Senior HR Business Partner

• Act as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders across portfolio companies in France
• Shape HR direction in line with business priorities
• Lead organisational design and workforce planning
• Oversee restructures, transformation projects, cultural change initiatives, and M&A integrations
• Manage escalations of high-risk employee relations cases and senior-level disputes and legal matters
• Partner with senior leadership to deliver HR strategies supporting growth, culture, and organisational effectiveness
• Provide expert HR advice to senior stakeholders
• Embed succession processes and guide leadership teams in identifying, developing, and retaining key talent
• Use people analytics to identify trends, measure HR impact, and support data-led decisions
• Ensure HR policies, frameworks, and practices comply with legal requirements
• Lead, mentor, and develop the HRBP team
• Bridge business needs and global HR CoE programs

• 8+ years in senior HR business partnering or strategic HR leadership roles
• Proven experience in organisational design, workforce planning, and leading transformation/change initiatives
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing HR teams
• Proficiency in people analytics and ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills
• HR Certification strongly preferred
• Experience with Workday desirable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French (C2) and English (C1 or C2)
• Experience in financial services, professional services, or comparable complex corporate/scale up environments
• Legally authorised to work in France