Human Resources Director

Asobbi Ltd; Lyon; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Asobbi Ltd. seeks an HR Director to lead and develop the HR function across its French organisation, guiding the people infrastructure for continued expansion in France.

The role requires strong HR fundamentals, commercial HR guidance, and the ability to implement scalable processes and governance while maintaining practical execution without bureaucracy.

Qualifications

• Significant HR leadership experience within fast-growing organisations.
• Proven ability to scale HR functions, processes and structures.
• Experience supporting substantial headcount growth up to ~500 employees.
• Strong knowledge of French employment law and HR practices.
• Experience partnering directly with senior leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop the HR function across France with scalable processes and structures.
• Partner with senior leadership on workforce planning and organisational growth.
• Provide commercially minded HR guidance balancing employee needs with business aims.
• Establish core HR processes across onboarding, performance management, ER, development and succession.
• Shape a positive culture and employee experience during rapid growth.

Skills

HR leadership

French employment law

senior leadership partnering

people processes

culture & employee experience

Job description

The Opportunity

Our client is seeking an HR Director to lead and develop the HR function across its French organisation.

This is a key leadership role within a fast-growing international business, with responsibility for building the people infrastructure required to support our client’s continued expansion across France.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a high-growth environment where processes, structures and teams are still evolving. They will bring strong HR fundamentals, alongside the judgement and creativity to avoid overly traditional or bureaucratic approaches where a more agile solution is needed.

This is an opportunity to shape the HR function as the business scales, working closely with senior leadership to ensure our client has the right people, processes and culture in place to support significant growth.

Key Responsibilities

Build & Develop the HR Function

• Own the development of our client’s HR function across France.
• Build scalable HR processes, policies and operating structures to support continued growth.
• Assess existing people processes and identify where greater structure, consistency or efficiency is required.
• Ensure HR infrastructure evolves in line with the increasing size and complexity of the organisation.
• Create practical processes that support the business without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.

Support Business Growth

• Partner closely with senior leadership to support workforce planning and organisational growth.
• Help prepare the organisation for significant increases in headcount.
• Ensure HR processes can support a business scaling towards approximately 500 employees.
• Support the creation of appropriate organisational structures as teams and functions expand.
• Identify people-related risks and opportunities as our client enters its next phase of growth.

Leadership & Business Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across the French organisation.
• Provide commercially minded HR guidance that balances employee needs with business objectives.
• Support leaders through organisational change, team development and complex people matters.
• Build strong relationships across operational, technical and corporate functions.
• Ensure HR is viewed as an enabler of the business rather than simply an administrative function.

People Processes & Governance

• Establish and continuously improve core HR processes across the employee lifecycle.
• Ensure appropriate frameworks are in place across onboarding, performance management, employee relations, development and succession.
• Maintain strong governance and consistency while allowing flexibility where the business requires it.
• Partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure compliance with French employment legislation and our client’s standards.
• Support the development of HR reporting, people metrics and management information.

Culture & Employee Experience 

• Help shape a positive, high-performance culture as the organisation grows.
• Support leaders in maintaining strong communication, engagement and accountability across teams.
• Develop initiatives that improve the employee experience while supporting commercial priorities.
• Help embed our client’s values and behaviours across a rapidly expanding workforce.
• Encourage a practical, solutions-oriented and forward-thinking approach to HR.

Experience & Background

• Significant HR leadership experience within a fast-growing or rapidly changing organisation.
• Proven experience building or scaling HR functions, processes and organisational structures.
• Experience supporting organisations through substantial headcount growth.
• Exposure to businesses scaling towards approximately 500 employees would be highly relevant.
• Strong knowledge of French employment law and HR practices.
• Experience partnering directly with senior leadership teams.
• Strong process orientation with the ability to introduce structure without becoming overly bureaucratic.
• Commercially minded and comfortable balancing business objectives with people considerations.
• Experience within infrastructure, engineering, technology, industrial or other fast-paced environments would be advantageous.
• Fluent French and strong English communication skills would be highly beneficial within our client’s international organisation.