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Head/VP People

Join Jus Mundi, a fast-growing global legal tech company, as the Head/VP People. In this role, you will design and execute our International People Strategy, act as a trusted partner to the Leadership Team, and ensure best-in-class HR processes. You will also lead our international recruitment strategy, ensure compliance with employment laws, and build a positive work environment. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of people experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role during a scaling phase of a startup.

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Permanent contract
Paris
Occasional remote
Salary: Not specified
Experience: > 10 years
Key missions

Concevoir et exécuter la stratégie internationale des ressources humaines de l'entreprise.

Agir en tant que partenaire de confiance pour les fondateurs et l'équipe de direction sur les questions de talent, de culture et de personnel.

Assurer des processus et une structure RH de classe mondiale, y compris l'intégration, la gestion de la performance, la formation, etc.

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🌟 Position Overview

📌 The Department: People

The People Team at Jus Mundi are more than HR — we are thought partners, cultural diversity, and ambassadors for our company culture 💙

📌 The Role: Head/VP People (English speaking required)

We are looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Head/VP People to lead Jus Mundi People in France and internationally. You will help design and establish our People Strategy, while also acting as a sparring partner to the key Leadership Team for all People and Culture related topics.

Key point of your role will be to ensure best-in-class HR processes that will help support Jus Mundi on its growth trajectory. You will partner with key stakeholders by advising, guiding and supporting them on a variety of strategic people topics.

The ideal candidate posses a strong understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities within a dynamic, fast-paced tech environment, and enjoys working in a multicultural, friendly and inclusive environment.

📌 Responsibilities

  • Help design and execute our International People Strategy to steer Jus Mundi on its way to becoming a healthy, mature organization;

  • Act as a trusted partner to the Founders and the rest of the Leadership Team on talent, culture and people topics, driving strong company values and engagement;

  • Ensure best-in-class HR processes and structure (Onboarding, Performance Management, Talent, Compensation and Benefits, Training, Org design, Communications and Engagement, etc.);

  • Lead and implement the company’s international recruitment strategy, develop the employer brand, attract and retain top talent, continuously improve recruitment processes, etc.;

  • Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations and monitor adherence to internal policies and legal standards;

  • Oversee scaling of the hybrid workplace infrastructure in line with Jus Mundi growth;

  • Put data and insights at the heart of People operations and provide managers and leaders with the information they need to make the right business decisions, thus creating a structured, data-driven organization;

  • Build and maintain a positive work environment that promotes employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention; manage employee relations and performance issues.


Preferred experience

  • 10+ years of People experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role during a scaling phase of a startup.

  • Track record of building HR in an hybrid tech environment (experience driving recruitment, overseeing compensation/reward philosophy, payroll, training, etc.);

  • Experience designing and executing a global people strategy, ensuring structure and process excellence (help build a structured, data-driven organisation);

  • Experience partnering with the business and advising the Leadership team on HR topics (stakeholder management and influencing skills);

  • Experience building a sustainable organization - leading transformation to a performance-oriented culture (you are a strong communicator who can build trust and has led this mindset shift before);

  • Deep understanding of HR best practices, French (and US as a bonus) employment laws, as well as other relevant compliance and immigration issues;

  • Ability to strengthen employee engagement/motivation in a remote-first setup (managing turnover and employees expectations);

  • Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing needs and generate new solutions to people and recruitment challenges;

  • Strong analytical and data driven attitude;

  • Resilient and great at multitasking;

  • “Making things possible” attitude;

  • Fluent in English and French, other languages are a plus.

What we offer?

  • 😍 Working for a fast-growing global legal tech offering a disruptive product that is revolutionizing the way lawyers around the world interconnect and conduct legal research,

  • 🤓 Exciting and positively challenging workplace with plenty of room for autonomy and creativity,

  • 💻 Hybrid working organization, mix between remote and on-site,

  • 💰 We offer a competitive salary & good stock option (BSPCE),

  • 🍴 Lunch vouchers,

  • 🩺 A great complementary private health insurance,

  • 🚆 50% of public transportation is reimbursed,

  • 🌍 Travel (work abroad) policy: 8 weeks per year, you can live and work from where you want across the globe,

  • 🍼 Paid parental leave,

  • ✈️ Relocation support (to France).

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day.


Recruitment process

📌 Interview process:

  1. HR screening call (30 min)

  2. Interview with our CEO, Jean-Rémi (1 hour)

  3. Interview with our CFO, Valentin (1 hour)

  4. Business Case

  5. Meeting with a few executives including our COO, Aurélien (1 hour)

🌟 Why join us?

  • 😍 Working for a fast-growing global legal tech offering a disruptive product that is revolutionizing the way lawyers around the world interconnect and conduct legal research,

  • 🤓 Exciting and positively challenging workplace with plenty of room for autonomy and creativity,

  • 💻 Hybrid working organization, mix between remote and on-site,

  • 💰 We offer a competitive salary & good stock option (BSPCE),

  • 🍴 Lunch vouchers,

  • 🩺 A great complementary private health insurance,

  • 🚆 50% of public transportation is reimbursed,

  • 🌍 Travel (work abroad) policy: 8 weeks per year, you can live and work from where you want across the globe,

  • 🍼 Paid parental leave,

  • ✈️ Relocation support (to France).

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day.

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