Location
London, UK or Berlin, Germany Corporate offices. Travel up to 10% within the EMEA region.

Hours
Full Time

About the Role
As EMEA Labor Relations (LR) Manager, you will serve as the dedicated LR partner for Germany, Amazon's most regulated corporate market in EMEA, characterized by full co-determination rights, active Works Councils (Betriebsräte), and a complex works agreement landscape. You will own the day-to-day LR strategy, employee representative body (ERB) relationships, and stakeholder advisory for Germany across multiple Amazon lines of business. This includes navigating the Works Constitution Act (BetrVG), negotiating works agreements, managing consent and co-determination items, and building trust-based relationships with employee representatives while enabling business velocity in a high-growth environment.

Reporting to the DACH LR leader, you will operate with significant autonomy and contribute to broader regional programmes, frameworks, and capability development.

Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end LR strategy for Germany across all corporate Lines of Business, including AWS and Worldwide Amazon Stores.
- Manage strategic Works Council relationships by building trust, managing cadence, and driving productive engagement.
- Lead all co-determination, consultation, and information obligations.
- Negotiate and maintain works agreements on topics such as IT tools, working time, remote work, and restructuring.
- Navigate reconciliation committee processes where required.
- Advise on union engagement strategy and collective bargaining landscape.
- Serve as trusted LR advisor to senior business leaders and PXT partners for Germany.
- Provide proactive counsel on workforce changes, restructurings, tool deployments, and policy implementations.
- Partner with Legal, PXT, and business leadership to drive aligned outcomes.
- 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.
- Lead complex change programmes in Germany including restructurings, tool deployments, and organisational changes.
- Own proactive risk identification, scenario planning, and mitigation.
- Ensure compliance and trust are built into business initiatives from Day 1.

Experience
- Proven experience in labor/employee relations or employment law.
- Specialized 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 labor relations matters.
- Fluent in written and spoken German (CEFR C2) and English (CEFR C2).

About You
- Strong bias for action with proven ability to simplify complexity.
- Ability to deliver results in fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environments.
- Track record of converting ERB relationships from compliance-driven to trust-driven.
- Experience operating across multiple lines of business or business units simultaneously.
- Data-driven decision making and labor relations analytics skills.

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Preferred: German law degree (Volljurist) or equivalent legal qualification.
- Preferred: Experience with Einigungsstelle (reconciliation committee) proceedings.
- Preferred: Knowledge of collective bargaining (Tarifvertragsrecht) and union landscape in Germany.
- Preferred: Experience in tech-sector or corporate (non-operations) labor relations.