Site Lead and Senior Director, People Paris, France

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About the role:

Dashlane is looking for a Site Lead and Senior Director, People in our Paris office. You will be the French HR expert in the company and work with a global team, including SVP and Head of People in Boston and peers in New York and Lisbon. You will work on a wide variety of topics at both the strategic and tactical level, solving complex organizational challenges and ensuring that solutions are legally compliant and meet business needs. You are comfortable challenging and advising senior leaders as well as supporting the needs of individual contributors. You understand how to partner effectively with a CSE. You build trust and strengthen relationships with all employees with your expertise and your reliability, and ensure that the Paris office is a thriving hub where Dashlaners perform, learn, and support each other.

Location:

You will be based in Paris, with English as your working language. We offer a hybrid work arrangement, with Tuesday being the company day, where we all collaborate in the office and have a company-sponsored meal, a department day for team bonding (will be Thursday for your department), and a third day at your choice. We offer relocation support (national and international).

• Contribute to the global People topics, including but not limited to performance management, compensation, benefits, hiring, and development programs.
• Translate the global strategy into local initiatives and act as the leader for the site in Paris, advocating for the unique needs of the Paris team while considering broader business context.
• Prepare for and lead CSE meetings, including the drafting of comprehensive meeting minutes. Assist the CSE in basic operations, reporting, and procedures, and advise the President of Dashlane SAS and the SVP, People on their involvement with the CSE.
• Engage on issues of organizational design, process, and workflows in order to help teams operate more effectively. Solve problems and get to the root cause of any issue, no matter how complex. Design and quickly implement solutions that cut across multiple disciplines, even those beyond the scope of the People team.
• Prepare various French HR-related documents as necessary, including but not limited to, employment and contractor agreements, termination agreements, etc. Ensure these documents comply with local laws and corporate guidelines.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of local legal requirements related to the day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the Legal department as needed/required.
• Lead developing French HR knowledge among our team members, including our Workplace Experience Specialist, who will grow their career by building knowledge in HR when workload allows.
• Coach managers to lead their teams effectively, from hiring the best people to motivating, developing, and recognizing them through superior influencing skills. Build relationships with them and offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution.
• Provide responsive support to any Dashlaner reaching out to ask questions, offer feedback, brainstorm a situation, etc.
• Partner with the local teams (Workplace Experience, IT, local leaders) to provide a great work environment and nurture the Dashlane culture locally. Identify best practices from other offices to bring to Paris, and advocate for local best practices that could enhance Dashlaner experience in other locations.
• Support the global strategy locally in areas including career planning, performance management, coaching, diversity and inclusion, conflict resolution, compensation and benefits, employee relations, learning and development, recognition, data analysis, compliance, and support for escalating payroll questions.
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to support the recruiting process and interviewers to ensure we evaluate candidates effectively and hire the best Dashlaners.

Requirements:

• 8+ years People / HR experience / French Employment Law.
• 5+ years working with a CSE or works counsel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and French.

We're Also Looking For:

• Experience in managing complexity, ambiguity, and change in a global environment.
• Proven ability to navigate multiple cultures and act as a bridge builder between teams and locations.
• Ability to work within constraints as well as to challenge the status quo.
• Strong collaboration and influence skills with people who possess a variety of different work styles.
• Proactive, highly motivated, and self-directed with great time management skills.
• An empathetic and engaging style. You connect well with everyone and understand individual needs. You have strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Integrity. You understand the balancing act of how to handle confidential information and sensitive issues, seamlessly balancing transparency with respect for privacy.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Dashlane:

As a truly international company—founded in France and distributed across France, US and Portugal—Dashlane thrives off diverse perspectives. We value all aspects of diversity: gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, ethnic origin, social background, age, lifestyle, and more. We are committed to hiring a diverse community and fostering a culture where everyone is heard and belongs.