HR Business Partner - EMEA

Partech; Paris; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Odaseva is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to act as the operational backbone of Human Resources for our EMEA teams in France, Germany, and the UK. The role requires hands-on partnership with field managers to address people challenges and support a positive employee experience.

You must be comfortable operating independently, exercising sound judgment, and engaging global HR teams when appropriate to ensure alignment and compliance across regions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of HR experience in a senior or business partnering role.
• Experience supporting multiple countries, preferably in Europe (France, Germany, UK).
• Strong knowledge of HR policies, performance management, and employee development.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary HR contact for Leadership (CTO, CISO) and Managers regarding daily team management and people operations.
• Advise managers on HR policies, performance management, and technical skill development.
• Coordinate onboarding of new technical talent across a multi-country environment.

Skills

HRBP experience

Multi-country HR

Employee relations

Talent acquisition collaboration

Onboarding coordination

Job description

Odaseva provides enterprise data management and security solutions that help organizations exercise sovereignty over their critical data.

Companies representing 10% of global market capitalization trust Odaseva, including Schneider Electric, Volkswagen and Robert Half.

Its Excalibur Data Platform enables customers to protect, secure, move, and use data and code independently of application vendors.

The platform supports complex and high-volume use cases, including backup, archiving, zero-copy, BCDR & High Availability, data federation, and semantic AI orchestration.

Customer-controlled end-to-end encryption raises the bar for enterprise security.

With 11 patents, Odaseva manages 50 trillion records and supports 100 million users.

About the role

As the sole HR Business Partner on the ground in EMEA, you will be the operational backbone of Human Resources for our teams in France, Germany, and the UK. You will work closely with the field to support our Managers through their daily challenges. This role requires a proactive, pragmatic, and operationally hands‑on HRBP who will ensure positive employee experience with the teams you support.

You must be comfortable operating independently, exercising sound judgment, taking ownership, and proactively addressing people challenges while knowing when to engage global HR teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Operational HR & Partnership

• Trusted Advisor: Serve as the primary point of contact for Leadership (CTO, CISO) and Managers (EMs, VPs) regarding daily team management and people operations.

• Managerial Support: Advise managers on the application of HR policies, performance management, and technical skill development.

• Onboarding & Integration: Coordinate the arrival of new technical talent to ensure successful integration within a multi-country environment.

2. Employee Relations & Compliance (Multi-country)

• French Labor Relations: Prepare, coordinate, and actively participate in CSE meetings. Ensure follow-up on questions/answers and compliance with French legal obligations.

• EMEA Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to local labor laws in Germany and the UK (contracts, amendments, offboarding) in collaboration with local legal counsel.

• Employee Relations: Autonomously handle disciplinary matters and individual employee relations cases within your region.

3. Talent Support & Retention

• Talent Acquisition Collaboration: Partner closely with the Talent Acquisition team to align hiring strategies and workforce needs across EMEA with local talent market dynamics, employment practices, and business priorities.

• Career Tracking: Facilitate global performance review processes and individual development plans specifically for technical teams.

4. Culture & Engagement

• Local Engagement Engagement: Drive and adapt global culture and engagement initiatives across EMEA for all remote, hybrid, and office-based teams.

• Inclusion & Culture: Partner with business and Technology leaders to foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high‑performing work environment, aligned with Odaseva values and local cultural dynamics.

Required qualifications

• Hands-on Experience: 10+ years proven track