The Senior Employee Relations (ER) Manager ensures Amazon’s readiness considering the forthcoming EU regulations and looks after trade unions management, employee engagement, and organizational transformation across EU. This role is part of the Employee Experience and Relations (EXR) team, reporting directly to the EU EXR Risk, Project & Compliance leader. The role requires close collaboration with various stakeholders at country, Business lines (BL), pan-EU and global level (notably the Global Labor Relations Team). By doing so, this role enhances Amazon’s compliance, drives positive employee engagement on essential priorities, and increases Amazon’s agility to manage ambiguous and complex situations.

This role can be performed from the following countries: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Luxembourg, UK. There will be travel required up to 30% of the time, mostly within the EU.

Key job responsibilities
EU REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND COORDINATION: Coordinate the EXR effort related to forthcoming EU regulation, including:
- Working with Public Policy to identify approved and emerging regulations;
- Conducting impact analysis at pan-EU level, and support gap analysis across EU countries;
- Coordinating the preparation required at country level;
- Being accountable for the EXR working backward plan of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
THIRD-PARTY STRATEGY MANAGEMENT: Lead the pan-EU strategy for third-party activities at EU federation level:
- Maintain up-to-date information and external insights about relevant developments and trends;
- Develop engagement strategies in collaboration with Public Policy and Public Relation;
- Provide reactive and proactive recommendations for third-party management, notably in case of significant development (UK reform).
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND PROUDNESS CAMPAIGNS
- Design and deliver training actions to enhance ER capacities within the HR and Senior leaders’ functions.
- Collaborate with Public Relations and Internal Operations Communications to design and develop campaigns that enhance employee pride on Amazon. Lead “test & learn” initiatives, creative thinking, and action to improve employee sentiment.
LABOR RELATIONS FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT
- Develop the LR framework for major transformation cycles (e.g., site lifecycle milestones) to increase pan-EU standardization, lower costs, and reduce time to deliver while enhancing stakeholders and Associate satisfaction.