Legal & Labor Relations Principal Specialist (French Labor Law)

Location: Nice, France; hybrid work

Company

hirify.global is a global travel technology company with more than 22,000 professionals across 100 offices and a France entity of more than 4,000 professionals.

What you will do

• Prepare, negotiate, and draft company agreements and related legal documentation with HR and Employee Relations stakeholders.
• Advise on CSE information and consultation processes, including interactions with employee representatives and external experts.
• Provide guidance on collective labor matters involving reorganizations, workforce transformation, employment and skills planning, working conditions, and other employee-impacting projects.
• Lead cross-functional projects involving Legal, HR, and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment and timely delivery.
• Monitor French employment law and case law, provide pragmatic risk-based recommendations to management, and support individual employment matters when required.

Requirements

• Master's degree (Bac+5) in French Employment/Labour Law; DPRT, DJCE, or a similar specialization is an advantage.
• 5–10 years of employment law experience gained in a law firm and/or the legal department of a large international organization, ideally in the technology sector.
• Significant experience in collective labour relations, collective bargaining, and drafting company agreements.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent legal drafting, analytical, and reasoning skills, with strong organization, attention to detail, and reliability.
• Ability to work autonomously in a complex, fast-paced matrix environment and manage multiple sensitive topics while balancing competing priorities.
• Fluent French and professional proficiency in English, written and spoken.
• Strong relationship-building, adaptability, sound judgment, client-service orientation, confidentiality, and professionalism.

Nice to have

• Interest in technology and emerging trends.
• Knowledge of the Syntec Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCN Syntec).

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month fixed-term contract.
• Work within an integrated France Employment Legal and Employee Relations team supporting both individual and collective employment matters.
• Inclusive environment focused on belonging, fair treatment, and equal opportunity.
• Accessible recruitment process; legitimate recruitment communications are provided only through official hirify.global channels, and applicants are never charged fees or asked for payment.