Senior HRBP & People Program Manager
- Hiring from
- France
- Work type
- Hybrid
- Posted
- Sep 28, 2026
Senior HRBP & People Program Manager Be the People Partner of our GTM and G&A teams across France, Europe and the US, and help build the programs that keep GitGuardian performing and growing. APPLY About GitGuardian GitGuardian is a global cybersecurity scale-up. The company is based in Paris, New-York City, Boston. Among our early investors who saw our market value proposition, are the co-founder of GitHub, Scott Chacon, along with Solomon Hykes, Docker's co-founder. American and European top-tier VC firms have also invested in GitGuardian who raised its series C early 2026. GitGuardian leads the way in securing the credential layer, helping organizations protect the secrets that let code, machines, and AI agents access systems with broad detection, identity context, and remediation at scale. Already trusted by 600K+ developers worldwide and by 50 of the fortune 500! About the team and the mission The People team owns the full employee lifecycle and translates company strategy into hiring, performance and development plans, across Europe and the US. As we scale and especially as we grow our commercial organization across Europe and the USA, we need a Senior HRBP & People Program Manager to play two connected roles: the dedicated People Partner for our Go-To-Market and G&A population across France, Europe and part of the US and support globally programs and processes that keep the whole team performing, engaged, and growing. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role. On one side, you'll be the trusted partner of GTM and G&A managers and their teams across France, Europe and part of the US. On the other hand, you'll actively support designing and running globally our performance cycles, turning pulse survey signals into action plans, leading change management where we need to evolve, and helping build the data infrastructure and automation systems the People team needs to make good decisions. You will be part of our 8 people team and reporting to the Chief People Officer, and work closely with the other People Partners, Talent Acquisition, People Ops, Managers and Execs across the company, including GTM leadership in France, the US, and across Europe. Your main responsibilities will be: GTM business partnering : be the go-to People Partner for part of the GTM & G&A managers across France, Europe and the US (Account Executives EMEA, CSM EMEA and US, Sales Engineering EMEA and US, Finance, Legal and Operation teams) : coach them on team and individual situations, support people development as difficult conversations, and help them build effective, motivated teams. You will work in coordination with our HR Manager in the US who manages the other part of the GTM population Employee relations and compliance: handle individual and collective employee relations across your perimeter, ensuring compliance with French and US labor law (in collaboration with our HR Manager in the US) and the relevant local frameworks in the other European countries where we operate. Process design and implementation: Identify where the employee experience breaks down, support designing better processes, and drive their adoption across teams. Main current topics are: Performance management, Engagement and listening, Career paths, Comp & Ben... Change management and internal communication: lead the rollout of new policies, tools, and programs with clear communication and strong manager enablement. Learning and development: Scope and launch L&D initiatives (manager training, skills frameworks, career development) in partnership with team leads. Create various supports leveraging LLM and AI capabilities. Organize workshops, lunch and learn and other initiatives. AI and automation: identify high-leverage HR workflows to automate and identify areas where AI can support. About you If you think you match at least 70% of these criteria, please apply! Here's what we consider essential for success in this role: Experience as an HR Business Partner (5 to 10 years), in the tech industry, partnering with and coaching business managers (including senior leaders), conducting performance management, navigating with French labor law, Experience driving HR programs and projects from the conception to the implementation and the adoption (e.g: performance management cycles (design, calibration, analysis), salary grids, learning and development programs, career frameworks), Fluency in English and French, Experience with crosscultural differences between French and Americans coworkers, Comfort with data analysis and spreadsheets (Pivot tables, Xlookup, multiple If...), ability to build clean reports, and know what a good KPI looks like. The following skills would strengthen your application but aren't required: Experience in Process Communication Model is a plus but not required Genuine interest and some experience on AI tools and automation; you've already used them in your day-to-day and want to push further Why is this role different? A word from the Manager, Gregory: "At GitGuardian, we are performance driven, a real meritocracy, we believe it is the only fair way to reward people for everything they bring to our company and to achieve our mission to protect more and more enterprises against leaked secrets and mismanaged identities. As Senior HRBP & People Program manager, you will be pivotal to the success of our company by driving and supporting our organization to always improve his growth mindset" Career opportunity The position can evolve over time to strictly program management and learning and development as to HR Manager and Director positions, either overseeing EMEA only or all regions. The interview process At GitGuardian, we are committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. We will ask for your gender on the application page to help us understand the diversity of our applicant pool and to track our progress in attracting and hiring a diverse workforce. The information is optional and will not be disclosed to the hiring manager or the interview team and will not be considered in the hiring process. We appreciate your willingness to share this with us so that we can continue to improve our diversity and inclusion efforts. 1. Video call with a Talent Acquisition team member To discover your professional project and evaluate if there could be a mutual match. 2. Interview with Gregory, your manager and Chief People Officer To know more about yourself and your achievements, and present to you the team. 3. Case study, onsite with Gregory and Brandy our Senior HRBP for the US To evaluate your skills for the position and project yourself into the role. 4.1 Final interview with the CEO, Eric To detail our company's vision and ambitions for the next couple of years. 4.2 References check You can start thinking about two contacts who can attest to your previous or current professional experiences. These contacts should be as recent as possible, and we will call them at the end of the process. Team People Role HRBP Location Paris Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time Guardians of Code GitGuardian leads the way in Non-Human Identity security , offering end-to-end solutions from secrets detection in code, productivity tools and environments to strong remediation, observability and proactive prevention of leaks. Our solutions are already used by more than 600K developers worldwide! GitGuardian Internal monitoring is the n°1 app on the GitHub marketplace . GitGuardian helps organizations find exposed sensitive information that could lead to tens of millions of dollars in potential damage. We love wearing our Guardians’ cape, and helping each other achieve our high ambitions!