Director, HR Country Management

Director, HR Country Management

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
 
Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
 
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. 

Job Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead deployment of global HR policies across assigned country/countries, ensuring compliance with local laws and cultural relevance.
• Partner with HR CoEs and Legal to conduct impact assessments and oversee policy localization.
• Oversee HR-related audits, inspections, and statutory reporting.
• Provide country leadership and HRBPs with insights into compliance trends, risk exposure, and legislative changes.
• Act as a strategic advisor to HRBPs, CoEs, and country leadership to align people initiatives with business goals.
• Drive strategic workforce planning, organizational design, and change management efforts.
• Represent the country in global HR initiatives, ensuring feasibility and alignment.
• Serve as escalation point for complex employee relations cases (T3 escalations).
• Manage relationships with employee representative bodies (e.g., Works Councils, Trade Unions).
• Monitor and improve employee lifecycle processes for compliance and efficiency.
• Own Workday knowledge base content for the assigned country.
• Lead deployment of culture and engagement initiatives.
• Provide people data and analytics to support HR and business decisions.
• Mentor and develop HR team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture

Qualifications & Education Requirements:

• Minimum 4 Year / Bachelor's Degree: Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Employment Law, Business Administration, or a related field, Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive HR experience across HR compliance, employee relations, and policy advisory, with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership capacity.

Additional Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of employment law, data privacy, and labor relations within the country.
• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent HR certification preferred.
• Experience managing HR teams and influencing across HRBP, Legal, and Compliance functions.
• Proven track record in country-level HR audits, policy harmonization, and ER case management.
• Skilled in designing governance frameworks and risk mitigation strategies.
• Strong interpersonal and advisory skills to influence senior stakeholders.
• Proficient in data analysis and metrics-driven decision-making.
• Fluency in local language(s) and business-level English.

Disclaimer
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
 

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Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.