Senior People Business Partner H/F - Electra

Transportation is one of Europe's biggest sources of carbon emissions. Since 2021, Electra exists to make charging so simple that electric vehicles become the obvious choice for everyone.

In 5 years, we've built a team of 300+ talents from 21 nationalities in 10 countries.

We've grown into one of Europe's leading fast-charging operators by deploying fast, reliable infrastructure and user experiences across our own network, and we're now expanding to thousands more charging points in Europe with our new eMSP.

We're backed by over €1 billion in funding, we're looking for passionate, collaborative talents to drive Europe's energy transition with boldness and simplicity. If that sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you.

As Electra enables its leaders to deliver across Europe, our model is evolving from geography-based to a matrix model, where People People Business Partners scopes are based on business growth stage.

Join us as Senior People Business Partner to

• enable commercial scopes to deliver and thrive

• bring French expertise to the partnering team and own french instances (eg. CSE)

• work closely with the other Senior People Business Partner who owns the Ops scope, People Operations who provide first-line support and own reliable employee processes, and Talent Acquisition who partner with leaders and managers on their recruitment needs

enable commercial scopes to deliver and thrive

bring French expertise to the partnering team and own french instances (eg. CSE)

work closely with the other Senior People Business Partner who owns the Ops scope, People Operations who provide first-line support and own reliable employee processes, and Talent Acquisition who partner with leaders and managers on their recruitment needs

The manager is responsible for making decisions and having conversations with their team.

You use data, business acumen, and trusted relationships to influence and driveengaged, high-performing teams and a clear strategy: workforce plans, consistent business-first and people-centric pay and mobility decisions, org changes without disruption.

This means:

• Understanding and partnering on strategy, org design, operating models and growth challenges,

• Identifying risks, challenging assumptions and making actionable recommendations to help solve root causes,

• Enabling leaders to translate challenges into opportunities and clear priorities that connect People decisions to growth, performance, capacity and cost.

Understanding and partnering on strategy, org design, operating models and growth challenges,

Identifying risks, challenging assumptions and making actionable recommendations to help solve root causes,

Enabling leaders to translate challenges into opportunities and clear priorities that connect People decisions to growth, performance, capacity and cost.

• Contribute to recurrent global processes across engagement, performance, compensation, promotion and mobilities

• Improve those processes by leveraging tools (eg. AI), frameworks (eg. an Agile approach, user research and design thinking principles) and skills (eg. feedback)

• Share strategic insights to the wider People team and deploy projects to leaders

• Strengthen and streamline collaboration across our wider People & Impact team

Contribute to recurrent global processes across engagement, performance, compensation, promotion and mobilities

Improve those processes by leveraging tools (eg. AI), frameworks (eg. an Agile approach, user research and design thinking principles) and skills (eg. feedback)

Share strategic insights to the wider People team and deploy projects to leaders

Strengthen and streamline collaboration across our wider People & Impact team

• Upskill and guideleaders through sensitive ER cases balancing business needs, employee experience, local legal context and consistency (eg. set clear escalation thresholds, build decision-ready documentation)

• Think global, act local: partner with local experts and legal partners when required, identify patterns and prevent them from recurring as we scale

Upskill and guideleaders through sensitive ER cases balancing business needs, employee experience, local legal context and consistency (eg. set clear escalation thresholds, build decision-ready documentation)

Think global, act local: partner with local experts and legal partners when required, identify patterns and prevent them from recurring as we scale

Current Toolstack: Teamtailor (ATS), Notion (wiki), Google suite (sheets), Lucca (HRIS), Slack (team comms), Pigment (financial planning & data), Claude (AI)

If the role speaks to you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box.

French and English are needed for this role. You'll likely thrive if you also:

• pride yourself on your ability to build strong relationships quickly. You're an excellent communicator and natural influencer - you instill trust with everyone you interact with and take people through journeys of change with relative ease

• have strong business acumen. You connect People decisions to performance, growth, cost, risk and organizational health

• thrive getting to the root cause of challenges. You're known for asking the tough questions, asking why', and defaulting to data to inform decisions. Your negotiating skills have yet to find their limit

• combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery without taking accountability away from managers

• confidently prioritise, manage expectations, and protect boundaries. You create structure without complexity, focus on impact over output, and see firefighting' as signal that change is needed yesterday

• are curious, humble, proactive and a keen learner. You translate challenges into opportunities and get energy when you set others up for success regardless of their role.

• balance employee experience, operational efficiency, and compliance. You have a sound working understanding of French employment law, and can adapt to learn about new countries

pride yourself on your ability to build strong relationships quickly. You're an excellent communicator and natural influencer - you instill trust with everyone you interact with and take people through journeys of change with relative ease

have strong business acumen. You connect People decisions to performance, growth, cost, risk and organizational health

thrive getting to the root cause of challenges. You're known for asking the tough questions, asking why', and defaulting to data to inform decisions. Your negotiating skills have yet to find their limit

combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery without taking accountability away from managers

confidently prioritise, manage expectations, and protect boundaries. You create structure without complexity, focus on impact over output, and see firefighting' as signal that change is needed yesterday

are curious, humble, proactive and a keen learner. You translate challenges into opportunities and get energy when you set others up for success regardless of their role.

balance employee experience, operational efficiency, and compliance. You have a sound working understanding of French employment law, and can adapt to learn about new countries

• 5-8+ years of experience as an HRBP or People Business Partner in a fast-growing, international environment

• successfully embedding company wide People initiatives that transform an organisation

• navigating and learning different legal and cultural contexts

• using data to prioritise work, diagnose issues and measure impact

• using People and productivity tools (eg. sheets, Lucca, Claude, etc)

5-8+ years of experience as an HRBP or People Business Partner in a fast-growing, international environment

successfully embedding company wide People initiatives that transform an organisation

navigating and learning different legal and cultural contexts

using data to prioritise work, diagnose issues and measure impact

using People and productivity tools (eg. sheets, Lucca, Claude, etc)

• You're sensei level in most of our tech stack e.g. Lucca, TeamTailor, Notion, sheets, Claude

• Have leveraged practices in the People space

• You have a specific expertise of excellence - eg. compensation & benefits, learning & development

You're sensei level in most of our tech stack e.g. Lucca, TeamTailor, Notion, sheets, Claude

Have leveraged practices in the People space

You have a specific expertise of excellence - eg. compensation & benefits, learning & development

• A key role in a massive international rollout of Europe's largest fast-charging network

• Opportunities to grow across engineering, operations, and strategy

• A collaborative and mission-driven environment

• Real impact on the energy transition and the future of mobility

• An attractive compensation package with fixed and variable components (evaluated and paid quarterly)

• Brand-new offices in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris

• 2 days of remote work per week

• Alan health insurance (50% covered by Electra)

• Meal vouchers via Swile card (€10/day, 50% covered by Electra)

• 25 paid vacation days + 12 RTT (reduction of working time) days

• SYNTEC collective agreement (including vacation bonus, additional leave for special occasions, etc.)

• A quarterly company-wide event with the entire Electra team

• Sustainable Mobility Package

• Access to the company benefits platform (CSE) with numerous perks (culture, sports, etc.)

• Access to a platform dedicated to mental health, supporting your well-being at work and beyond, including up to 4 sessions per year with certified practitioners, covered by Electra

A key role in a massive international rollout of Europe's largest fast-charging network

Opportunities to grow across engineering, operations, and strategy

A collaborative and mission-driven environment

Real impact on the energy transition and the future of mobility

An attractive compensation package with fixed and variable components (evaluated and paid quarterly)

Brand-new offices in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris

2 days of remote work per week

Alan health insurance (50% covered by Electra)

Meal vouchers via Swile card (€10/day, 50% covered by Electra)

25 paid vacation days + 12 RTT (reduction of working time) days

SYNTEC collective agreement (including vacation bonus, additional leave for special occasions, etc.)

A quarterly company-wide event with the entire Electra team

Sustainable Mobility Package

Access to the company benefits platform (CSE) with numerous perks (culture, sports, etc.)

Access to a platform dedicated to mental health, supporting your well-being at work and beyond, including up to 4 sessions per year with certified practitioners, covered by Electra

Even if your profile doesn't match 100% of every criterion, we encourage you to apply. At Electra, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable, safe, and free to be themselves.

We are committed to equal opportunities and do not tolerate any discrimination based on religion, cultural background, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

💚 We value potential, motivation, and a learning mindset just as much as experience. 🚀