Senior HR Business Partner

At Workwize, we’re helping IT teams to easily equip their remote and global teams with all necessary IT equipment. Our automated SaaS platform simplifies hardware deployment, management, and retrieval with fast, reliable deliveries in 100+ countries. With 50.000 users and 120.000 devices under management, we’re solving hybrid work challenges like laptop deliveries, returns and equipment tracking, allowing IT teams to focus less on manual hassles and more on strategic initiatives. Join our team to help shape the future of global collaboration. At Workwize, your work will make a real impact in building smarter, more connected workplaces worldwide. LinkedIn has also recognized Workwize as one of the Top 10 Startups for 2025 in the Netherlands! About the Role  We are looking for an HR Business Partner to join our People Team! You will own the people agenda for multiple departments and co-own at least one company-wide initiative. That means you are both the trusted partner to your business leaders and a builder of how Workwize does People work at scale. Sitting in leadership conversations, you shape decisions on org design and workforce planning, and you drive the programs that make teams better. Our leaders are making more people decisions, faster, with higher stakes and we are looking for someone to partner with our leadership who can keep up and see problems before they escalate. Someone who brings structure to messy situations, and has the courage to push back when a decision is heading in the wrong direction. If your current HRBP role is mostly reactive, mostly admin, or mostly waiting for someone else to decide what gets built, this will feel very different. If you have been looking for a place where you get to build the practice, own outcomes, and work at the pace of a scaling business, keep reading. Key Responsibilities * Partner directly with department heads on organization design, workforce planning, change management, and employee engagement. * Coach managers so they actually get better at leading people, not just check a box. * Own employee relations from medium-complexity cases through sensitive exits and compliance matters. * Lead company-wide People initiatives (performance cycles, engagement programs, onboarding redesigns) and make them land in your departments, not just launch. * Work with Talent Acquisition on hiring strategy, leveling, and quality for every role in your portfolio. TA runs sourcing, screening, and closing. You make sure the right roles get opened at the right level and the bar stays high. * Partner with People Ops on lifecycle execution. They build systems and processes. You drive adoption and feed back what needs to change. * Turn people data into decisions: use attrition trends, engagement signals, and performance patterns to diagnose problems and bring leaders clear recommendations they can act on. * Act as the feedback loop between the business and the rest of the People function. Success in your first 90 days: * You are the trusted people partner for every leader in your portfolio. They come to you first, not as an afterthought. * You have independently identified and resolved at least 3 real people problems that nobody asked you to find. Leaders can name what changed. * You have a running operating rhythm with your departments, TA, and People Ops that drives weekly decisions on hires, cases, and priorities. * You own a structured view of your portfolio: every open role, every at-risk employee, every active case, with a clear next step for each. * You have taken ownership of your first company-wide People initiative and have a delivery plan in motion. Success in your first year: * Your departments run structured performance and calibration cycles that produce real outcomes, not paperwork. * Hiring for your portfolio is planned, on track, and aligned with business priorities. Leaders no longer escalate hiring frustrations. because the process works. * You have delivered at least one company-wide People initiative end to end, from design through adoption, with measurable impact. * You have coached at least two managers through a difficult people situation where the outcome was better because of your involvement. * The teams you support are measurably healthier: lower regretted attrition, stronger engagement, better manager effectiveness. Required Skills & Qualifications * Proven track record as an HRBP supporting multiple departments simultaneously in a fast-scaling tech or SaaS environment. * Demonstrated experience coaching managers with measurable impact on how they lead, not just how they fill in forms. * You have owned employee relations cases end to end, including sensitive exits and compliance matters, with defensible outcomes. * Track record of using people data to change business decisions, not just report on them. * You have led company-wide People programs (performance, engagement, onboarding) and delivered adoption across multiple teams. * Proven ability to manage competing priorities across senior stakeholders at pace, without losing structure. * You push back on leaders when a people decision is heading in the wrong direction, and you can describe what happened next. This role is not for you if:   * You prefer a well-defined, stable HR environment where the processes are set * You are looking for a pure advisory role where someone else implements * You need detailed instructions before you can move. Here, you will often need to figure out the right approach and then go execute it * You find it uncomfortable to push back on senior leaders when you believe they are making a mistake Workwize Offers * Flexible hybrid work environment. * Top-notch tools and equipment provided. * Vibrant, entrepreneurial culture with opportunities for growth. * Off-sites and multi-yearly team bonding events. * Team lunches and surprise events to keep things fun. * Pension scheme. * Classpass corporate membership. Our Team   Becoming part of Workwize means making an impact. We make sure that we will contribute to the change in the way of working. For us it is also important that we make an impact on our employees, that they feel challenged and ease. We consist of a rapid growing and ambitious team with all different backgrounds. Entrepreneurs, Operational specialists, Developers, Sales gurus you can find them all at Workwize and are always on the look-out for the next original ideas to reach more consumers and create the best value for our customers.   We are looking forward to meeting you and discover if there is a match with the Workwize team!

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.        Your browser does not support the video tag. 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. Learn more at www.shift-technology.com   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. You enjoy working close to the business and solving concrete problems. You can listen beyond the surface, and navigate different perspectives without causing drama.  You build trust through fairness, clarity, discretion, and consistency. * An Expert in French Labor Law: You possess practical expertise in French employment legislation and feel comfortable navigating compliance and employee relations. You know when to bring structure, when to escalate, and when to seek legal partnership. * 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, allowing you to manage sensitive local conversations and align smoothly with global teams. * A True Team Player: You naturally share context, ask for input, offer help, and view human resources as a collective team effort rather than a solo territory. You are open to supporting different populations or topics when needed. * Pragmatic and Adaptable: You balance strategic conversations with operational follow-up and do not need everything to be perfectly defined before taking action. * Structured and Clear: You bring organization and consistent follow-through to your work, making processes easier and more accessible for everyone. You know that scale-up environments require adaptability and good judgment, not heavy process for the sake of process.   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. Most importantly, you will help us create an environment where Shifters can work well together, grow, and perform sustainably.   Interview Process: * Head of TA * Head of HRBP and People Ops * Head of Organizational Development and Learning * Engineering/Technology Stakeholder/Partner * Chief People Officer To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we’d like to highlight: * Flexible remote and hybrid working options * Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance * Multiple Learning and Development opportunities, including Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth * Generous PTO and paid holidays * Mental health benefits  * 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering) Additional benefits may be offered by country, based on your eligibility - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice positions may receive some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details. AI tools are used to help review applications for this role. Read our AI in Recruitment Notice for what the AI considers, how to request a human review, and our most recent bias audit. 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 in our application and employment process. Should you require accommodation, please email accommodation@shift-technology.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. Please be aware of scammers and only trust correspondence that comes from emails ending in "shift-technology.com". We will never do initial outreach to you via Whatsapp/Text/SMS, never ask for banking information or personal identification numbers (ex. Social Security Number) as part of our recruitment process. Shift Technology does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to the Shift Technology Careers page or a Shift Technology social media post. Any unsolicited CVs, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Shift Technology.