Director, Global Employment Law, EMEA in Staines

We are seeking a motivated and experienced lawyer specialized in Employment Law to join our Global Employment Law team to support the continued growth of ServiceNow across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The role will report to the Senior Director, Global Employment Law. We are open to hiring this role in any of our major hubs across Europe.

The Director, Global Employment Law, EMEA will be primarily responsible for providing legal counsel and partnership to the Global People Organization and other key internal stakeholders globally on employment law matters. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in ServiceNow’s expanding legal team and to work on challenging legal issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.

What you get to do in this role:

• Help us build a culture of high performance and great inclusion.
• Deliver business oriented, risk-based advice and counsel on the full range of employment law issues including: hiring, separations and dismissals, employee relations issues, restructurings, works councils and collective consultation, compensation and benefits, leaves of absence, global workforce innovation and culture, workplace investigations and employee relations, and employee privacy matters.
• Partner with our Global People Organization to create and revise global and locally compliant policies and procedures consistent with our values.
• Partner with our Ethics & Compliance, Employee Relations, and Global People teams to conduct prompt, thorough investigations into employee concerns.
• Lead strategy and advise on works council, trade union, and collective employee relations matters across EMEA, partnering with the Global People Organization and senior leadership on information and consultation processes.
• Advise and collaborate with the Global People Organization to develop and implement global programs.
• Develop and deliver best in class employee related trainings.
• Manage employment claims and litigation matters across EMEA, including selecting and managing outside counsel.
• Partner and collaborate with other members of the Global Employment Law team on global projects and issues.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to EMEA senior leadership on complex, high-risk employment matters, including multi-country restructurings, M&A and M&A integration, workforce transformation, and executive matters.
• Deliver strategic advice and counsel on the development and deployment of AI tools in the employment lifecycle, including advising on works council consultations and agreements.
• Contribute to the development of ServiceNow's Legal Services Delivery applications, envisioning, creating, and deploying workflows on the ServiceNow Platform.
• Monitor and maintain knowledge of changes in EMEA employment laws and regulations and industry practices that impact our business, and provide practical advice and support to the business regarding the same.

Qualifications

• Experience in leveraging and critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, and problem-solving.
• A strong work ethic, exceptional judgment, and uncompromising integrity.
• A law degree with strong academic credentials.
• Fully qualified lawyer in good standing in a relevant European jurisdiction (preferably France, Germany, Ireland or the UK).
• A minimum of 12+ years of relevant legal experience practicing employment law at a top law firm and/or in-house legal department of a multi-national company; high tech experience a plus.
• Deep employment law experience across a variety of EMEA jurisdictions, including leading works council and collective consultation processes.
• Proven track record leading complex EMEA employment litigation and multi-country restructurings, including management of outside counsel.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a good sense of humour, and a proven ability to build strong and deep working relationships with internal stakeholders over multiple geographical locations.
• Ability to understand complex issues, assess risk and provide concise business-focused legal and risk mitigation advice and counsel.
• A practical, proactive, collaborative and solution-oriented approach to problem solving with the ability to make sound decisions and exercise good judgement.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure and to handle multiple competing tasks simultaneously and thoroughly to closure in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated a global mindset and sensitivity to all cultures.
• Fluency in English; working knowledge of additional language(s) a plus.
• The ability to travel throughout the world and within EMEA as needed.