Manager, Employee Relations

Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours
The Opportunity
From the moment you wake up in the morning until you go to bed at night consider the media you consume, the adverts you see, the apps you use, the websites you browse and almost all of the shopping you do online throughout the day. Chances are that every single one of those interactions, every single one of those experiences, was touched by an Adobe product.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Manager, Employee Relations to join our Employee Experience Team based in Paris.
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours
The role of Employee Relations Manager is part of our Western Team. You will have the exciting opportunity to manage a team of employee relations professionals as we support our ever evolving and growing business, providing direction on sophisticated employment matters, giving guidance and input on policies and practices, partnering with key collaborators throughout the business and driving professional development within your team. You will work closely with all levels of management, while being a key partner to HR Business Partners, Adobe Employment Counsel, Internal Stakeholders and Centers of Excellence (COEs), with the goal of driving high employee engagement while increasing our ability to scale for growth.
What you’ll do
- Lead and develop a pan-EMEA team of employee relations professionals with a primary focus on the Western team.
- Manage resource in conjunction with the ER Director and ER Manager to drive effective case management progress and outcomes.
- Continually evaluate and improve processes to ensure we are building a consistent experience for all employees that engage with our team
- Provide ongoing and focused development, feedback and coaching for team
- Provide support for your team as needed on complex employee relations matters and also run complex and/or sensitive cases as required.
- Offer strategic employee relations support and thought partnership to key collaborators throughout the organization
- Manage and support team members operating in our Works Council countries in conjunction with the relevant Labor Relations team members.
- Lead pan-EMEA projects as required.

What you need to succeed
- Proven experience working in an Employee Relations role.
- High level of expertise Western employee relations with a knowledge of Western employment law.
- Experience providing leadership to a team, formally or informally and able to manage employees based in other offices and countries.
- Demonstrate effective influencing skills to provide resolution to sophisticated and highly critical employee relations matters
- Proven track record of demonstrating good judgment and experience assessing risk
- Ability to use data to inform decisions and drive action
- Solid verbal and presentation skills
- Ability to anticipate potential issues and diagnose root cause through listening and enquiry
- Ability to work enthusiastically across diverse organizations
- Demonstrate dedication to helping employees and managers be successful and achieving those results in alignment with values
- Be an effective collaborator.

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