Senior HR Lifecycle Specialist, Employee Relations and Transitions

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Japan.

📋 Description

• Manage and resolve complex employee exits independently across various international jurisdictions.

• Provide guidance to clients on termination, resignation, transfer procedures, employment contracts, and redundancy processes.

• Lead consultations on workforce reductions, administrative hearings, negotiations on separations and settlements, and termination outcome meetings.

• Negotiate and influence positive results in intricate termination scenarios.

• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, including payroll, legal counsel, government agencies, and trade unions.

• Draft, customize, and manage termination and supplementary documentation.

• Ensure employee records are maintained in accordance with privacy and confidentiality regulations.

• Handle offboarding processes using Remote’s internal HRIS platform.

• Offer first-level Employee Relations support and advice on workplace issues.

• Evaluate workplace concerns, identify relevant regulations, and suggest suitable approaches.

• Advise clients on progressive discipline, documentation necessities, and challenging workplace situations.

• Monitor and track ongoing employee relations cases.

• Act as a subject-matter expert in offboarding and first-level employee relations matters.

• Mentor and support junior team members.

• Propel process enhancements, automation, product innovation, and improvements in customer and employee experiences.

• Report directly to the Manager of Employee Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as an HR Advisor or HR Business Partner with comprehensive HR skills and exposure to the employee lifecycle.

• Demonstrated ability to manage voluntary and involuntary exits with sensitivity, care, and legal compliance.

• Experience in providing HR advice and insights on employment laws and regulations across different jurisdictions.

• Familiarity with employee relations principles, progressive discipline strategies, and fundamentals of workplace investigations.

• Capability to interpret and apply industrial instruments effectively.

• Proficient in analyzing complex HR challenges, researching solutions, and turning findings into practical team resources.

• Skillful in communicating recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders in uncertain and unfamiliar situations.

• Excellent communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills.

• Ability to independently steer difficult discussions toward favorable outcomes.

• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English at a business level.

• Aptitude for process innovation, optimization, automation, and the implementation of best practices.

• Strong operational efficiency with an emphasis on record-keeping and data integrity.

• Tech-savvy and adaptable to evolving systems and asynchronous collaboration tools.

• Capacity to work independently in a fast-paced, international, asynchronous remote environment.

• Willingness to adjust working hours as necessary.

• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and self-motivation.

• Proficient in automation and AI capabilities, with fluency in AI applications.

• Tertiary qualifications in HR, labor relations, or employment law are considered advantageous (optional).

🏝️ Benefits

• The opportunity to work from anywhere.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Flexible working hours (we operate asynchronously).

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

• Budget for co-working spaces, learning, and wellness (including gym memberships).

• Access to mental health support services.

• Stock options available.

• Home office budget and IT equipment provided.

• Competitive benefits offered across all locations where we operate.