Senior HR Manager - FR/EN - Permanent - Paris

Naboo; Paris (TX); On-site; USD 68,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range €60K–€80K

Paris offices

MacBook

Team events

Job summary

Naboo, a global Meetings & Events spend management leader, seeks a seasoned HR leader to scale People operations and partner with executives across France, UK, US. Based in Paris with global reach, you’ll drive payroll, compliance, onboarding, and employee relations while shaping a high‑performance culture.

You have 5–7 years in generalist HR within a fast-paced scale-up, fluent English, and an EU work permit.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of HR management experience in a fast-paced tech scale-up.
• Fluent in English; EU work permit required.
• Non compliant applications will not be considered.
• Fully bilingual in French and English; Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small HR Ops team across France and international sites.
• Ensure data integrity, onboarding/offboarding workflows, and payroll accuracy.
• Partner with department leads to coach managers on leadership and org design.
• Drive talent acquisition for mid-to-senior roles in multiple regions and raise employer brand.
• Oversee Lucca implementation and optimize HRIS processes.

Skills

HR experience in scale-up

Fluent English

Tools

Lucca

Job description

MANDATORY: 5–7 YEAR OF HR EXPERIENCE IN A TECH SCALE-UP / FLUENT ENGLISH / EU WORK PERMIT / NON COMPLIANT APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

About Naboo

Naboo is a Global leader in Meetings & Events Spend Management. We are a team of 250 builders, passionate about events, tech and AI. We help our Enterprise and SMB clients book, plan, pay and procure all their corporate events.

Whether it’s a business lunch or a full-blown annual retreat overseas, Naboo makes it happen smoothly and efficiently, eliminating tedious tasks with AI-powered automation. Our event specialists focus on delivering tailored advisory and effective support to clients and vendors.

Based in Paris, London, Barcelona, Hamburg, New York, Singapore and Montreal, Naboo is expanding globally, scaling fast with strong backing from top-tier international investors.

Naboo is the ideal company for you if you are looking for challenges and responsibilities from day one, if you want to thrive in a high growth environment and if you want to contribute to an ambitious adventure!

Role & Responsibilities

You will be responsible for translating Naboo’s growth strategy into smooth People operations, driving a high-performance culture, and serving as a trusted partner to both managers and employees.

People Operations (HR Ops)

• Team Management: lead, mentor, and empower a team of 2 HR Ops (France & international) overseeing payroll, administration, global employee support, legal compliance and local office management




• Operational Excellence: Ensure data integrity, smooth onboarding/offboarding workflows, and flawless payroll execution across all regions

HR Business Partnering (HRBP)

• Manager Coaching: Act as a strategic partner to Department Leads (Sales, Ops, Tech). Coach managers on leadership, conflict resolution, performance management, and team structure




• Performance & Feedback: Drive our bi-annual performance review cycles, promotion frameworks, and clear career ladders across teams




• Employee Relations: Serve as the main point of contact for complex HR inquiries, conflict resolution, and organizational changes, maintaining high eNPS across offices

Talent Acquisition Strategy & Scaling

• Hiring Pipeline Alignment: Partner closely with internal recruiters and hiring managers to ensure our recruitment engine hits aggressive headcount targets across France, the UK, and the US




• Strategic Key Hires: Directly own end-to-end recruitment for critical mid-to-senior non-executive roles across Business, Ops, and Corporate functions




• Employer Branding & Bar Raising: Continuously elevate Naboo’s employer brand and interview candidate experience. Act as the ultimate “culture bar raiser” to ensure we maintain our high standards as we scale from 100 to 300+ people

Core HR, Culture & Compliance

• Compensation & Benefits: Help harmonize and maintain our Performance Playbook at scale and across geographies




• Legal Shield: Maintain up-to-date compliance with French labor law (CSE relations, agreements) while ensuring international entities adhere to local guidelines with the help of your team and advisors




• Culture & Engagement: Guard and nurture the Naboo culture across remote and hybrid setups

Transformation & HRIS

• Lucca Deployment: Own the finalization phase of our Lucca implementation (Work in Progress)




• Process Optimization: Ensure seamless integration of Lucca module workflows (Leaves, Onboarding, Core HR, Expense management) with our existing stack (payroll, Slack, ATS)




• Change Management: Train managers and employees on Lucca to drive 100% adoption and turn the platform into our single source of truth for all HR data

Compensation & Benefits:

• Package: €60K to €80K based on experience + Bonus + Equity (BSPCE) + Benefits




• Beautiful offices in the center of Paris




• Top-notch work equipment (MacBook)




• Events that bring our team together

You are a seasoned HR professional, currently evolving in a Manager role and you want a strategic stretch role where you can prove your capabilities and grow into a Head of People title over the next 2 to 3 yearsExperience: 5–7 years of experience in a generalist HR management role, with a strong background as an HRBP or Senior HR Generalist in a fast-paced scale-up (Series A/B+ environment)Management Capability: You have prior experience managing at small team of direct reportsHRIS Expertise: Experience working with modern HRIS platforms. Direct experience finalizing or managing a Lucca implementation is a plusLanguages: Fully bilingual in French and English, both written and spoken. Spanish is a plus