HR Operations Manager, French Speaker

Position Overview

The People Operations Manager Europe and Asiaisresponsible for leading day-to-day People Operations across Europe and Asiawith a primary focus on France and coverage of the UK Denmark Singapore China and Japan. The role oversees policy and compliance employee relations employee lifecycle processes benefits and leave administration HR systems and operational reporting across the region.

This is a hands-on role that partners closely with the Head of People and Culture regional leaders legal and Shared Services colleagues. The roleis responsible forensuring compliant consistent and employee-centeredpeopleoperations across multiplejurisdictions while balancing legal requirements organizational needs and employee experience.

Compensation

At BSR we have implemented a transparent total compensation framework with an emphasis on internal equity. Tomaintainour equity our hiring rate for this position is per annum location adjustment for residents of the Paris Metropolitan Area; 25 days of PTO per annum; the ability to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 3 months per year; 2 learning & development days; and 2 volunteering days.

Main Duties

Compliance Policy and Governance

• Own andmaintainEurope and Asia People Operations policies processes and handbook content.

• Draft update and implement policies in line with evolving employment law and internal standards across the region.

• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and liaise with external counsel and relevant providers as needed.

• Support required governance processes and filings including France-specific requirements in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

• Coordinate multi-country policy rollouts across the UK Denmark Singapore China and Japan tomaintainalignment with BSRstandards.
• appropriate dataprivacy documentation and recordkeeping practices across People Operations processes.

Employee Relations

• Lead employee relations matters and investigations across EMEA and APAC with legal support asappropriate.

• Provide clear and practical guidance to managers on performance conduct grievance and workplace matters.

• Ensure employee relations processes aretimely fair well documented and aligned with internal policy and local legal requirements.

Employee Lifecycle and Regional Operations

• Oversee onboarding and offboarding processes across covered countries.

• Ensure compliant contracts employment documentation and employee lifecycle processes across the region.

• Coordinate Employer of Record onboarding and offboardingactivitywhere relevant.

• Partner with payroll local providers and internal stakeholders to ensure employment arrangements and statutory processes areaccurateand compliant.

• Support work authorization and employment documentation processes where applicable.

Benefits Leave and Wellbeing

• Manage or coordinate country-specificbenefitsadministration in collaboration with brokers and providers.

• Maintain and update leave policies andapprovalworkflows in HR systems for regionalapplicability.

• Ensure regional benefits and leave practices are compliantequitable and aligned with internal standards.

• Support employee wellbeing through consistent and employee-centered processes across the region.

HR Systems Reporting and Data Integrity

• Serve as the regional point person for HR systems workflows reporting and troubleshooting.

• Maintainaccurateemployee records and ensure compliant data management document retention and audit readiness acrossjurisdictions.

• Produceregular reports and insights on headcount turnover leave and employee relations themes.

• Partner with relevant stakeholders to improve process consistencyreportingquality and operational efficiency.

Performance Exits and Employee Insight

• Support formal performance processes including plans documentation and manager guidance in line with global guidance.

• Partner with managers to ensure performance matters are managed consistently and appropriately.

• Coordinate exit interviews and synthesize employee feedback and trends across the region.

• Provide insights to the Talent and Performance Lead and People and Culture leadership on employee experience and retention themes.

Cross-functional Collaboration and Ways of Working

• Partner with People and Culture colleagues globally to align policies processes and employee experience across regions.

• Maintain clear SOPs templates FAQs and guidance materials to support consistency and scale.

• Work effectively across multiplejurisdictionsand time zones with sound judgment and independence.

Qualifications

• Full professional fluency in French and English.

• 5 years of People Operations or HR generalist experience including independent ownership of policies and employee relations matters.

• Deep hands-onexpertisein French employment law including policies employee relations contracts working time leave and social partner processes.

• Proven experience leading employee relations matters and workplace investigations and delivering balanced well-documented outcomes.

• Strongly preferred: knowledge of multi-country People Operations particularly across the UK Denmark Singapore China and Japan with the ability to pragmatically research and apply local requirements.

• Proficiencywith HR systems reporting and document management.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to translate complex HR issues into clear guidance.

• High integrity discretion and sound judgment.

BSR is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Required Experience:

Manager