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Danaher

Makes tools for drug research and medical testing

Labor & Employee Relations Director

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A French bachelor's law degree, a Juris Doctor degree, a master's degree in human resources or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • At least 12 years of progressive experience in labor relations, employee relations, employment law, human resources business partnering or a related human resources discipline, including responsibility for complex, high-risk and multi-entity matters.
  • Demonstrated expertise in French employment and labor law, collective labor relations frameworks, restructuring obligations and co-determination requirements, with experience translating legal requirements into practical business decisions.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex employee relations cases, collective workforce reductions, restructuring, harmonization and major organizational change, including advising senior leaders and coordinating execution across a matrixed, multinational environment.
  • Demonstrated experience developing negotiation strategy and leading engagement with works councils, trade unions or other employee representative bodies, together with experience building governance, standard work and organizational capability in Labor & Employee Relations.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% to support assigned sites, Operating Companies, employee representative engagements and business transformation activities.

Responsibilities

  • Shape and lead the Labor & Employee Relations strategy for assigned Diagnostics Operating Companies across France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, advising senior human resources and business leaders on labor risk, workforce decisions, organizational change and the implications of business strategy.
  • Lead the most complex and high-risk employee relations matters, including investigations, senior-level performance and conduct matters, grievances, accommodations and terminations, ensuring sound judgment, consistent governance and alignment with employment legislation, collective agreements, company policies and Danaher standard work.
  • Own the strategy and execution for information, consultation and collective negotiation processes with works councils, trade unions, employee representative bodies and other social partners, including negotiation mandates, business cases, stakeholder alignment, risk mitigation and implementation oversight in partnership with local People Partners.
  • Provide senior Labor & Employee Relations leadership for workforce reductions, restructurings, reorganizations, transfers of undertakings, site transformations, mergers, acquisitions, integrations, expansions and closures across multiple Operating Companies, identifying cross-jurisdiction dependencies and enabling coordinated execution.
  • Build scalable Labor & Employee Relations capability across the Diagnostics Platform by establishing governance, policies, toolkits and standard work; developing preventive risk approaches; coaching human resources teams and leaders; and using case trends and business insights to improve consistency, speed and outcomes.

Desired Qualifications

  • Demonstrated employment law or senior Labor & Employee Relations experience in at least one additional cluster jurisdiction: Italy, Spain or Portugal.
  • Professional proficiency in Italian, Spanish or Portuguese.
  • Experience supporting labor and employee relations in manufacturing, diagnostics, life sciences or another highly regulated environment, including mergers, acquisitions, integrations or significant site transformation.

About the Company

Danaher

Makes tools for drug research and medical testing

Danaher makes instruments, tests and laboratory supplies for drug developers, researchers and clinicians, spanning the path from biological research to clinical patient diagnosis. Its businesses include Cytiva for drug manufacturing, SCIEX for chemical analysis and Beckman Coulter for laboratory testing, linking specialized tools across healthcare workflows. Customers use its equipment to study cells, produce biological medicines and analyze patient samples; the group earns money by selling instruments, reagents, software and support services through its operating companies. Danaher was established in 1984 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Washington, DC
Founded
1984

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