Head of Human Resources, Nordics, Googler Experience

1 Month ago • 15 Years + • Human Resource

Job Summary

Job Description

As Head of HR for Nordics, you'll set country-specific strategies, leveraging business needs and local nuances to create a unified 'One Google' experience. You'll lead a high-performing team, fostering local employee communities and managing employment law compliance. Responsibilities include risk identification, partnership with key stakeholders (Legal, Compliance, etc.), advising on employee consultations, and leading HR audits. You'll work closely with Centers of Excellence, providing input and driving change. This role requires deep HR knowledge of the Nordic markets (Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Norway) and experience managing executive HR professionals. You'll need strong strategic and tactical skills, balancing risk management with long-term strategy development.
Must have:
  • 15+ years HRBP/Generalist experience
  • 7+ years people management
  • Employment law & labor relations expertise
  • Data analysis & strategic thinking
  • Fluent English & Nordic language
  • Set country-specific HR strategies
Good to have:
  • HR Transformation experience
  • Experience with employee representative bodies

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist providing consultations to the business on topics such as performance management, workplace concerns.
  • 7 years of experience in people management.
  • Experience in employment laws, regulations and labour relations, including experience with employee representative bodies.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in HR Transformation.
  • Ability to analyze data, understand trends and develop recommendations for action based on the analysis.
  • Ability to communicate in English and a Nordic language fluently, to partner with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication, investigative and problem-solving skills.

About the job

People Operations strives to revolutionize human resources the same way that Google has revolutionized search. We are helping to find, grow and keep the remarkable assemblage of talent who are our Googlers. You'll be an advocate of Google's culture and values, partnering with our business leaders to help them build their organizations and make sure all people decisions are based on data. Whether coaching our clients on how to lead their teams, navigating and resolving employee relations issues or managing programs that help develop our Googlers, you are exceptionally focused on putting them first, and being as clear and transparent as possible to help Googlers understand how people decisions get made.

As the Head of HR for Nordics, you will set country-specific HR strategies, leveraging insights from business imperatives and nuanced local needs to drive a “One Google” experience. You will also play a pivotal role in contributing to the goal for People Operations at Google. Bringing your deep HR knowledge within the Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, Danish and Norwegian markets, you will lean on your depth of experience in employment law, labour relations, culture, the talent landscape and experience managing executive HR professionals. You will be able to balance strategic and tactical work when needed, diving deep on risk identification and resolution as well as surfacing those themes to inform and drive the local HR Strategy. You will bring thought leadership, insights and experience in a variety of additional HR areas, a customer-focused mindset and a track record in delivering impactful solutions to employees, teams and business leaders.

Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field.

Responsibilities

  • Set the country-specific HR strategies by leveraging insights from business imperatives and nuanced local needs, driving “One Google” experience.
  • Attract, grow and develop a high performing team. Encourage the market and foster local employee communities.
  • Identify local employment, labour relations, and compliance risks and partner with critical stakeholders to resolve issues in a timely manner. Build partnerships with Legal, Integrity, Compliance, and Employee Relations teams to create forward looking solutions that are market specific.
  • Advise on employee consultation obligations and manage such processes; minimize risk and negative impact on operations. Lead HR related audits and regulatory reviews.
  • Act as point of contact for Centers of Excellence (COE) to provide input to solutions and services and support COE in driving change.

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