Senior People Operations Specialist

Contentsquare

Senior People Operations Specialist managing the full employee lifecycle for France, collaborating with a global team. Involved in HR policies, legal compliance, and employee experience initiatives.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeParis • 🇫🇷 FranceSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end employee lifecycle for France — including onboarding, contract management, internal transfers, leaves, and offboarding, ensuring every touchpoint is timely, accurate, and aligned with French labor law (Code du travail, conventions collectives).
Serve as the primary point of contact for France-based employees and managers, providing clear, empathetic guidance on People Operations policies, programs, and processes.
Manage all leave of absence cases (maternité, paternité, parental, congé maladie, RTT, sabbatical) end-to-end, partnering with médecine du travail, managers, and external providers to ensure compliant, supportive employee experiences.
Maintain Workday data integrity for the France population, processing employee transactions and partnering with People Technology on system enhancements, audits, and reporting.
Partner with Payroll (internal and external providers) to ensure accurate, on-time monthly payroll inputs, including variable pay, absences, and statutory contributions.
Collaborate cross-functionally with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, Legal, Finance, and IT to deliver consistent processes and a seamless employee experience across the EMEA region.
Stay current on French employment law, social security regulations, and HR best practices; proactively flagging risks, recommending policy updates, and serving as the in-house subject matter expert on France.
Identify and lead process improvements, with a focus on automation, ticket deflection, and self-service, and using data from Jira, Workday, and other systems to prioritize what to fix next.
Contribute to broader People Operations projects across EMEA and globally, including M&A integrations, entity changes, mobility cases, and program rollouts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of progressive experience in HR / People Operations, with deep, hands-on expertise in French labor law, social security, and payroll inputs. Experience supporting other EMEA countries is a strong plus.
Demonstrated experience managing leaves of absence, accommodations, benefits programs, and employee lifecycle events independently and end-to-end

Benefits

Comp & perks

Virtual onboarding, Hackathon, and various opportunities to interact with your team and global colleagues both on and offsite each year
Work flexibility: hybrid and remote work policies
Generous paid time-off policy (every location is different)
Lifestyle allowance
A Culture Crew in every country we’re based in to coordinate regular activities for employees to get to know each other and bond outside of work
Every full-time employee receives stock options, allowing them to share in the company’s success
We have multiple Employee Resource Groups, that offer a safe space for individuals who share common identities, life experiences, or allyship to connect, support one another, and passionately advocate for the issues close to their hearts
And more benefits tailored to each country

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Hard Skills & Tools

employee lifecycle managementleave of absence managementpayroll processingdata integrityprocess improvementautomationHR best practicesFrench labor lawsocial security regulationsemployee transactions

Soft Skills

empathetic guidancecross-functional collaborationrisk identificationpolicy recommendationcommunicationproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsattention to detailadaptability