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Regional HR Director
We’re transforming how HR operates—automating routine work, elevating employee and manager self‑service, and using data to drive faster, smarter decisions. Our Regional People and Advisory Team are at the heart of this change to enhance employee experience. Join us as we shape a future where HR is digital, data‑driven, and truly human‑centred.
We’re looking for an HR professional who is inclusive and culturally aware, able to build trust across diverse teams and regions. You should be comfortable aligning HR strategies with business priorities, using data and insight to support growth. Adaptability and curiosity are key—you learn quickly, embrace change, and approach challenges with practical problem-solving. Strong communication and relationship-building skills matter, as does the ability to navigate ambiguity with confidence. Above all, you understand how organisations work and can get things done through collaboration and sound judgement.
About the Role
In this opportunity as a Regional HR Director, you will:
- Consultation & Problem-Solving: Provide expert HR advice to managers and employees, resolving complex issues using judgement and leveraging global HR networks when needed.
- Employee Relations & Performance: Handle Tier 2 consultations, ER investigations, conflict resolution, policy guidance, and terminations.
- Regional HR Leadership: Manage the HR team in the region and lead site engagement activities (e.g., stay interviews, focus groups).
- Performance & Compensation: Drive cyclical performance processes and deliver compensation analysis in partnership with Rewards.
- Labour Relations & Compliance: Support union negotiations, works council activities, and ensure compliance on leaves, accommodations, and Occupational Health & Safety.
- Strategic Projects & Processes: Execute RIF processes, provide M&A integration support, maintain accurate case records, and identify automation/self-service opportunities.
About You
You’re a fit for the role of Regional HR Director if you have the following required experience, knowledge and qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and/or Master’s in HR Management, or relevant degree.
- 8+ years HR experience in within multi-country or regional scope; solid understanding of HR operations and compliance.
- Day to day people management experience.
- Working knowledge of local labor law, unions/works councils, leaves/accommodations frameworks, and RIF practices.
- Effective organization, communication, discretion, and cultural awareness.
- Strong knowledge of Spanish and French labor laws and regulations.
- Fluent in English, Spanish and French. Working knowledge of Italian is a plus.
Additional experience/knowledge include:
- HR Expertise: Skilled in employee relations investigations, performance coaching/PIPs, compensation consultation, leaves/accommodations, union/works council interactions, and RIF processes.
- Operational Excellence: Proficient in case management tools, meeting SLAs, creating knowledge articles, and leveraging HR data/reporting for insights.
- Policy & Change Management: Strong in policy interpretation, documentation, facilitation, and managing change and conflict effectively.
- Automation & AI: Experienced in enabling self-service resources, templates, and using AI tools to improve compliance, efficiency, and recommend automation opportunities.
Please apply with a CV in English. The deadline for applications is 1159hrs Friday 23rd January 2026
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What’s in it For You?
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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