We are looking for a curious, people-focused, and results-driven expert who loves building scalable processes and helping others thrive — excited to embrace their next big challenge.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the entire employee journey: hire, onboard, develop, retain. Build score cards, performance management and employee relations. Manage payroll coordination with our external counsel, and employee benefits. Track and report key people & operational metrics to leadership. Ensure all HR policies, contracts, and processes are legally sound and interact with legal entities - in partnership with our external attorney.

• Design and deliver people initiatives that boost attractiveness, engagement, growth, and retention, from compensation benchmarking to training and engagement programmes. Coordinate cross-team initiatives, events, and rituals that keep us connected. Support and coach managers in people leadership, feedback, and communication skills.

• Be the guardian and champion of our company culture in line with our values. Shape policies and practices that embed culture across the team.

• Advise leadership on people strategy and organizational design to anticipate team growth and align People management with our business and financial strategy.

• Drive our organizational development. Set up and optimize internal processes and tools for collaboration, efficiency, automation, and employee experience, to ensure R&D- and customer-centricity.

• Support with other operational and legal matters (e.g. laboratory or data regulation, supplier contracts, NDAs, policy drafting, grant-writing).### Minimal qualifications

• 5+ years in HR / People Ops in a fast-paced environment, startup or scale-up and proven success. Experience in an AI, tech or biotech company.

• Strong understanding of French employment law and HR best practices. Experience with policy development, performance management, and compliance.

• Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects - comfortable working across HR, operations, and legal topics. The ability to zoom out to strategy and zoom in to detail and execution in a fast-paced environment.

• A love for building from scratch and iterating fast and a data-driven mindset. You are proactive, solutions-focused — you make things happen and resolve issues effectively in a dynamic and evolving environment.

• The rare mix of people-first empathy and operational discipline. Strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication, and the ability to collaborate with technical, scientific, and business teams.

• Fluency in English and French.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of healthcare-specific HR controls or compliance frameworks.
• Experience in Series A, B / scaling phase environments.
• Expertise building HR operations from scratch in a startup or scale-up.
• A scientific background (biology, AI, or any related field).
• Knowledge of HR tech tools, ATS systems, Notion.
• Coaching or facilitation skills.1st Interview (Introductory Call) – An initial discussion to better understand your background, experiences, and motivations.

2nd Interview (Technical Capabilities) – A deep dive into your technical skills and expertise relevant to the role.

3rd Interview (Use case) – A case study or problem-solving exercise to assess your strategic thinking and analytical abilities.

4th Interview (Cultural Fit) – A conversation with our team to ensure alignment with our company culture, values, and ways of working.