Manager, Lifecycle Employee Relations & Transitions

Manager, Lifecycle Employee Relations & Transitions
Remote-UK&I

About Remote
Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you
As a critical extension of our clients’ HR teams, we navigate and advise on the intricate paths of global employment with unmatched speed, expertise, and precision. The vision of the Lifecycle team at Remote is not just about maintaining the gold standard in HR practices; it’s about elevating it, integrating cutting‑edge technology solutions, and enriching customer experiences in over 80+ countries. On this team, your work directly influences our ability to sustain and extend our compliance coverage, continuously enhance our customer journeys, and significantly increase our operational capacity. You’re not just part of a team; you’re at the forefront of shaping the future of work, ensuring every interaction is fast, intuitive, and profoundly impactful. Dive into a role where your passion for innovation, commitment to excellence, and drive to make a global difference aligns with our mission to empower organizations worldwide to employ anyone, anywhere — compliantly.

At Remote, were embarking on an exhilarating journey in the global employment landscape, and we invite you to be a pivotal part of it as the Manager of Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions within our esteemed Lifecycle Operations team.

What you bring

Experience in Human Resources, Operations and/or Employee Relations roles with experience as a People Manager.

Preferred qualifications include tertiary degrees in HR, labour relations, or employment law; A strong requirement for this role is advanced expertise encompassing various HR aspects, such as business partnering, employee relations, performance management, and a thorough understanding of local employment laws.

Demonstrated experience and knowledge of global HR practices, employment laws, and regulations working across multiple countries, with significant exposure to complex involuntary employee exits and employee relations matters.

Understanding of progressive discipline processes, workplace investigation principles, and effective coordination of employee relations resources.

Proven success in leadership awareness, team engagement, and goal delivery through effective communication, influencing, and relationship‑building skills across a culturally diverse and distributed team.

Excellent interpersonal skills that transcend potential cultural and language barriers, with strong emotional intelligence, and the ability to build trust and rapport, and influence senior leaders, members of management, clients and employees at all levels within the company.

Excellent verbal, analytical and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner.

Consistently exhibits high levels of discretion, integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality by adhering to Remotes core values: Care, Innovation, Intensity, Transparency and Excellence.

An agile, resilient and customer‑centred approach to working in a dynamic, ever‑changing organizational environment, with a high tolerance for ambiguity and motivation.

Cultural awareness and sensitivity: ability to flex style to suit differing cultural norms and experience of leading a culturally diverse team.

Exposure to working in a start‑up environment is highly desirable; enjoys and understands the need to work largely asynchronously.

Proven experience in anticipating, identifying, understanding and analyzing complex business and culture issues, with the ability to manage these to complete resolution, and translate them into critical business strategies and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Act as a primary point of contact for clients, delivering client focused legal, human resources, and advisory support.

Partner closely with Operations teams to ensure seamless collaboration and high quality outcomes for clients.

Lead and manage a team of Employee Lifecycle Specialists, providing hands on coaching, mentorship, and performance guidance.

Oversee voluntary and non‑voluntary terminations across multiple countries, including complex and sensitive cases.

Guide and support the team in delivering first level employee relations support to clients.

Personally manage and advise on complex employee lifecycle and employee relations cases to ensure best in class service.

Champion a client centric approach and consistently raise the bar on quality, consistency, and professionalism.

Practicals

Youll report to:

Senior Manager Employee Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions

Team:

Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions

Location:

EMEA

Start date:

As soon as possible

Application process

Interview with recruiter

Async assessment

Interview with future manager

Interview with peers (no managers present)

Remotes Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap‑labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in‑location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent‑hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

The annual salary range for this full‑time position is

$48,850 - $109,900 USD . Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters: budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces.

How you’ll plan your day (and life)
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your

life‑work balance

is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

How to apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.

We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.

If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under‑represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remotes AI guidelines check seehere.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Voluntary Self‑Identification Questions
Remote is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and as such it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Through the below self‑identification survey, we invite you to share your demographic information. This information will be used to ensure that our hiring process is inclusive and that people of all backgrounds are represented in our talent pool.

All answers are anonymous and will not be tied to your job application or candidate profile. The data will be aggregated and only used internally to inform our hiring strategies and processes to ensure we are actively working toward creating access to opportunities among under‑represented groups and increasing our teams’ diversity. The access to the collected data is limited on a need‑to‑know basis.

These questions are optional and voluntary, and will not have any impact on hiring outcomes.

Visit the Remote Handbook to read more about how diversity, equity, and inclusion are a way of life at Remote.

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