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Manager, Employee Relations EMEA

Stryker stryker.com Open · verified Oct 19, 2026
Cork Newbury Full-time Manager Employee Relations & Culture

At a glance

Manager-level Employee Relations & Culture role at Stryker. Cork · full-time · €76,000–€126,000 base.

SalaryStated by Stryker
€76,000 – €126,000
Base salary for this role, in EUR per year, as published in the posting.
RoleEmployee Relations & Culture
SeniorityManager
LocationCork
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay€76,000–€126,000
PostedSep 24, 2026 · 3w ago
Also hiring inNewbury
Role brief

hrroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Run investigations across countries and divisions, handling intake, planning, interviews, findings and reporting
  • Keep managers and HR business partners updated, then advise them and leaders on findings and employee relations cases
  • Review case and employee relations data for patterns, identify risks and work with HR and managers on improvements
  • Coordinate policy and conduct investigations with Legal, Compliance and local HR, including discipline cases
  • Train managers, employees and HR business partners, and help set employee relations standards across EMEA

What you bring

  • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university is required
  • At least six years of professional experience
  • Employee relations, investigations or business-facing HR experience is preferred, not required

Who this fits

This manager role suits someone with a degree and substantial professional experience who can handle complex investigations and advise HR partners and managers. The role is hybrid, based in Cork, Ireland, and involves twenty percent travel.

From the employer

Work Flexibility: Hybrid


Main Responsibilities:


  • Conducts HR investigations for a high-volume portfolio of cases across multiple countries and divisions. Including intake processes, investigation planning and interviews, recommendation and determination, and reporting/insights analysis. Communicates and updates status of investigations to relevant managers and HRBPs. Makes recommendations to HRBPs and leadership regarding investigations and employee relations issues.
  • Provides additional support on high level, complex cases as needed.
  • Analyzes HR investigations, employee relations and other data trends to address and mitigate risk and support and drive our culture of integrity. Partners with HR and managers to drive necessary improvements.
  • Responds to alleged violation of rules, regulations, policies, procedures and standards of conduct through the initiation of appropriate investigation procedures in partnership with Legal, Compliance and local HR teams.
  • Provides counsel and advice to managers and HRBPs regarding employee relations issues, submits recommendations on addressing employee relations matters and assists with taking steps in response
  • Develops and delivers training to managers, employees and HRBPs. Supports in defining the standards and processes related to employee relations across EMEA/EEMEA.
  • Provides coaching to HRBPs on employee relations matters in addition to work environment matters
  • Coordinates with compliance and legal regarding employee discipline for compliance investigations that are not work environment matters. May also assist in these investigations.
  • Reporting high level HR investigations results, trends and analysis to appropriate stakeholders such as investigation oversite committee and compliance committee.
  • Maintains knowledge of current and emerging laws and regulations, and periodically reviews and updates applicable standards, trends and issues affecting the company work environment and policies.

Education / Skill requirements:


  • Bachelor’s degree from accredited university required.
  • Degree in Business, Human Resources or related field is preferred
  • Minimum of 6 years professional experience required
  • Employee relations, investigations or business facing HR experience preferred

Ireland Pay Ranges:

  • Ireland: €76,000 - €126,000 EUR Annual

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker’s comprehensive benefits package.

If you’d like to learn more about the salary or the benefits associated with this role, your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details as you progress through the hiring process.

Travel Percentage: 20%