HR director in French

The job is not regulated, but it requires deep knowledge of French labour law, collective agreements and staff representation (CSE, union delegates, mandatory annual negotiations), which foreign HR experience rarely covers. Most HR directors hold a Bac+5 in HR, law or management and have worked as responsable des ressources humaines first. Fluent French is essential: negotiations, agreements and legal procedures happen in French. In international groups, roles titled 'HR Director France' combine local labour relations with group policies. Search for 'DRH', 'directeur des ressources humaines', 'directrice des relations humaines' or, for smaller companies, 'responsable des ressources humaines'.