Kering HR Business Partner, Global Technologies and Digital

About Kering

Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, managers, and teams; translate tech and digital strategy into concrete HR priorities and organizational initiatives
• Advise leadership on organizational evolution, operational models, role clarification, and team performance within matrix and international structures
• Pilot workforce strategy: plan headcount and skills, model capacity scenarios, manage build/buy/borrow trade-offs, and monitor salary expenditure
• Leverage HR and business data to inform decisions, identify risks, formulate recommendations, and track KPI impact of action plans
• Facilitate performance management, talent, succession, compensation, and development cycles, ensuring decision quality, equity, and alignment with divisional priorities
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to recruit and onboard high-expertise tech and digital profiles, and strengthen pipelines for critical competencies
• Support employee development and mobility, particularly in engineering, architecture, digital products, data, AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, project management, and transformation roles
• Coach managers in their people leadership responsibilities: objective-setting, feedback, development, engagement, and change management
• Lead organizational transformations and model evolution; prepare human impact analyses and develop structured change and communication plans
• Manage individual and collective employee relations matters in coordination with Employee Relations and Legal teams, ensuring compliance with French labor law and Group policies
• Contribute to cross-functional HR initiatives on diversity, inclusion, engagement, culture, new ways of working, and RH process simplification and digitalization
• Develop action plans for team development, training, and engagement based on Kering Employee Listening Survey insights
• Support managers in performance management and adoption of new tools and processes

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent (university, HR, labor law, business school, engineering school)
• 8 years of professional experience with a minimum of 3 years as an HR Business Partner or people manager
• Experience in complex, technology-driven, digital, consulting, services, or transformation environments within large organizations or entrepreneurial contexts
• Deep understanding of technology sector dynamics: rare skills, agile and product models, international teams, outsourcing and insourcing strategies, and operating model transformation
• Solid mastery of HR fundamentals and French labor law with ability to manage sensitive situations pragmatically and with legal rigor
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, challenge with discernment, and convert data into actionable recommendations
• Fluency in French and English, both written and oral
• Proficiency with HRIS systems, ideally Workday, and strong analytical and HR reporting capability; familiarity with AI applications in HR is valued

Skills

Experience

8 years of professional experience in HR, technology, digital transformation, or consulting, with a minimum of 3 years serving as an HR Business Partner or people manager within a complex, high-growth, or transformation-focused environment. Experience in multinational organizations or entrepreneurial settings preferred.

Education

Master's degree (Bac+5) in Human Resources, Labor Law, Business Administration, Engineering, or equivalent higher education qualification.

Workplace

Culture

Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.

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