Employee & Labor Relations Manager France

Location: Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; 5% travel may be required.

Base pay: €60,400–€103,960 per year, plus an annual bonus or sales commission depending on the role and location.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare solutions and medical technologies to help prevent, treat, and cure complex diseases.

What you will do

• Manage employee and labor relations activities for France and support local policy compliance with French labor law.
• Prepare and lead employee representative meetings, including CSE and CSSCT meetings.
• Develop labor relations strategies and negotiate company collective bargaining agreements.
• Advise on workforce events such as mergers, divestitures, restructurings, and reductions in force.
• Lead grievance investigations, disciplinary cases, and critical employee or leader interventions.
• Improve ERLR processes, service delivery metrics, communications, and continuous-improvement plans, including responsible AI adoption.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; a master’s degree in employment or labor law, HR, or a related field is preferred.
• English and French proficiency required.
• Minimum 7 years of dynamic HR experience, including complex labor relations, works councils, unions, investigations, grievances, and organizational changes.
• Strong expertise in French employment law, HR compliance, coaching, relationship management, and collaboration with leaders and key partners.
• Experience with HR technologies, ticketing, knowledge and document management, HR analytics, and data-based decision-making.
• Understanding of AI concepts, responsible and ethical AI practices, effective prompting, and AI’s impact on the workforce.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment focused on employee dignity, diversity, accountability, and collaboration.
• Vacation, parental leave of at least 12 weeks, bereavement, caregiver, and volunteer leave.
• Well-being reimbursement and financial, physical, and mental health programs.
• Insurance plans, service anniversary awards, and recognition programs subject to plan terms.