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OpenAI is seeking an HR Business Partner to support its growing EMEA teams, with a particular focus on France. This role is critical to building scalable, locally compliant people practices and maintaining strong employee relations as the organization expands across the region.
You will partner closely with regional People leadership, Legal, Employee Relations, and other People Centers of Excellence to strengthen employee relations and employee representation in France. Key responsibilities include leading employee-representative work (CSE-related processes, elections, consultations, documentation, and governance), building sustainable employee relations processes, and supporting managers operating within the French employment framework.
Day-to-day, you will serve as the go-to HR partner for frontline managers across EMEA, providing practical guidance on performance management, feedback conversations, organizational changes, and employee relations matters. You will drive strong HR execution, implement and operationalize People programs, triage and resolve employee relations issues, and maintain operational rigor through documentation and process tracking. This role requires close collaboration with HRBPs, Legal, Employee Relations, People Operations, Total Rewards, and other stakeholders to ensure a consistent employee experience across EMEA jurisdictions.
The role reports to the International HRBP Lead and operates as a key regional execution partner, translating strategic direction into consistent delivery, elevating manager capability, and proactively surfacing people risks and themes.
If joining in person, OpenAI offers relocation support and a hybrid schedule: three days per week in the office, with the option to work from home on Thursdays and Fridays.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Approximately 8+ years of HR experience, including meaningful experience as a Senior HR Generalist or HR Business Partner in fast-paced, high-growth, or complex international environments
- Practical experience with French employment practices and employee representative bodies; direct experience establishing, supporting, or working with a CSE, works council, or comparable employee representative structure is highly valued
- Familiarity with employee elections, consultation processes, employee representative communications, and associated governance and documentation
- Execution-oriented partnership capability; comfortable owning detailed, time-sensitive workstreams and coordinating across multiple stakeholders
- Strong project management skills to translate complex, multi-stage employee-representative processes into clear milestones, owners, dependencies, and communications
- Manager coaching capability to guide managers through performance conversations, organizational changes, and employee relations issues
- Operational strength with ability to bring structure, organization, and discipline to people processes and build repeatable practices at scale
- Good judgment under pressure; ability to balance empathy, employee experience, business needs, and risk management while handling sensitive matters with discretion
- High integrity; trusted, fair, principled, and comfortable operating in an environment where confidentiality and sound judgment are essential
- Professional fluency in French and English is strongly preferred
