budget for local in-person social events

Co-working space provision

Job summary

Remote is seeking a Senior Lifecycle Specialist, focused on Employee Relations and Transitions. This specialist will ensure smooth employee exits while maintaining legal compliance and assisting clients with HR-related queries.

The ideal candidate will manage complex employee exit processes and provide comprehensive HR support across various jurisdictions. Strong background in HR, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach are essential.

The role offers a competitive annual salary ranging from $37,250 to $83,800, with additional benefits to enhance the work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience as a HR Advisor or HR Business Partner across the employee lifecycle.
• Proven experience in managing legal compliance during employee exits.
• Ability to lead difficult conversations while maintaining confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Manage employee exits while ensuring a great offboarding experience.
• Provide guidance on HR matters, ensuring legal compliance.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for offboarding activities and audits.

Skills

HR Advisor experience

Employee relations knowledge

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

English proficiency

Job description

Senior/ Lifecycle Specialist, Employee Relations and Transitions - EMEA

Location: Remote, Portugal (EMEA)

Role Overview

As a critical extension of our clients’ HR teams, we navigate and advise on the intricate paths of global employment with unmatched speed, expertise, and precision. The Vision of the Lifecycle team at Remote is not just about maintaining the gold standard in HR practices; it’s about elevating it, integrating cutting‑edge technology solutions, and enriching customer experiences in over 80+ countries.

The Lifecycle Specialist, Employee Relations & Transitions manages employee exits for Remote’s external employees with a focus on legal compliance and providing delightful customer service. Additionally, the specialist provides first‑level Employee Relations support, guiding clients through workplace concerns and coordinating appropriate resources when needed.

As part of a larger employee Lifecycle team, the Specialist is also expected to contribute to process improvements and initiatives in line with Remote’s strategic goals and values.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve end‑to‑end employee exits across multiple international jurisdictions, prioritizing a superior offboarding experience for Remote’s clients and their employees.
• Provide sound guidance and manage clients’ requests on various HR matters, including but not limited to termination, resignation and transfer procedures, employment contracts, and redundancy processes, ensuring legal compliance and best practices.
• Lead and facilitate meetings with clients and external employees, including but not limited to workforce reduction consultation meetings, administrative hearings, negotiations in separations and settlements, providing guidance on terminations, and delivering termination outcomes.
• Influence and negotiate positive outcomes in complex terminations, balancing multiple stakeholders with competing interests.
• Liaise with and coordinate various internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance in offboarding activities and audits, including but not limited to payroll, legal counsel, government bodies, and trade unions.
• Draft, tailor and administer all termination and supplementary documents with accuracy and attention to detail, ensuring employee records are maintained with strict adherence to privacy and confidentiality regulations.
• Process offboarding on Remote’s internal HRIS platform, collaborating with various internal stakeholders, such as Customer Success, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, Time and Attendance, amongst other verticals, to ensure all aspects of the employee exit are administered correctly and promptly.
• Be the subject‑matter expert and respond to internal and external queries on all offboarding matters in conjunction with Lifecycle’s internal stakeholders.
• Navigate clients through Remote’s Employee Relations resources and guides, helping them understand applicable policies and processes.
• Conduct preliminary assessment of workplace concerns, identifying key facts and applicable local regulations.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure appropriate handling of employee relations matters.
• Support clients in understanding progressive disciplinary approaches and documentation requirements.
• Monitor ongoing employee relations cases, ensuring timely follow‑up and coordination with relevant stakeholders.
• Actively identify opportunities for and contribute to process improvements, automation, product development and overall customer and employee experience through the offboarding and employee relations processes.

Key Requirements & Characteristics

• Experience as a HR Advisor or HR Business Partner, with generalist HR competencies and exposure across the employee lifecycle.
• Proven experience with a strong background in managing voluntary and involuntary exits (terminations) with care, sensitivity and legal compliance; and providing comprehensive HR support and guidance on employment laws and regulations, spanning various jurisdictions.
• Ability to interpret and apply industrial instruments, analyse complex HR issues, undertake research, provide practical solutions and effectively communicate recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders when operating in ambiguous and unfamiliar environments.
• Basic understanding of employee relations principles, progressive discipline approaches, and workplace investigation fundamentals.
• Excellent communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills, with the ability to confidently lead difficult conversations to a positive outcome, often where parties have conflicting interests, maintaining professionalism and strict confidentiality.
• Business‑level (advanced) proficiency in written and spoken English, with additional languages considered a plus.
• Aptitude and appetite to innovate and optimise processes, continuously identifying and implementing opportunities for automation and championing best practices.
• Efficiency in operations, with an awareness of the importance of thorough record‑keeping and data integrity.
• Tech‑savvy, with the ability to successfully collaborate asynchronously on various tools, and adapt to new and evolving systems.
• Ability to work autonomously and cohesively in an international team in a fast‑paced, asynchronous, remote environment with multiple priorities. Willingness to work flexible hours as needed.
• Proactive and self‑motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager Employee Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions
• Team: Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions
• Location: EMEA

Salary & Benefits

Annual salary range: $37,250 – $83,800 USD.

Benefits include a budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Remote, we encourage applicants from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under‑represented group to apply. We have four ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask and encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter. We will ask you to voluntarily provide your pronouns at interview stage.

AI & Innovation

We embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity.