Senior People Partner

🚀 About the Team

Ready to become a true business partner with real ownership of your scope?

At Wakam, HRBPs do far more than apply policies. They help leaders make better people decisions, support organisational change, develop talent, manage compensation, and build the conditions for teams to perform.

You will join a highly skilled People team of eight professionals, including specialists in People Operations, Employee & Labour Relations, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, People Experience, Compensation, and UK People matters.

Reporting to the Head of People & Compensation, you will own an HR perimeter within our 220-employee organisation, primarily supporting France-based teams across Digital, Data and Underwriting. This role offers broad exposure, strong autonomy and the opportunity to influence business outcomes directly.

🎯 Your Mission

As HR Business Partner for Tech, Data and Underwriting, you will partner with leaders and managers to align people priorities with business goals.

Your role combines strategic HR partnership, manager coaching, talent development, compensation management, employee relations, and organisational support.

You will help your teams navigate growth, change and evolving skills needs, including the impact of AI on roles and ways of working.

✏️ What You’ll Do

Strategic HR Partnership & Manager Support

You will partner with business leaders on staffing needs, organisational design, workforce planning and broader people priorities.

Regular manager check-ins will enable you to identify workforce topics early and act as a trusted advisor on complex people matters, including internal mobility, feedback, conflict resolution and team effectiveness.

You will analyse HR KPIs such as attrition, exit interview insights and employee survey results, turning them into practical actions and clear updates for VPs and business leaders.

You will also support organisational transformation initiatives, particularly those linked to AI implementation and its impact on skills, roles and operating models.

Talent Management & Development

You will coach managers on leadership, team management, performance and employee development.

You will oversee the annual performance review process for your perimeter, support career conversations and internal mobility, and help deploy career management tools such as career ladders and succession planning frameworks.

Working closely with the L&D Partner, you will collect and prioritise training needs, contribute to management development programmes and help assess their impact through participant feedback.

Compensation & Benefits

You will lead the annual compensation review process for your scope and support managers in making fair, informed and consistent compensation decisions.

You will work with the Head of People & Compensation to ensure salary decisions are aligned with Wakam’s compensation principles, business needs and internal equity.

Employee Relations & Legal Compliance

You will support managers in handling performance and conduct matters, working closely with the Head of People and the Lead Employee & Labour Relations when required.

You will provide guidance on French employment law and HR compliance requirements, and support the investigation and resolution of workplace concerns or conflicts when applicable.

People Team Collaboration

You will keep the People team informed of key business changes and support coordinated communication during reorganisations, growth phases and strategic initiatives.

You will work with People Operations, L&D, Talent Acquisition and Employee Relations colleagues to improve policies, tools and employee processes. You will also share manager feedback and business insights to strengthen Wakam’s People strategy.

A further part of the role involves identifying relevant AI and automation opportunities that can simplify HR processes and improve the team’s efficiency.

🧠 What You Bring

You have several years of experience as an HR Business Partner in an organisation undergoing continuous change, growth and operational evolution.

You bring hands-on expertise in:

French employment law and labour regulations

Compensation reviews and salary structures

Talent management, career development and succession planning

Leadership and management development

Employee relations and complex people situations

Supporting technology, data, product or engineering teams

You are fluent in French and English and comfortable working across an international organisation.

You are confident using Excel to analyse people data, track trends and support management decisions.

✨ Who You Are

You are curious about the business and take the time to understand unfamiliar contexts so that you can support managers effectively.

You are comfortable having difficult conversations and can challenge managers constructively when needed. You remain calm in ambiguous situations, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and adapt quickly as business priorities evolve.

You are pragmatic, structured and collaborative. You enjoy combining strategic thinking with hands-on support for managers and teams.

✨ 🤖 AI & Digital Mindset

You have a real appetite for using AI and digital tools to improve your day-to-day work.

You are interested in practical applications that can support HR reporting, knowledge management, process automation, workforce analysis and manager self-service, while maintaining appropriate confidentiality, human judgement and compliance standards.

🌟 Why Join Wakam?

This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of a business perimeter and develop your full range of HRBP skills in a fast-moving international insurer.

You will work closely with leaders in Tech, Data and Underwriting, contribute to high-impact transformation topics, and be part of a People team that values expertise sharing, autonomy and continuous improvement.

At Wakam, your HR expertise will directly support business performance, manager capability and employee experience.

🏆 Your Hiring Journey

We keep things simple, human and focused. Here is what to expect:

Meet Fedeny from Talent Acquisition: A first conversation to get to know each other, discuss your experience and share more about Wakam, the team and the role.

Meet Valentine our Head of People & Compensation A deeper discussion on your HRBP experience, your approach to business partnering and how you support managers through change.

Case Study presentation to Aurélien (VP) and Valentine : An opportunity to explore your People expertise, collaboration style and how you would contribute to the wider People team.

Meet a Business Leader: A final conversation with one of the leaders you would support, focused on the business context, partnership expectations and mutual fit.

We look forward to meeting an HRBP who wants to make a meaningful difference at Wakam.