HR Business Partner, EMEA
📍 Paris, France
🌍 Scope: EMEA, with a particular focus on France
✈️ Relocation support: Available
OpenAI is looking for an HR Business Partner to support growing teams across EMEA and help build scalable, locally compliant people practices and strong employee relations.
What you'll do:
•Lead employee-representative work in France, including CSE-related processes, elections, consultations, communications, documentation and governance
•Build sustainable employee relations processes and practices
•Support managers working within French employment and employee-representation frameworks
•Partner with managers across EMEA on performance management, feedback, organizational changes and employee relations
•Provide frontline managers with guidance on team health, coaching, policies and performance management
•Support People programs across performance, engagement, retention and employee experience
•Triage and resolve employee relations issues in partnership with Employee Relations, Legal and other COEs
•Maintain accurate documentation and coordinate recurring HR processes
•Collaborate with HRBPs, Legal, Employee Relations, People Operations and Total Rewards across EMEA
What they're looking for:
•Approximately 8+ years of HR experience, including meaningful experience as a Senior HR Generalist or HR Business Partner
•Experience in fast-paced, high-growth or complex international environments
•Practical experience with French employment practices and employee representative bodies
•Experience establishing, supporting or working closely with a CSE, works council or comparable structure is highly valued
•Familiarity with employee elections, consultations, employee-representative communications and governance
•Strong project management and operational skills
•Experience coaching managers through performance conversations, organizational changes and employee relations issues
•Ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and sound judgment
•Professional fluency in French and English is strongly preferred
The hybrid schedule is three days per week in the office, with the option to work from home on Thursdays and Fridays.
