Your Learning Journey in This Role
As our Senior Labour Relations Manager, you’ll be the key interface between Babbel’s business teams and the Works Council. You’ll shape how we collaborate, ensure compliance with German labour law, and drive clarity, structure, and trust across all co‑determination topics.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Act as the primary contact for the Works Council and manage the relationship end‑to‑end.
- Facilitate consultations and negotiations on Betriebsvereinbarungen and organizational changes.
- Provide tailored advice to business leaders and P&O on labour law, co‑determination, and employee relations.
- Prepare and oversee all consultation processes, ensuring timely follow‑through.
Your Skills and Qualifications
- Proven experience in Labour Relations in Germany, ideally in a fast-paced tech environment.
- Experience facilitating consultations and negotiations on Betriebsvereinbarungen and organizational changes.
- Labour Law Expertise: Strong, hands‑on command of German labour law and co‑determination, with proven experience advising leaders and negotiating with Works Councils. Able to balance legal requirements with pragmatic business solutions.
- Stakeholder Management: Builds trust with leaders, P&O, and the Works Council, navigating conflicting interests and maintaining productive relationships
- Communication Excellence: Communicates clearly, calmly, and confidently, even in high‑stakes situations. Able to turn complex topics into simple, structured guidance.
- Project & Process Discipline: Drives co‑determination processes with structure, accuracy, and consistent follow‑through. Ensures timelines, documentation, and decisions stay on track without losing momentum.
- Proficiency in German (C1/native or equivalent) and English, with the ability to communicate effectively in both languages.
Please note that our company's operating language is English, so you will need to be able to work in English.
Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:
- Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
- Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms.
- Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
- Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
- Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events.
Diversity at Babbel
As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.
What We Do
Babbel is the top-selling language learning platform. Driven by our purpose – to create mutual understanding through language – we build products that help people connect and communicate across cultures. Through self-study lessons with Babbel, instructor-led live classes with Babbel Live, Babbel for Business, our own podcast series, and our magazine, our users can focus on using a new language in real situations with real people. And it works: studies with Yale University, City University of New York, and Michigan State University prove that Babbel gets users to speak with confidence. The key is a blend of humanity and technology. More than 60,000 lessons in 15 languages are hand-crafted by more than 200 linguists, and user behaviour is constantly analysed to shape and improve the learner experience. The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. Based in Berlin, Germany, and New York, USA, 1,000+ Babbelonians from over 80 nationalities represent the diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and perspectives that make each person unique. Building genuine connections with our users is what sets Babbel apart, making it the world's leading language-learning platform with more than 16 million subscriptions sold. Founded in 2007 as the pioneering online language learning platform, we've grown steadily over the years. In 2023, Babbel was honoured with a place on Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies, ranking 4th in the Education category
