Senior HR Business Partner France

Everfield; France; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Everfield, a European software ecosystem company, seeks a Senior HR Business Partner in France (remote). You will shape HR strategy across portfolio companies, lead organisational design, and drive workforce planning to support growth.

You will mentor the HRBP team, manage change initiatives, ensure governance, and provide data-driven insights to senior leaders, partnering with global CoE programs to align people strategies with business goals.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR strategy across portfolio companies to enable growth, culture, and organisational effectiveness.
• Oversee organisational design and workforce planning initiatives to ensure future-ready capabilities.
• Drive change management and oversee restructures, transformation projects, and M&A integrations.
• Guide succession planning and leadership development across the region.
• Provide expert HR advisory to senior stakeholders and ensure governance compliance.
• Utilise data analytics to measure impact and inform people decisions.
• Coach and develop the HRBP team for high performance.

Skills

HR Leadership

Organisational design

Workforce planning

Change management

People analytics

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

French language

English language

Tools

Workday

Job description

About Everfield

Everfield buys, builds, and grows European vertical market and specialist software companies, providing them with the tools they need to move to the next level. Our mission is to foster ambition, fuel growth, and unlock opportunities for Europe’s software ecosystem.

Companies in the Everfield ecosystem follow a decentralised model, maintaining their team, brand, and offices, while focusing on what they do best - building products and supporting customers. Everfield provides support in talent acquisition, HR, and access to a team of experts in building and growing European B2B SaaS companies who consult on financial and operational topics. Founded in 2022, Everfield has an ecosystem presence in 10 countries, and growing.

Location: France (Remote)

Department: Human Resources

Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Role Description

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will be a strategic partner to senior stakeholders across portfolio companies in your region, shaping HR direction in line with business priorities. You will lead organisational design and workforce planning, oversee change management initiatives, and provide strategic guidance on succession and talent. Acting as an escalation point for complex HR matters, you will ensure consistent HR governance and alignment across the region. A key part of your role will be leading and developing the HRBP team, while serving as a bridge between business needs and global HR CoE programs.

Role & Key Responsibilities (Including but not limited to)

• Change Management: Oversee restructures, transformation projects, cultural change initiatives and Oversight of M&A and integrations.

• Employee Relations: Manage escalations of high risk employee relation cases and act as the point of contact for senior level disputes and legal matters.
• Strategic Partnership: Partner with senior leadership to shape and deliver HR strategies that enable growth, culture, and organisational effectiveness.

• Organisational Design & Workforce Planning: Lead workforce analysis, role design, and planning initiatives to ensure the business has the right capabilities for the future and to support business objectives.

• Stakeholder Advisory: Provide expert HR advice to senior stakeholders, aligning people strategy with business objectives and priorities.

• Succession Planning: Embed succession processes and guide leadership teams in identifying, developing, and retaining key talent.

• Data-Driven Insights: Use analytics to identify trends, measure impact of HR initiatives, and support data led decision making and recommendations.

• Governance & Compliance: Ensure policies, frameworks and practices are applied consistently and in line with legal requirements.

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop your team to ensure strong delivery and career growth.

Skills & Experience Required

• 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.