Employee Relations Partner

Location: London, UK; scope includes the UK and other EMEA countries

Company

Nscale provides high-performance GPU cloud infrastructure for AI start-ups and enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Manage complex employee relations casework, operational escalations, sensitive investigations, and policy violations in line with local laws.
• Advise leaders and HRBPs on performance management, grievances, disciplinary action, and other sensitive matters.
• Partner with People Partners and Employment Legal to design fair performance-management frameworks and localize global policies across EMEA.
• Build ER governance, intake, operating processes, statutory compliance monitoring, audit frameworks, playbooks, procedures, and checklists.
• Develop and deliver manager training on performance management, difficult conversations, labour-law compliance, and regional management practices.
• Use data to identify ER trends, support preventative improvements, and contribute to Global Employee Relations initiatives and cases.

Requirements

• 8+ years of dedicated Employee Relations, Labour Relations, and/or Employment Law experience in a multinational or high-growth environment, including extensive experience managing complex and sensitive matters across multiple EMEA countries.
• Experience independently conducting sensitive, multi-jurisdictional investigations and preparing robust documentation and findings.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, ER practices, and country-specific consultation requirements across EMEA, including deep practical knowledge of UK employment legislation and regulatory compliance.
• Experience developing and implementing ER practices, guidelines, and procedures that comply with employment laws and company policies.
• Experience building trusted partnerships with HRBPs, Employment Legal, business leaders, employee representatives, and other stakeholders, with the ability to provide clear, pragmatic recommendations.
• Strong background coaching and training international leaders, particularly US-based managers, on managing teams and performance issues in the region.
• Experience building programmes from the ground up, defining roadmaps and OKRs, and operating with high autonomy in ambiguous, fast-scaling environments.
• Ability to prioritize and manage numerous simultaneous projects under deadline pressure.
• Experience mentoring and supporting team members.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a culture focused on innovation, ownership, accountability, openness, and transparency.
• Contribute to GPU cloud technology supporting AI development, cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.
• Applications are encouraged from people from diverse backgrounds, including people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
• Accommodations are available for specific candidate situations.