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The Opportunity
Job Title: EMEA Employee Relations/Labor Relations/Generalist Leader
Location: EMEA
Reports To: Senior Director, Global Employee Relations, Labor Relations & HR Generalists
Employment Type: Full Time
Iron Mountain is seeking an experienced and motivated EMEA Employee Relations/Labor Relations/Generalist Leader to join our Global Employee Relations, Labor Relations & HR Generalists team.
In this role, you will be responsible for defining and delivering the regional vision for Employee Relations, Labor Relations, and HR Generalist services across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), building data-driven risk mitigation strategies, and optimizing a complex service delivery model.
You will lead a dedicated regional team of professionals in a highly matrixed environment, serving as a critical architect of change and a key strategic partner to Human Resources Centers of Excellence, Human Resources Business Partners, and executive leadership to enable business growth and support Mergers and Acquisitions activity.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will:
Strategic Labor & Employee Relations: Architect and execute the EMEA-wide labor relations strategy, overseeing complex collective bargaining, managing relationships with Works Councils and unions, and leading a regional team of investigators to ensure compliant performance management and legal compliance during organizational transformations.
Continuous Improvement & Model Optimization: Optimize a hybrid outsourced and in-house HR generalist model, driving scaling and automation efforts to simplify generalist workflows and standardizing cross-border processes while respecting local legal nuances.
Transformation & Change Leadership: Lead the strategic vision for the regional function, driving large-scale transformational change aligned with global business goals while moving the team from reactive compliance to proactive business partnership.
Data-Driven Insights & System Innovation: Build and implement regional tracking systems to capture granular case data, leveraging Artificial Intelligence opportunities to convert trends into actionable business intelligence for leadership.
What You’ll Bring
The ideal candidate will have:
Extensive experience in regional employment laws, complex Employee Relations investigations, and managing multi-country union or Works Council relationships across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (with a strong preference for experience in France and/or Germany).
Strong knowledge of modern Human Resources technology solutions, data analytics strategies, and "hybrid" internal/outsourced service delivery models.
Influential Leadership: Proven ability to manage, coach, and develop regional teams while successfully influencing senior stakeholders within a complex, matrixed organization.
Change Architecture: Success in leading large-scale organizational transformations and navigating the employee and labor relations complexities of Mergers and Acquisitions.
Professional Certification: A valid Human Resources certification, such as Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional / Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-CP/SCP), or a local equivalent is preferred.
What We Offer
Flexible work options/alternative work options to support work–life balance (Ability to work remote)
Competitive compensation and benefits package aligned with experience
Total Rewards plan to support your career and wellbeing
Opportunities for continuous learning, professional development, and growth
Note: This role requires up to 10% travel to maintain business knowledge and key relationships.
If you are a visionary HR leader ready to architect the future of Employee and Labor Relations at Iron Mountain, we want to hear from you. Click the Apply Now button to submit your application and join our team!
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Category: Human ResourcesSkills Required
- Extensive experience in regional employment law and multi-country employee relations across EMEA, including complex investigations and Works Council/union management (preferably France/Germany).
- Proven ability to manage, coach, develop and influence regional HR teams and senior stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
- Experience leading large-scale organizational transformations and navigating employee/labor relations during Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Strong knowledge of modern HR technology solutions, data analytics strategies, and hybrid internal/outsourced service delivery models.
- Experience building and implementing regional tracking systems and leveraging AI to convert case trends into actionable insights.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% to maintain business knowledge and relationships.
- Professional HR certification such as CIPD or SHRM-CP/SCP or local equivalent.
Iron Mountain Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Iron Mountain and has not been reviewed or approved by Iron Mountain.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Inclusive, modern offerings are emphasized, including support for mental health, gender‑affirming care (with travel/lodging where needed), and family‑planning benefits. Recognition for disability inclusion is also highlighted, which aligns with accessible benefits and leave support.
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Retirement Support — A formal 401(k) program is described with automatic enrollment and a clear employer match structure, with immediate vesting referenced in the materials. Access to supporting infrastructure and guidance is noted through dedicated benefits portals and administrators.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical plan options are outlined, along with care navigation, virtual primary care, and pharmacy coverage. Additional wellbeing support is described via EAP services and structured wellbeing programming.
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What We Do
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron Mountain boasts a real estate network of more than 80 million square feet across more than 1,350 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records management, data management, document management, data centers, art storage and logistics, and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including critical business documents, electronic information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts.
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