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Manager, People Operations & Workplace

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Paris, France

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At Algolia, we are passionate about helping developers & product teams connect their users with what matters most in milliseconds! Our People Team is looking for a Paris-based Manager, People Operations & Workplace to support our EMEA teams by managing employee day-to-day questions in our ticketing system, improving processes and documentation, and driving operational excellence in workplace management.

The ideal candidate will have experience serving as a local lead, managing statutory requirements, and overseeing CSE (Comité Social et Économique) matters. They should be comfortable working independently, collaborating across distributed teams, and driving People Operations and Workplace best practices, processes, and programs. You will be a global collaborator, supporting our teams across different time zones, particularly in EMEA and APAC.

YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF:

  • Serve as the local People Operations lead for France, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, including local labor laws, LOA (leave of absence) management, and benefits administration.
  • Manage employee queries and support through our People Support Help Desk, tracking and reporting SLAs, fulfilling data requests, and building scalable processes.
  • Act as a key partner in HR compliance matters for EMEA & APAC, ensuring adherence to local employment laws and best practices.
  • Oversee Paris, London, and Sydney office and workplace management, ensuring an efficient and employee-friendly environment.
  • Manage local vendors, office operations, and workplace programs that enhance the employee experience.
  • Participate in local initiatives such as Mobility Pass, Global Giving Days, and other engagement activities.
  • Support CSE-related processes, collaborating with internal stakeholders and ensuring compliance with French labor law requirements.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor on employee relations matters, escalating complex issues as needed.
  • Develop and implement processes, policies, and documentation to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Scope and manage system enhancements, tools, and workflows to improve effectiveness.
  • Proactively identify business needs and build scalable solutions.

YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE:

  • 5-7 years of experience in People Operations, with a strong understanding of French statutory requirements, labor law, and compliance.
  • 2-5 years of people management experience. 
  • Fluency in French and English
  • Experience managing CSE processes and workplace operations in France.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently drive initiatives and handle business activities with a proactive, action-oriented approach.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a process-driven mindset.
  • Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets and HR systems.
  • Excellent communication skills and a global mindset, with the ability to collaborate across global teams.
  • Ability to work in our Paris office 2-3 days per week.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:

  • GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.
  • TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.
  • CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
  • CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
  • HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.
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REMOTE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. We know community comes in many forms and strive to create opportunities for intentional in-person connection in our offices and virtually for our remote colleagues around the world. 

We have a global presence with physical offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest.

ABOUT US:

Algolia prides itself on being a pioneer and market leader offering an AI Search solution that empowers 17,000+ businesses to compose customer experiences at internet scale that predict what their users want with blazing fast search and web browse experience. Algolia powers more than 30 billion search requests a week – four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex and DuckDuckGo combined.

Algolia is part of a cadre of innovative new companies that are driving the next generation of software development, creating APIs that make developers’ lives easier; solutions that are better than building from scratch and better than having to tweak monolithic SaaS solutions.

In 2021, the company closed $150 million in series D funding and quadrupled its post-money valuation of $2.25 billion. Being well capitalized enables Algolia to continue to invest in its market leading platform, to better serve its thousands of customers–including Under Armor, Petsmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens, to name just a few. 

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search & discovery technology. As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity. We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.

READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!

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