The opportunity
OpenAI’s People team aims to hire, engage, and retain world-class talent to safely build and deploy universally beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The HR team, a vital subset of the People team, supports a diverse group of scientists, engineers, and business…
What you'll do
Lead employee-representative work in France: Partner with Legal, Employee Relations, People Operations, and local stakeholders to own and deliver CSE-related processes, including elections, consultations, employee communications, documentation, governance, and effective ongoing operating rhythms.
Build sustainable employee relations processes: Help establish clear processes for engaging with employee representatives, preparing for required information and consultation processes, maintaining appropriate documentation, and coordinating inputs from relevant business and People stakeholders.
Support managers operating in the French employee relations environment: Equip managers and leaders with practical guidance on working effectively within French employment and employee-representation frameworks, escalating complex matters to Legal or specialist teams as appropriate.
Drive strong day-to-day HR execution: Partner with managers across EMEA to support performance management cycles, feedback conversations, organizational changes, and employee relations matters with consistency and care.
Be the go-to partner for frontline managers: Provide practical, timely guidance on team health, coaching conversations, policy interpretation, performance management, and manager enablement.
Support and operationalize People programs: Help implement and maintain performance, engagement, retention, and employee experience initiatives, ensuring processes are clear, scalable, and well executed across different EMEA jurisdictions.
What they're looking for
- Triage and resolve employee relations issues: Identify issues early, assess risk, recommend appropriate actions, and partner with Employee Relations, Legal, and other COEs on complex or sensitive matters.
- Maintain operational rigor: Track employee relations themes, maintain complete and accurate documentation, coordinate recurring processes, and ensure actions and commitments are followed through.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with HRBPs, Legal, Employee Relations, People Operations, Total Rewards, and other COEs to provide a consistent and high-quality employee experience across EMEA.
- Strong HR foundation: Approximately 8+ years of HR experience, including meaningful experience partnering directly with managers in fast-paced, high-growth, or complex international environments as a Senior HR Generalist or HR Business Partner.
