Senior Market People Partner, Southern Europe

The Senior Market Aligned People Partner serves as the HR lead for Southern Europe (France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Israel), acting as the primary contact for all HR matters. This role is responsible for advising on local labor legislation, ensuring compliance, executing people strategies, and effectively translating global HR initiatives into impactful, country-specific actions. The position requires strong knowledge of the employment landscape across the region, with particular expertise in the French labor market, and experience working within multinational or matrixed environments. 

Location : Paris, France 

What you´ll do:

1. Local Labour Legislation & Workers’ Council Management 

• Legal Advisor for All Countries in Scope: Advise people managers and business-aligned HR partners on local labor laws, employment regulations, and internal policies for all assigned countries (France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Israel), ensuring full compliance and alignment with local legal requirements. 
• Serve as the custodian for local compliance requirements and lead the implementation of HR policies and procedures at the country level.
• Workers’ Council Management (France): 
  • Serve as the primary HR representative for the Workers’ Council (Comité Social et Économique, CSE) in France, fostering effective communication and collaboration between management and employee representatives. 
  • Organize and lead regular Workers’ Council meetings, including preparing agendas, facilitating discussions, and ensuring legal obligations for consultation and information-sharing are met. 
  • Ensure timely and compliant communication of company changes, policies, and projects to the Workers’ Council, as required by French labor law. 
  • Advise business leaders on the requirements and implications of CSE consultations and negotiations, including collective bargaining, organizational changes, restructuring, and employee welfare topics. 
  • Coordinate documentation and follow-up actions stemming from Workers’ Council meetings, ensuring that all commitments, agreements, and legal requirements are tracked and fulfilled. 
  • Act as a bridge between the Workers’ Council and the company, fostering a climate of trust, transparency, and constructive social dialogue. 
  • Stay up to date with changes in French collective labor law and ensure the company’s compliance with all statutory provisions related to employee representation. 
  • Collaborate with Employee Relations to manage complex employee relations cases and investigations, ensuring a fair and consistent approach.

2. First Point of Contact for People Managers

• Support people managers with employee life-cycle activities (e.g., annual compensation reviews, performance ratings, hiring, data management). 
• Assist with relocation activities as needed. 
• Implement global People & Culture programs locally, and drive employee engagement and workplace satisfaction initiatives. 
• Monitor and report on HR KPIs, trends, and risks. 
• Problem-solve key challenges impacting supported countries. 

What you´ll bring: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field (Master’s degree or HR certification preferred) 
• Strong knowledge of labor laws and HR best practices across Southern Europe, with particular expertise in French labor law 
• Demonstrated experience in managing Workers’ Councils (CSE) and social dialogue in France 
• Excellent communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills 
• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior leaders 
• High attention to detail and accuracy in execution 
• Progressive HR experience 
• Experience in matrixed or multinational organizations is a strong plus 
• Fluent in English and French 

What you´ll get:

• 25 paid vacation days plus RTT days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
• Mandatory public health insurance with broad medical coverage
• Employer-paid private medical, dental, optical, and wellness plan through Axa, with options for dependents
• Life insurance with enhanced coverage above the Social Security ceiling
• Education pension for dependent children up to age 26 if in full-time education
• State and supplementary pension contributions by Veeam
• Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning

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Please note: If the applicant is permanently located outside of France, Veeam reserves the right to decline the application for the position. This position requires candidate to be working from Paris la Défense.