Head of Human Ressources France

Since 2015, papernest has been transforming the way people manage their contracts, making subscription, management, and switching simple through one smart, intuitive platform.

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We have supported more than 2 million customers across France, Spain, and Italy. Along the way, we have continued to invest in new verticals, establishing papernest as a high-performing, innovative, and competitive scale-up in a fast-growing market.

With over 900 employees, we are strengthening our position as a European market leader.

In this role you will:

papernest is growing fast, and our HR function needs to keep pace. We’re looking for our next Head of HR France to take the lead on HR strategy across our entire French footprint, around 250 employees, split between Paris and Reims.

HR strategy & executive partnership

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• Define and drive the HR strategy and roadmap, aligned with the company’s business plan and growth priorities.
  
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Founder & Managing Director and the leadership team on organisation design, workforce planning, leadership and culture.
  
• Translate business priorities into people priorities, with clear KPIs, budget ownership and regular reporting to the leadership team.
  
• Lead the HR team: set the direction, build capabilities and develop HR talent.
  

Organisation, transformation & change

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• Lead organizational transformation projects, including reorganizations, restructurings and the integration of new activities, from design to execution.
  
• Steer complex social and legal matters (collective procedures, litigation, sensitive individual cases) in close partnership with legal counsel.
  
• Drive change management at scale, with a strong focus on manager engagement and clear, consistent communication.
  

Leadership, performance & culture

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• Deploy the Manager DNA program (Posture + Practice, built on 4 pillars: Model / Do-er / Coach / Driver) and turn it into a lasting leadership standard.
  
• Own the performance management cycle, including the redesigned review grid (50% OKR / 50% Work Formula & skills), calibration and its link to rewards.
  
• Shape a high-performance, inclusive culture and keep engagement high through periods of change.
  

Total rewards & people analytics

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• Define compensation and benefits policies: salary structures, variable pay, equity (BSPCE) and benefits, with a sharp eye on market positioning and cost.
  
• Build HR dashboards and people analytics to steer headcount, payroll cost, turnover, engagement and performance with data.
  

HR transformation & AI

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• Lead the HR AI-Transformation programme: map the employee journey, deploy Claude as a strategic HR ally and Cowork to automate low-value operational tasks.
  
• Move the HR function from reactive to proactive, leveraging data, AI and the HRIS (Workday) to raise service quality and efficiency.
  

HR operations, compliance & employee relations

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• Guarantee full legal compliance on payroll, personnel administration and labour law, working with external payroll providers and advisors.
  
• Lead social dialogue with employee representative bodies: prepare and run information and consultation procedures, and build a constructive, trust-based relationship.
  
• Oversee talent acquisition and development: employer brand, hiring strategy, training plans, career paths and succession planning.
  

Your profile :

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• 10+ years of HR experience, including several years in a senior HR leadership role (HR Director, VP HR or equivalent) and a strong generalist background.
  
• Proven track record as a strategic partner to a founder, CEO or executive committee, ideally in a fast-growing scale-up or a tech / digital environment.
  
• Hands-on experience with large-scale transformations: reorganisations, restructurings, collective procedures and complex social dialogue.
  
• Solid expertise in labour law, compensation & benefits, performance management and HRIS (Workday experience is a strong plus).
  
• A data-driven mindset: you build business cases, steer with KPIs and use people analytics to make decisions.
  
• Inspiring leadership, sound judgement under pressure and outstanding interpersonal skills: you are credible with executives, managers and employee representatives alike.
  
• Genuine curiosity for AI and new HR tools: you are eager to rethink processes with Claude or Cowork.
  
• Strategic and hands-on: you can design a vision and roll up your sleeves to deliver it.