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Regional HR Director, EMEA & Americas

Hybrid in Barcelona·Added today (last checked 26 Oct)

Agency
Michael Page España

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Hybrid, Barcelona
Contract
Permanent
English
Required
Experience
15+ years

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of HR leadership experience in multinational environments.
  • Proven experience leading regional HR teams across multiple countries.
  • Experience supporting large commercial and sales-driven organizations.
  • Strong background in organizational transformation and change management.
  • Expertise in talent management, organizational design, and workforce planning.
  • Fluent English.

Nice to have

  • Strategic mindset.
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
  • Leadership and team development capabilities.
  • Resilience and adaptability.
  • Commercially driven and results-oriented.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Leading a regional HR team through a significant organizational transformation.

The role

Regional HR leadership role responsible for defining and executing the people strategy across EMEA & Americas, partnering with business leaders to drive organizational effectiveness, talent management, and HR transformation. Leading all aspects of HR, including organizational design, compensation, succession planning, employee relations, and HR governance.

  • Regional position within a multinational company
  • Unique opportunity to establish and build the HR function from the ground up.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute the regional HR strategy across EMEA & Americas, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership on organizational, people, and change management matters.
  • Lead organizational design initiatives, including structures, governance models, job architecture, and workforce planning.
  • Drive HR transformation projects focused on scalability, process harmonization, and operational excellence.
  • Oversee talent acquisition activities for senior and critical positions across the region.
  • Lead talent management, leadership development, succession planning, and employee development programs.
  • Manage performance management processes and support a high-performance culture.
  • Oversee compensation and benefits strategies, including salary benchmarking, annual review cycles, and reward programs.
  • Ensure compliance with employment legislation and manage complex employee relations matters across multiple countries.
  • Leverage HR analytics, systems, and data-driven insights to support business decisions and improve organizational effectiveness.

Hiring process

2 steps2 interviews
  1. CV registration

  2. Consultant contact

    With a specialist Michael Page consultant

    If they see that your experience and motivations fit the values and needs of a hiring company, they will contact you to start the selection process: they will learn about your expectations, answer your questions and help you prepare for each stage of the process.

  3. Company interview

    With a client company

    If your application progresses, we will help you prepare for the interview with useful information about the company, its culture and what it looks for in a profile like yours.

  4. Final stage and negotiation · With a client company

  • The final stages are set by the client company: Michael Page acts as an intermediary, and the interview and decision rest with the hiring company.
  • Support continues after the contract is signed.
  • Michael Page cannot support every candidate; registering and keeping your profile up to date opens the door to future processes.

About Michael Page España

Michael Page is a global recruitment consultancy and part of PageGroup, one of the world's leading professional recruitment firms. The company specializes in placing mid-to-senior level professionals across a wide range of sectors, including technology, engineering, finance, sales, and human resources. With a strong presence in Spain, Michael Page operates offices in major cities and offers services such as executive search, temporary staffing, and outsourcing solutions.

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About the company & team

An international multinational company embarking on a significant transformation journey, moving from a family-led environment to a modern, scalable, and professionally managed organization under private equity ownership.

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