Director, Employee Relations and HR Policy, AsiaPac

Lineage is the world's largest temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, with a global network of over 400 facilities, spanning 25 countries across North & South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Working a Lineage is not just a job - it's an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of the Lineage team, you are a critical link in the food supply chain.

The Asia-Pacific region currently includes Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Singapore employing nearly 3000 team members.

Position Details

We are now looking to appoint an experienced Director, Employee Relations & HR Policy to lead our regional employee and industrial relations strategy across Asia Pacific.

This is a unique opportunity for either an accomplished ER/IR leader or a senior employment lawyer looking to move into a strategic, business-facing leadership role.

Partnering closely with executive leaders, legal stakeholders and HR teams, you'll help shape workforce strategy, navigate organisational change, manage risk and drive commercially focused outcomes across a complex, unionised and highly regulated operating environment.

Why This Role Could Be the Right Move for a Lawyer

Rather than simply advising on employment law issues, this role offers the opportunity to influence business strategy, lead major workforce initiatives and drive outcomes across a diverse Asia Pacific portfolio.

You'll work at the intersection of

• Enterprise bargaining and industrial relations strategy
• Organisational restructuring and workforce transformation
• Employment law risk management and compliance
• Executive stakeholder engagement
• Union and workforce relations
• HR policy and governance

This is an opportunity to step into a true business leadership role while continuing to leverage your deep employment law expertise.

What You Bring

We are looking for a commercially minded leader with deep expertise in employment and industrial relations and a proven ability to influence outcomes in complex organisational environments.

You may come from

• A senior Employee Relations or Industrial Relations leadership background
• A workplace relations, employment law or industrial law practice
• An in-house legal, ER or HR advisory function within a large organisation

Your experience will ideally include

• Significant experience advising on employment, labour and industrial relations matters
• Expertise managing workforce change, restructures, consultations and organisational transformation initiatives
• Proven involvement in enterprise bargaining, collective negotiations and union engagement strategies
• Experience advising senior executives on complex workplace risk, compliance and governance matters
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, industrial instruments and regulatory frameworks
• Experience representing or managing matters before tribunals, regulators or dispute resolution forums
• Demonstrated success operating in partnership with business leaders to deliver commercially pragmatic outcomes
• Ability to influence and build credibility across executives, operational leaders, HR and Legal stakeholders
• Experience working within or alongside large, complex organisations through secondments, embedded advisory arrangements or in-house roles
• Exposure to APAC jurisdictions and multi-country employment environments will be highly regarded

In summary, if you are an experienced lawyer seeking to transition into a strategic in-house leadership role, we would love to hear from you.

If you have built your career advising organisations through complex workplace challenges and/or you have gained meaningful experience working within businesses through secondments, embedded advisory roles or in-house engagements, such experience will be highly regarded.

Why Lineage?

Lineage is more than just a cold storage logistics business. We’re focused on being a vibrant, innovative and progressive employer where all our teams work safely, harmoniously and efficiently toward a common purpose - transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.

Lineage is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic work environment and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.