Regional Director - Northern Europe

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The Regional People Director is a key strategic leader within the Local Europe People function, providing senior People leadership across a diverse portfolio of 10 countries in Northern Eastern Europe. Reporting to the Head of People, Local Europe, this role will partner closely with Managing Directors, regional business leaders and country leadership teams to deliver the GWS Local Strategy, strengthen organisational capability and drive sustainable business performance.

This is a highly visible regional leadership role, requiring the ability to balance strategic direction with practical delivery across different cultures, employment frameworks and stages of market maturity. The Regional People Director will ensure that People strategies, policies and initiatives are aligned with the Local Operating Model while remaining responsive to local market, legal and business requirements.

Acting as a trusted advisor, coach and constructive challenger to senior business leaders, the Regional People Director will shape and deliver people strategies that create measurable impact across talent, organisational effectiveness, employee engagement, employee relations, leadership capability, culture and business transformation.

The role will also lead and support significant change and transformation activity, including client mobilisations, new business wins, organisational redesign, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring programmes and other strategic initiatives. These activities must be delivered effectively, compliantly and in line with both the GWS Local Strategy and the wider Local Europe People agenda.

Working closely with leaders and People teams across the region, the successful candidate will champion a culture built around CBRE’s RISE values, promoting collaboration, accountability, fairness, inclusion, growth and continuous development. They will bring deep People leadership expertise, strong commercial judgement and the ability to position CBRE as an employer of choice across a complex and competitive regional market.

To succeed in this role, the Regional People Director must be a visible, credible and influential leader with the confidence to challenge constructively, drive innovation and deliver pragmatic solutions. They will demonstrate the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and commercial acumen, combining strategic thinking with a strong focus on execution and results.

• Partner with Managing Directors, regional business leaders and country leadership teams to translate the GWS Local Strategy into practical and measurable people plans
• Lead the People function across a portfolio of countries, ensuring alignment with the Local Operating Model, the Local Europe People structure and wider business priorities
• Drive regional consistency in People practices while ensuring appropriate local adaptation in line with employment legislation, market conditions and cultural expectations
• Contribute to the delivery of the Local Europe business plan and People Team Roadmaps, ensuring that People activity has a clear and measurable impact on business performance
• Act as a senior People leader within the wider Local Europe People team, contributing to regional priorities, strategic planning and continuous improvement.

• Use data, insights and external market intelligence to anticipate talent and workforce needs, inform decision-making and support business planning
• Lead and support organisational change programmes, ensuring that employee engagement, communication and effective implementation are central to all activity
• Provide strategic guidance on organisational design, workforce planning, leadership capability and talent development across the region
• Lead relationships with works councils, trade unions and other employee representative bodies, ensuring constructive partnership and effective employee relations
• Support transformation…