Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

The Colleague Experience Group (CEG) provide a great colleague experience every day. Obsess over understanding the colleague experience at a deeper level to co-create simple and great ways of working that enable everyone to be and deliver their best. Responsible for people management, including acquiring talent, developing and retaining colleagues worldwide, and being responsible for key programs like compensation, benefits, diversity and colleague and labor relations.

Reporting to the Director, Human Resources Business Partner – France & Nordics, this role will be responsible for core results to drive business outcomes for the French market for 800 colleagues.

Aligned to the design and delivery of the Market Colleague Plan (MCP) in France, you will:

• Serve as a point of integration for HR Business Partners, Centres of Excellence (COEs), and the broader HR team to ensure the alignment and effective deployment of key initiatives.

• Partnering with business leaders and COEs to build the employment brand in the Market, supporting local initiatives and representing AXP externally.

• Inspiring change initiatives with senior partners to provide meaningful solutions aligned to the evolving needs of the Business and the growth of our colleagues.

• Using data to provide insights and to guide decision-making, and provide proactive solutions

Passionate about bringing our HR Strategy to life, across our 4 pillars:

Careers:

• Participate in the deployment of Career Growth at Amex, aligned to Blue Box values and Leadership Behaviours, in leading the Leadership Community

• Partner with HR Business Partners on the development and careers of key talent through talent assessments, manager and above talent slates, and succession planning.

• Support targeted development initiatives for top talent, in partnership with the business.

Culture:

• Build an engagement strategy for the broader colleague base as well as specific plans for addressing the needs of all colleagues in the Market

• Partner with Business Leaders to ensure an effective colleague experience across the colleague lifecycle, providing thought leadership across the market

• Support a strong employment brand for American Express in the Market, working with business leaders, COEs and external partners

Recruiting:

• Partner with Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) to use recruitment insights to advise and drive market talent strategy, embed partnership to support internal and external pipelines, including diverse hires and movement.

• Bring the CVP to life for colleagues by continuing to deliver and continuously improve the onboarding experience for new hires.

Well-being:

• Support the evolution of an inclusive Benefits strategy to meet the current and future needs of colleagues, ensuring that changes are communicated clearly to colleagues and partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years proven experience in a sophisticated matrix and international environment in a HR Business Partner model

• High drive for decision-making & results, with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes

• Excellent project management skills with the proven track record to lead and flawlessly deliver large scale strategic projects and initiatives.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills with senior partners, including the ability to influence senior collaborators in a matrixed structure, challenge the status quo, and confront difficult issues.

• Demonstrable experience in managing data with analytical skills and using external perspective.

• Understanding of the local talent landscape, pipeline and labour market and Eye for business.

• Strong PC and Microsoft office skills including but not limited to Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.

Qualifications

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive basic and variable salaries with the opportunity to share in the company's success

• Health Insurance

• : Company paid medical insurance

• Free therapy with licensed Healthy Minds counselors for you and your household members, access to virtual counseling, grief and loss support, group drop-in sessions, and mental health trainings

• Work onsite, in a hybrid model or fully virtual**with Amex Flex, our new working model

• Free telehealth services available 24/7 with a team of doctors, psychologists, and nutritionists

• Corporate wellness program focused on promoting good physical and mental well-being

• Innovative learning experiences that enable you to build new skills, reach your career goals and develop as leaders at all levels

• Childcare support

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Job: Human Resources

Primary Location: France-France-Rueil-Malmaison

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24003731