About us

We’re one of the world’s largest privately owned real estate tech companies and a subsidiary of Axel Springer. Our mission is to unlock everyone’s perfect place!  Some of Europe’s best known digital real estate marketplaces and brands form part of our Group, they are: 🇫🇷 Meilleurs Agents, 🇫🇷 Groupe SeLoger, 🇧🇪 Immoweb, 🇩🇪 Immowelt, 🇪🇸 Housell and 🇮🇱 Yad2.

We also invest in innovative business models which shape the future of how people buy, sell, rent or lend properties and hold minority participations in companies such as: 🇬🇧 PurpleBricks, 🇩🇪 Homeday, 🇺🇸 Zumper and 🇺🇸 Parcel.

Our ambition is to be the leading Employer in PropTech across Europe and this is a pivotal time to join us as we embark on this journey enabling us to help unlock everyone’s perfect place!

We are an equal opportunities employer and place where everyone is welcome. We strongly encourage people from minority backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

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P&O Organisation

We are searching for a People and Organization Director (m/f/d) to join both the Aviv France and Aviv People and Organization leadership teams. 

We are seeking a People and Organization Director to take the lead in developing our organizational capability as a strategic lever and execution driver,  to develop and scale the organization in line with our ambitions for top line growth, business performance and market share within a sector disruption play for Aviv France.

As People and Organization Director for France, you will lead the People priorities, contribute to AVIV People & Organisation strategy,  work with central COE’s to ensure that we create and enable environments, operating models, culture and HR practices to attract and retain our people. The role is supported by COE’s in Talent Management, Reward & Analytics, Internal Communications, D&I and Sustainability,  which will be focused on creating programs, content and specialized support to enable the People and Organization Director to deliver exceptional human capital solutions to the French business. 

The role will directly manage HRBP, TA , People Operations with local focus.  The role is a key member of the Aviv P&O leadership team and as such will have global context and an international perspective as well as local impact. The People and Organization Director will be a key member of the Aviv France and leadership teams, providing strategic HR counsel and ensuring delivery of brilliant people services across the business.  

Responsibilities 

• Define the people priorities for Aviv France in order to directly support the delivery of Aviv France’s business strategy and goals, as well as contributing to the broader AVIV People strategy and direction
• Be a trusted advisor to the Managing Director and her leadership team on all people considerations and issues 
• Provide leadership and guidance to the local People Team, overseeing all aspects of the people function, connecting People and Business objectives, and ensuring pragmatic implementation of People roadmap
• Actively participate in harmonizing People process  at EU level, drive improvements to ensure every aspect of the employee lifecycle is optimized
• Co-create and implement the appropriate success metrics and KPI’s to measure the impact and effectiveness of the people function and implement data and insights to track organizational health 
• Proactively deliver on key HR initiatives such as workforce planning, talent acquisition, talent management
• Partner with People Centers of Expertise and EU People Leadership  to effectively implement and use People processes & frameworks
• Ensure delivery of an effective Reward Strategy 
• Ensure delivery of an effective recruitment service that addresses capability gaps, succession gaps and key skills needs
• Manage all works council related requirements and engagement 
• Mentor managers in enhancing their own leadership skills, addressing concerns, and developing teams
• Be a culture carrier, supporting the right mindset and culture development in Aviv France  
• Design and ensure delivery of an environment and people practices that enable people to do their best work 
• Measure and act on engagement data, ensuring strong communication up, down and across the organization. 
• Ensure that we strategically manage resource investment and allocation to effectively ‘run the business’ as well as creating new business opportunities.

Requirements

• 10+ years HR Director experience at scale, within  high-growth environment and on an international / global level
• Experience in matrix organizational set-up
• Proven track record in independently planning, adapting and implementing various People projects (i.e. performance management, employee engagement, talent management) across the entire employee lifecycle
• Proven responsibility for workforce and compensation budget and planning, showing strong business and financial acumen
• Experience in scaling HR through growing organizations desirable
• High ability to take ownership and act autonomously, as well as working effectively with the entire People team leveraging collaborative strengths
• Excellent results orientation and track record in delivering impactful HR work 
• Strong influencing and relationship skills  
• A strong strategic and commercial mindset
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• BSc/BA in related field; MSc/MA will be preferred+10 years with significant leadership / HRD experience in the field in a fast paced, scaled organization

What we offer you:

• Joining a highly successful business in a fast- pacing market, leveraging a proven model, great brands, many outstanding people, considerable financial firepower, and a strongly supportive board to lead the company through its next phase of growth
• Working with a great international team and full ownership from day one