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.