HR Business Partner, EMEA
Paris · 8+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Sep 28, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 8+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Paris
About OpenAI
- OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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About the role
- The HR Business Partner will support growing teams across EMEA with a primary focus on building scalable, locally compliant people practices in France.
- This role involves partnering with regional leadership and cross-functional teams to manage employee relations, organizational health, and employee representation.
- The position reports to the International HRBP Lead and focuses on translating strategic direction into operational execution while elevating manager capability.
Responsibilities
- Lead employee-representative work in France, including CSE-related processes, elections, and consultations.
- Establish sustainable processes for engaging with employee representatives and maintaining required documentation.
- Provide guidance to managers on French employment and employee-representation frameworks.
- Partner with managers across EMEA to support performance management cycles and organizational changes.
- Act as a go-to partner for frontline managers regarding team health, coaching, and policy interpretation.
- Operationalize People programs such as engagement, retention, and employee experience initiatives.
- Triage and resolve employee relations issues by assessing risk and recommending appropriate actions.
- Maintain operational rigor by tracking employee relations themes and ensuring follow-through on commitments.
- Collaborate with Legal, People Operations, and Total Rewards to ensure a consistent employee experience.
Requirements
- Approximately 8+ years of HR experience in fast-paced, high-growth, or complex international environments.
- Practical experience working with French employment practices and employee representative bodies.
- Familiarity with employee elections, consultation processes, and associated governance.
- Strong project management skills to translate complex processes into clear milestones.
- Ability to coach managers through performance conversations and organizational changes.
- Operational strength to build repeatable practices as the organization scales.
- High integrity and the ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and sound judgment.
Preferred qualifications
- Direct experience establishing, supporting, or working closely with a CSE, works council, or comparable employee representative structure.
- Professional fluency in French and English.
Workplace
- Hybrid schedule: three days a week in the office.
- Option to work from home on Thursdays and Fridays.
