Senior Lifecycle Specialist, Employee Relations & Transitions (Greater China/ Japan)

About the Role

Join Remote as a Senior Lifecycle Specialist to master the complexities of global employment transitions, ensuring legal compliance and delivering exceptional employee experiences across Greater China and Japan.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage complex, end-to-end employee exits (offboarding) across multiple international jurisdictions, prioritizing a superior experience.
• Provide expert guidance on key HR matters, including termination, resignation, transfer procedures, employment contracts, and redundancy processes, ensuring strict legal compliance.
• Lead and facilitate critical meetings with clients and employees, such as workforce reduction consultations, negotiations in separations, and delivering termination outcomes.
• Act as the first point of informal escalation, mentoring junior team members and serving as a subject-matter expert on offboarding and first-level employee relations matters.
• Conduct thorough preliminary assessments of workplace concerns, guide clients on progressive disciplinary approaches, and track ongoing employee relations cases.
• Proactively identify and drive process improvements, automation, and product development opportunities within the offboarding and employee relations workflows.

Requirements

• Proven experience with a strong background in independently managing voluntary and involuntary exits (terminations) with sensitivity and legal compliance.
• Demonstrated experience providing comprehensive HR advice and guidance on employment laws and regulations across various jurisdictions, specifically relevant to Greater China/Japan is highly valued.
• Solid understanding of employee relations principles, progressive discipline approaches, and workplace investigation fundamentals.
• Ability to interpret complex HR issues, apply problem-solving skills in ambiguous environments, and effectively communicate practical solutions to clients and stakeholders.
• Superior communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Tertiary qualifications in HR, labour relations, or employment law.
• Experience as an HR Advisor or HR Business Partner with generalist exposure across the employee lifecycle.

Role Impact

Your work directly influences Remote's ability to sustain and extend compliance coverage globally, continuously enhance customer journeys, and significantly increase operational capacity by ensuring smooth and compliant employee lifecycle events.