Senior HR Business Partner

Shift delivers AI agents that transform insurers' most critical work. By combining deep industry expertise and unmatched data resources, Shift provides proven results that have earned the trust of hundreds of the world's leading insurers. Our insurance-grade AI is accurate, explainable, and secure—empowering human experts to move with unmatched speed, total confidence, and a renewed focus on the people they serve.

Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry through our SaaS platform. We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.

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We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join our Paris-based People Team and support our Engineering squads. In this hands-on role, you will partner directly with leaders, managers, and employees in France to support team performance, career development, and daily people topics. You will play a vital role in translating business priorities into practical actions while helping to simplify our internal processes and rituals. Joining a collaborative team of three, you will contribute directly to the health, engagement, and sustainable growth of our Engineering organization. Because of the highly collaborative nature of this role, it is expected for this HRBP to be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week.

What Your Impact Looks Like

At Shift, we value ownership from day one. In this role, you will:

• Build Trusted Partnerships: Develop strong relationships with Engineering leaders and managers to understand team dynamics and translate everyday challenges into practical people actions.
• Manage French Employee Relations: Apply deep knowledge of French employment law to manage employee relations topics and oversee CSE management with structure and fairness.
• Make Processes Simpler: Streamline HR processes, documentation, and ways of working to remove unnecessary complexity for managers and employees.
• Coach and Enable Managers: Coach leaders on feedback, performance management, conflict resolution, and communication to help them become autonomous, confident people leaders.
• Spot Emerging Trends: Listen actively to feedback, detect recurring organizational patterns, and address underlying risks before they escalate.
• Collaborate Across the People Team: Partner with the broader People Team on cross-functional initiatives like compensation reviews, organizational design, and employee lifecycle improvements.
• Solve Issues Without Drama: Handle sensitive situations, disagreements, and organizational changes calmly, transparently, and with high emotional intelligence.

What You'll Need to Succeed

We are looking for a Shifter who is...

• An Experienced HRBP: You bring solid HR Business Partner experience, ideally from a fast-moving technology, SaaS, or data-driven scale-up environment. Although you will primarily support France, multi-national experience is a plus.
• An Expert in French Labor Law: You possess practical expertise in French employment legislation and feel comfortable navigating compliance and employee relations.
• A Growth-Minded Professional: You are motivated by complexity and look for opportunities to continuously learn, test new ideas, and adapt to organizational changes.
• Bilingual in French and English: You communicate confidently in both languages.
• A True Team Player: You naturally share context, ask for input, offer help, and view human resources as a collective team effort.
• Pragmatic and Adaptable: You balance strategic conversations with operational follow-up.
• Structured and Clear: You bring organization and consistent follow-through to your work.

What Success Looks Like

After a few months, you will have built strong trust with leaders and employees. You will be seen as a reliable partner who brings clarity, calm, and practical solutions. You will help managers handle people topics more confidently, including difficult conversations. You will also contribute to a stronger HRBP team dynamic by sharing context, improving ways of working, and supporting the broader People agenda.

Interview Process

1. Head of TA
2. Head of HRBP and People Ops
3. Head of Organizational Development and Learning
4. Engineering/Technology Stakeholder/Partner
5. Chief People Officer

Benefits

To support our permanent, full time employees, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package:

• Flexible remote and hybrid working options
• Competitive Salary and a variable component
• Learning and Development opportunities, including Focus Fridays
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Mental health benefits
• 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)

At Shift we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from and hire people who will contribute to the diversity of our company, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria.

Shift Technology is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Should you require accommodation, please email [email protected].

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