Group Human Resources Partner Senior Specialist
At a glance
Senior HR Business Partner & Generalist role at CMA-CGM. Marseille.
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What you'll do
- Advise Global IT leaders on people priorities, and help shape decisions about structure, staffing and leadership
- Lead HR work for IT reorganizations and transformation programs, taking priority actions through to implementation
- Plan future IT skills and staffing, especially for AI, digital, data, cybersecurity and emerging technologies
- Steer IT talent reviews, succession planning and leadership development with managers and HR specialists
- Use workforce data and employee feedback to address engagement, performance, retention and culture priorities
What you bring
- You have partnered with senior leaders in complex, global, matrixed organizations, earning trust while constructively challenging decisions
- You bring experience in organization design, transformation and change, turning strategy into workable structures and practices
- You understand IT and digital talent needs, including AI and cybersecurity, and can use data to guide decisions
Who this fits
This senior HR partner role suits someone who can move between strategic advice and hands-on delivery for Global IT. You’ll work across IT leadership and HR specialist teams, with a focus on organizational change, future skills and talent decisions. Applicants should be familiar with CMA CGM’s Corporate Internal Mobility guidelines.
From the employer
Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.
Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.
Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.
YOUR ROLE
As a HR Partner with the Global IT Teams,you will shape and execute the people and organization strategy supporting the Group’s technology agenda. The role translates the Group HR Strategy—built around three pillars: Engage Teams, Develop Talent and Drive Transformation—into clear, actionable priorities for the IT organization. As part of the broader Group Transformation organization, alongside AI, ZEBOX, CMA Consulting and Innovation, IT plays a pivotal role in accelerating business and digital transformation across the Group. Combining strategic perspective with a hands-on, delivery-focused approach, the Global HR Partner ensures the right organization, leadership and competencies are in place to turn ambition into measurable outcomes.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
HR Partnering
• Act as the trusted HR advisor to the Global IT leadership team, translating business and technology priorities into a clear people agenda.
• Challenge and support leaders on organization design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness and critical people decisions.
• Anticipate people implications of major IT transformations, operating model changes and strategic initiatives.
• Ensure alignment between the IT people strategy and Group HR priorities, policies and governance, while translating Group initiatives into relevant, pragmatic solutions for the IT organization.
• Act as the key interface between IT leadership and HR CoEs—including Talent, C&B, HRIS and Learning—to mobilize the right expertise and solutions.
Organization & Transformation
• Lead HR support for IT transformation and organizational evolution, including operating model, governance, structures, roles and ways of working.
• Partner with IT leaders on workforce planning, skills strategy and future capabilities, particularly around AI, digital, data, cybersecurity and emerging technologies.
• Support change management and employee engagement throughout major transformation programs.
• Take direct ownership of priority transformation actions and deliverables, moving from recommendation to implementation with pace, pragmatism and strong follow-through.
Talent & Leadership
• Drive the talent strategy for IT, including succession, critical roles, high potentials and leadership development.
• Lead and challenge People Reviews and talent decisions with IT managers.
• Identify capability gaps and partner with Talent, Learning and other HR CoEs to build future-ready talent pipelines.
Performance, Engagement & Culture
• Drive the IT people agenda around performance, engagement, retention and culture.
• Support leaders in addressing key organizational and people challenges.
• Leverage people data and employee insights to identify priorities and measure impact.
• Provide structured feedback from the IT organization to Group HR to continuously improve the relevance and impact of people initiatives.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
• Demonstrates strong HR business partnering experience in complex, global and matrix organizations, with the credibility to influence and challenge senior leaders while building trust, team spirit and effective collaboration across functions.
• Brings proven expertise in organization design, transformation and change management, with the ability to translate strategic priorities into effective operating models and collaborative ways of working that foster collective ownership.
• Combines solid capabilities in workforce and skills planning, talent management, succession and leadership development to build future-ready, cohesive teams and strengthen collective performance.
• Has a strong understanding of IT, digital, AI and cybersecurity organizations and their talent dynamics, supported by a data-driven approach and the ability to connect diverse teams around shared priorities.
• Adopts a hands-on, action-oriented “doer” mindset, working collaboratively with others, contributing beyond individual responsibilities and mobilizing teams to deliver measurable outcomes with pace, pragmatism and a strong sense of shared success.
Please ensure you are familiar with the CMA CGM Corporate Internal Mobility guidelines