Barrière is seeking an International Human Resources Director.
As International HR Director, you will lead the deployment of our global people strategy across an expanding international footprint, which currently spans 12 locations and continues to grow. We are seeking a strategic yet operationally hands-on leader who knows how to maintain global alignment while remaining highly agile in local markets.
In this role, you will architect our international HR framework from the ground up, transitioning the function from a reactive model to a scalable, proactive operation. Partnering closely with the global HR teams, you will ensure our culture, talent programs, and compliance frameworks translate seamlessly across borders.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
Strategic Leadership & Advisory
Strategic Alignment: translate and implement the global People Strategy across all international locations, ensuring close alignment location specific business objectives.
Trusted Advisory: serve as a strategic partner and advisor to business leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, succession planning, and change management.
HR Team Leadership: mentor and guide local HR leaders to deliver high-quality support across the entire employee lifecycle and drive resolutions for complex operational matters.
Global Talent Strategy & Rewards Alignment
Total Rewards & Compensation: partner with the Global Compensation & Benefits Director and local leadership to design competitive, localized total rewards packages; provide executive input to shape the overarching reward philosophy.
Annual Cycles: co-lead and execute the annual salary review and compensation cycle seamlessly across all international entities.
Global Employer Branding: ensure the employer brand is effectively localized and leveraged to attract and retain top-tier talent across diverse markets.
Culture, Operations & Analytics
Culture & Inclusion: influence senior stakeholders to champion employee engagement, optimize the employee experience, and drive meaningful inclusion initiatives.
Process Optimization: continuous improvement of HR processes to drive operational efficiency and elevate the day-to-day employee experience.
Data-Driven Decision Making: leverage HR metrics, data, and workforce insights to guide strategic decisions and measure impact.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Ideally 15+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience—with prior leadership experience in the luxury hospitality or luxury retail industry strongly preferred—and a proven track record of managing international HR teams across complex, multi-country labor environments.
Exceptional business partnering, communication, and facilitation skills, with a demonstrated ability to consult, challenge, and align senior executives within a fast-paced global matrix.
An adaptable, hands-on professional who comfortably balances high-level people strategy with detailed execution—possessing the capacity to "zoom out" to anticipate global implications and "dive in" to deliver results.
Extensive experience co-creating with transversal HR Centers of Excellence (including Talent and Rewards) and leveraging HR data analytics to generate strategic insights.
Fluency in English is required to operate across international markets; proficiency or fluency in French is considered a distinct advantage.
Annual salary between €110k and €125k base salary (depending on profile).
Travel arrangements to be made.
LIFE AT BARRIÈRE IS ALSO ABOUT…
A formal remote work policy (Teleworking Charter).
Personalized support to unlock your potential and grow within the Group (training via "Campus Barrière," internal mobility, and career management).
Employee rates for "dream weekends" at our properties.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Initial phone screening with Talent Acquisition
Interview with the Global Talent Management Director
Interview with the Global Chief Human Resources Officer
Interview with one of your future internal clients
Welcome to Barrière!
BARRIERE GROUP
A leader in casinos in France and a renowned name in luxury hospitality, dining, leisure, and entertainment, Barrière reinvents itself every day. At the crossroads between iconic destinations and legendary venues, Barrière has shaped more than just a legacy—it has created a signature.
From the Normandy in Deauville to the Fouquet’s in New York, the Group stands out across its 21 hotels through its unique and authentic French art de vivre. Across its 34 casinos and club, Barrière brings to life a passion for gaming, a festive spirit, and a love for entertainment.
Founded in 1912 and now co-chaired by Joy Desseigne-Barrière and Alexandre Barrière, Barrière remains a family-run business where values of hospitality and excellence are passed down from generation to generation, within its teams in France and around the world. And maybe with you tomorrow?
At Barrière, we embrace diversity in all its forms and welcome every application with enthusiasm. We also adapt our recruitment process, upon request, to meet the needs of candidates with disabilities. Moreover, we value profiles that share our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and who are eager to contribute to our mission of making a positive impact on society and the environment.
Barrière: 50 professions, 1 mindset. Join us!
Founded in 1912 by François André, the Group has grown over the years under the successive stewardships of Lucien Barrière, Diane Barrière-Desseigne and Dominique Desseigne to become France’s leading casino operator, a standard-setter in the luxury hotel sector and a global player in the leisure and entertainment sectors.
Barrière has designed unrivalled offers in the field of high-end leisure, founded on a commitment to operational excellence, service quality and French art de vivre. The Group today operates 33 Casinos Barrière (including one opening soon in Abidjan), 16 Hôtels Barrière (a majority are 5-star, including one under construction in Courchevel ) and more than 120 restaurants and bars, including the famous Fouquet’s in Paris (with branches in Marrakesh, Cannes, Toulouse and La Baule). It also stages more than 3000 shows and events every year. With more than 6000 employees, the Group posted earnings of €1.21 bn for the financial year to 31st October 2015.
Barrière has an excellent reputation in the catering industry and serves more than 2 million meals each year. With twelve spas (in Cannes, Courchevel, Deauville, Dinard, Enghien-les-Bains, La Baule, Lille, Marrakech, Paris and Ribeauvillé), one thalassotherapy centre in La Baule, one balneotherapy centre in Ribeauvillé, three golf and two tennis clubs (with more than 32 clay courts), Barrière is also an established name in the well-being and sport sector. The Group is well known for its chain of resorts located in internationally-renowned tourist destinations.
