Regional HR Business Partner | Southern Europe

We are currently looking for a Regional HR Business Partner to join our HR Business Commercial team and support our Southern European markets. This is an opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys being close to the business, partnering with leaders, and translating regional people priorities into meaningful local action.

In this role, you'll be the first point of HR contact for managers and employees within Southern Europe Region. You'll operate with a high degree of autonomy on day-to-day people matters and act as a trusted partner to local and regional leadership. Working in a matrix environment, you'll need to build strong relationships, influencing decisions and bringing an independent people perspective. You will report to the Regional HR Manager and work closely with the wider HR organization to ensure local priorities connect with our regional and global direction. This position has no direct reports.

The position is located within Southern Europe (France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy), with the specific office location and workplace in Paris, France. We believe in a hybrid model when it comes to remote and onsite work, knowing that both in-person collaboration and individual time to focus are needed.

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll own hands-on HR partnership for your assigned market or business area and help deliver the regional people plan locally. Working closely with local managers, the Regional HR Manager, and our wider HR teams, you'll play an important role in ensuring a consistent Polestar employee experience while responding to local business and employment requirements.

Your main areas of responsibility will include:

• Partnering with local and regional leadership across the employee lifecycle with a strong understanding of business priorities.
• Coaching, advising, and constructively challenging managers and senior leaders on people leadership, feedback, challenging conversations, performance topics, and team effectiveness.
• Translating business needs and regional people priorities into pragmatic local actions, while bringing market insights and emerging people risks back into the regional agenda.
• Driving the local implementation of HR policies, programs, and processes, ensuring alignment with regional direction while meeting local market and employment-law requirements.
• Supporting engagement and culture initiatives aligned with Polestar Core Behaviors and contributing local insight to the regional people agenda.
• Managing key local HR operational activities, including limited Payroll touchpoints, audits, HR systems, organizational information, and employee records.
• Supporting organizational change and HR projects, translating regional and global initiatives into effective local implementation.

The Ideal Candidate

In order to succeed in this role, and at Polestar in general, you'll need to be comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. You're someone who builds trust quickly, enjoys working closely with managers, and isn't afraid to take ownership and make decisions.

You bring curiosity, sound judgment, and a pragmatic mindset. You can navigate sensitive people matters with integrity, challenge constructively when needed, and remain calm when priorities change. You'll also enjoy working collaboratively across markets and functions while being confident operating independently in your own area of responsibility.

In addition, we believe you'll need the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or another relevant field.
• Around 5-7 years of relevant HR experience, with solid experience in an HR Business Partner capacity and exposure to working across markets or within an international organization.
• Strong business acumen and confidence partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of HR principles, employment law, and HR best practices, enabling you to confidently advise managers on everyday and more complex people matters.
• Experience working within a complex matrix organization and influencing across local, regional, and global stakeholder groups.
• Experience supporting organizational change and managers through transitions, ideally in a dynamic, fast-moving business.
• Fluency in French and English and at least one relevant local market language, enabling you to partner effectively both locally and across our international organization.