About the Team
OpenAI’s People team aims to hire, engage, and retain world-class talent to safely build and deploy universally beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The HR team, a vital subset of the People team, supports a diverse group of scientists, engineers, and business professionals, with expertise in employee relations, immigration, compensation and benefits, learning and development, project management, and more.
About the Role
We’re seeking a seasoned HR Business Partner to support our growing teams across the EMEA region. This role serves as a trusted partner to regional leaders, combining strong operational execution with thoughtful business judgment to support performance, organizational health, and disciplined people practices at scale.
This role partners closely with the HRBP Lead, who owns regional org design and workforce planning. You will operate as the primary regional execution partner — translating strategic direction into consistent delivery, elevating manager capability, and proactively surfacing people risks and themes.
Your Responsibilities:
- Drive strong day-to-day HR execution: Partner with managers to support performance management cycles, feedback conversations, and employee relations matters with consistency and care.
- Be the go-to partner for frontline managers: Provide practical, timely guidance on team health, coaching conversations, policy interpretation, and manager enablement.
- Support and operationalize People programs: Help implement and maintain performance, engagement, and retention initiatives — ensuring processes are clear, scalable, and well-executed.
- Triage and resolve employee relations issues: Diagnose issues early, recommend appropriate actions, and partner with relevant COEs when needed.
- Maintain operational rigor: Track themes, ensure documentation is complete, and bring structure to recurring people processes.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with fellow HRBPs and COEs to ensure a consistent and high-quality employee experience across EMEA.
We’re Seeking:
- Strong HR foundation: 3–5 years of total HR experience, including meaningful experience partnering directly with managers in fast-paced or high-growth environments as a Senior HR generalist or HR Business Partner.
- Execution-oriented partner: Comfortable operating in the day-to-day details while maintaining sound judgment and strong follow-through.
- Manager coach: Able to guide frontline managers through performance conversations and early employee relations issues with clarity and confidence.
- Operationally strong: Brings structure, organization, and discipline to people processes.
- Good judgment under pressure: Balances empathy with accountability and handles sensitive matters with discretion.
- High integrity: Trusted, fair, and principled. This keeps the role important and high-impact — but clearly execution-heavy and manager-focused, not strategy-owning.
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