People Partner & Employee Relations Lead, EMEA

monday.com is the AI work platform powering the most ambitious teams. 250,000+ customers across departments use us to bring people, workflows, and AI agents together on one flexible platform where AI doesn't just assist, it executes. We move fast, build things that matter, and foster an ownership-driven culture where you're empowered to shape how organisations work and outpace their competition.

About The Role

We're creating a new People Partner & Employee Relations Lead role on the EMEA People team to build out our Employee Relations and HR Compliance capability across the region, alongside a partial People Partner support role. This is roughly a 60% ER & Compliance / 40% HRBP split.Countries currently in scope: UK, France, Germany, Poland, Netherlands and Switzerland.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Relations: Own workplace conflict, performance, disciplinary, and grievance cases across the region - investigating fairly, managing risk, and driving cases to a compliant and timely resolution.
• Statutory Compliance: Monitor and enforce compliance with local labor law, working time regulations, compensation standards, and data privacy requirements across all six countries.
• Policy Management: Own and evolve HR policies, employee handbooks, and SOPs - ensuring they reflect current law, scalable practices, and are usable by managers day-to-day.
• Risk Mitigation: Run regular compliance audits and train managers on lawful hiring, termination, and everyday people-management practices.
• Work Council Ownership: Act as the primary point of contact for works councils - preparing materials, running consultations, and managing the relationships. (Currently not active).
• HRBP (c. 40% ): Provide day-to-day People Business Partnering to an assigned set of groups - coaching managers, supporting workforce planning, and partnering on performance and talent conversations.
• Partner cross-functionally with a variety of stakeholders including Legal, Security, Finance, and People teams (Talent Acquisition, Total Reward, and L&D) to ensure joined-up support for the business and consistent application of policy.

Requirements

• Fluent English is a must, plus French (spoken and written) is highly preferred
• Solid multi-country ER and employment law experience across at least several of: UK, France, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland.
• 4+ years of relevant international HR Business Partner experience, supporting a variety of departments, especially Sales.
• Experience managing works council relationships.
• Strong compliance/statutory background - comfortable auditing, interpreting local law, and translating it into practical guidance for managers.
• Structured and highly organised - able to manage a caseload and compliance calendar across multiple jurisdictions at once.
• Independent and self-directed - able to move ER cases and projects forward without heavy oversight.
• Collaborative - works effectively with People Partners, Legal, and local leadership; strong stakeholder management.
• Commercial fluency - understands how a sales-driven, target-led business operates and can adapt HR approach accordingly.
• Adaptability & Agility - comfortable operating in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment; able to navigate ambiguity, pivot quickly, and deliver pragmatic HR solutions without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Prior experience in a SaaS or tech environment is a plus

What monday.com can offer you:

• Join a customer-obsessed team where transparency and ownership are how we actually operate - not just things we put on a wall
• Work on a multi-product suite powered by advanced AI, where what you ship reaches hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide
• Competitive salary, benefits, bonus potential, and equity eligibility for many roles - we believe people should share in our success
• Grow fast through a dedicated L&D team, AI workshops, bootcamps, and internal hackathons - the industry moves quick and so do we
• A collaborative, global culture backed by Employee Resour