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

This role can be performed in either Berlin, Germany or London, UK Corporate offices. There will be travel required up to 10% of the time, mostly within the EMEA region. There will be travel required up to 10% of the time, mostly within the EMEA region.



Amazon's Global Corporate Employee Relations (GCER) team seeks a labor relations professional with deep Germany expertise to own and deliver LR strategy in one of EMEA's most complex co-determination environments.

About the Role

As EMEA Labor Relations (LR) Manager, you'll serve as the dedicated LR partner for Germany — Amazon's most regulated corporate market in EMEA, with full co-determination rights, active Works Councils (Betriebsräte), and a dense works agreement landscape. You'll own the day-to-day LR strategy, ERB relationships, and stakeholder advisory for Germany across multiple Amazon lines of business.

This means navigating the Works Constitution Act (BetrVG), negotiating works agreements, managing consent and co-determination items, and building trust-based relationships with employee representatives — all while enabling business velocity in a high-growth environment.

Reporting to the DACH LR leader, you'll operate with significant autonomy while contributing to broader regional programmes, frameworks, and capability development.

Key job responsibilities
Germany LR Ownership & ERB Management:

- Own end-to-end LR strategy for Germany across all corporate Lines of Business, including AWS, Worldwide Amazon Stores and others.

- Manage strategic Works Council relationships — building trust, managing cadence, and driving productive engagement

- Lead all co-determination, consultation, and information obligations.

- Negotiate and maintain works agreements across topics including IT tools, working time, remote work, and restructuring

- Navigate reconciliation committee processes where required

- Advise on union engagement strategy and collective bargaining landscape

Stakeholder Advisory & Business Partnership:

- Serve as the trusted LR advisor to senior business leaders and PXT partners for Germany

- Provide proactive counsel on workforce changes, restructurings, tool deployments, and policy implementations

- Director/VP-level stakeholders on LR risk posture and engagement strategy

- Partner with Legal, PXT, and business leadership to drive aligned outcomes

Programme Contribution & Regional Impact:

- Contribute to GCER-wide frameworks, playbooks, and operating models — bringing Germany best practice to the broader team

- Support cross-regional initiatives and represent Germany in global forums

- Drive data-driven insights to inform LR strategy and investment decisions

- Share co-determination expertise across the EMEA LR team

Change & Risk Management:

- Lead complex change programmes in Germany (restructurings, tool deployments, organisational changes)

- Own proactive risk identification, scenario planning, and mitigation

- Ensure compliance and trust are built into business initiatives from Day 1

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience in labor/employee relations or employment law
- Specialised expertise in German labor law, including the Works Constitution Act (BetrVG), co-determination rights, and works agreement negotiation
- Experience managing Works Council relationships in co-determination environments
- Experience leading consultations, negotiations, and reconciliation processes
- Experience advising senior leaders on complex LR matters
- Fluent in written and spoken German (CEFR, C2) and English (CEFR, C2)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- German law degree (Volljurist) or equivalent legal qualification
- Experience with Einigungsstelle (reconciliation committee) proceedings
- Knowledge of collective bargaining (Tarifvertragsrecht) and union landscape in Germany
- Experience in tech-sector or corporate (non-operations) labor relations
- Strong bias for action with proven ability to simplify complexity
- 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 operating across multiple LOBs or business units simultaneously