Director, People & Communications, France, Belgium & Luxembourg
Location: Trappes / Colombes, France
Application Deadline: 11 October 2026
We encourage candidates to apply as early as possible as applications will be reviewed during the application period.
At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities. Every day, we make urban life safer, more convenient and more sustainable through innovative People Flow® solutions serving customers around the world. With over 60,000 employees operating in close to 70 countries, we are committed to creating an exceptional employee and customer experience.
We are looking for an experienced and business driven Director, People & Communications to lead our People & Communications function across France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
This is a senior leadership role with direct influence on business strategy, culture, talent, communications and transformation. Working closely with the Managing Director and Leadership Team, you will help shape the future capability of the organization while ensuring strong employee engagement, effective communication and constructive employee relations.
What You Will Do
- Partner with senior leaders to drive business performance and organizational effectiveness.
- Lead & deploy the KONE People & Communications strategy across France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
- Strengthen leadership capability, succession planning and workforce readiness.
- Drive employee engagement and foster a high-performance, inclusive culture.
- Lead employee relations, social dialogue, consultation processes and union partnerships.
- Support business transformation & organizational change through effective change management and communication.
- Develop and inspire a high-performing People & Communications team.
What You Bring
- Extensive experience in a senior People, HR or People & Communications leadership role.
- Strong business partnering experience within a complex, matrix, international organization.
- Proven experience working within unionized and highly regulated environments.
- Experience leading organizational change and transformation programs.
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills.
- Strong operations mindset and ability to translate strategy into execution.
- Fluent French and English. Dutch is a plus.
Why KONE?
- At KONE, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Influence strategy as part of a key European People & Communication leadership team.
- Lead meaningful transformation and cultural change.
- Work in an international, values-driven organization.
- Help build the leadership, culture and capabilities needed for KONE's next phase of growth.
Join KONE, where performance and purpose go hand in hand, empowering ambitious teams to continuously raise the bar.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://kone.com/global/en/careers.html
Skills Required
- Extensive experience in a senior People, HR, or People and Communications leadership role
- Strong business partnering experience in a complex, matrixed, international organization
- Experience working within unionized and highly regulated environments
- Experience leading organizational change and transformation programs
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills
- Strong operations mindset and ability to translate strategy into execution
- Fluent French and English
- Dutch language proficiency
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
