HR Business partner

Publicis Groupe is one of the world’s largest communications holding companies, present in over 110 countries and employing about 100,000 professionals. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of talent at Publicis Groupe. You'll be instrumental in fostering a culture of growth and development within a fast-paced, matrixed environment. This requires resilience, adaptability, and a genuine passion for nurturing talent.

• Strategic Partnership: Cultivate strong relationships with client groups and internal stakeholders particularly senior leadership. Become embedded in the business, understanding their unique challenges and opportunities.
• Data-Driven: Oversee the accurate collection and analysis of key people metrics. Go beyond simply reporting data; extract actionable insights and translate them into compelling narratives and recommendations that inform strategic talent decisions. Develop and maintain dashboards to track talent trends and measure the effectiveness of talent initiatives.
• Learning & Development: Collaborate with the Groupe L&D team to design and implement comprehensive learning and development strategies tailored to the specific needs of the business. Champion initiatives that foster a culture of continuous development, training, and career development pathways.
• Employee Relations: Provide expert guidance and support on a wide range of employee relations, including cases, restructures, redundancies, TUPE processes, etc. Ensure compliance with all relevant employment legislation and company policies. Leverage support from Talent Advisors or more senior teams as needed. Proactively identify and mitigate potential ER risks.
• Talent Projects: Spearhead talent initiatives such as Early Careers, DE&I, Talent Mapping. Develop strategies to nurture top talent and manage underperformance quickly and effectively. Leaning in to support on Groupe activity and partnering within the wider talent team.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion: Drive initiatives that promote diversity in hiring, development, and promotion. Measure and track DE&I metrics and report on progress.
• Talent Acquisition: While not directly responsible for recruitment, this role will help with talent forecasting, and provide and support the talent acquisition team, encouraging partnership with our internal TA team vs agencies.
• Operations: Support recruitment approvals, promotions, Groupe submissions, and manage day-to-day activities within the team to enhance team productivity and output.

• Proven strategic experience working as partner to an MD or CEO and senior leadership roles.
• Experience with line management.
• Blend of HR best practice knowledge with innovative thinking, able to flexibly adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong relationship‑building skills across all levels.
• Adept at planning and executing organisation change programmes from end to end.
• Ability to work with Centres of Excellence in building and implementing people plan.
• Bring a deep‑rooted sense of fun and passion for fostering an engaging, empowering, and meaningful work environment for yourself and the client groups that you support.
• Proficiency in handling data, interpreting insights, and translating them into actionable strategies.

• Previous experience in similar industry preferred (Media, Production, Digital, Advertising, Tech) but not essential.

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office‑based three days during the working week. We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness.