Senior People Operations & Experience Partner

About us, and our mission

At Orakl Oncology, we are accelerating the development of oncology treatments. Today, fewer than 5% of new cancer drugs succeed in clinical trials, and new methods are needed. We combine cutting-edge biology and AI to build the next generation of insight platforms with the world’s largest cohort of virtual patient tumors. These virtual patients fuel our AI-powered predictive engine, helping to anticipate clinical trial outcomes, validate therapies, and uncover new drug candidates. By generating multimodal, real-world data, we deliver insights that consistently outperform existing solutions.

Our mission is simple yet ambitious: to bring more effective treatments to patients who need them - and to make drug development smarter, faster, and more personalized. We collaborate with top hospitals, research institutes, and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Backed by leading investors, we are a fast-growing, mission-driven startup at the intersection of science and technology.

The company is growing fast, and we are now seeking the best talents to come and join our exciting and ambitious team in the fight against cancer - join us!

Position overview

You'll be at the core of the People team, from People Operations (managing the full administrative lifecycle of our employees, coordinating payroll with external partners, and providing hands-on support on employment law topics, international mobility, and the smooth running of our CSE (Comité Social et Économique) to People Experience (supporting on key People projects, including Talent Acquisition and Talent Management).

Your focus is flawless execution, structure, and being the go-to person employees can rely on for any administrative or payroll-related topic, while also supporting on strategic People projects during scale. You'll work closely with and report to the Head of People, who owns the broader people strategy.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in high-growth environments, loves building solid processes from scratch, has keen attention to detail, a solid knowledge of HR and payroll administration, and wants to grow their HR impact on both People Operations and People Experience topics within a company that is scaling fast.

Key responsibilities

People Operations: ~60% of your role, focusing on impeccable HR foundations for solid building and fluidity as we grow:

• Manage the complete employee administrative lifecycle: drafting contracts and amendments, DPAE, onboarding and off-boarding, benefits enrollment, and employee file management

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date employee records and HR reporting

• Build and document clear, scalable HR processes to keep pace with rapid headcount growth

• Support on employment law matters: monitoring legal obligations, flagging compliance risks early, tracking collective bargaining agreement updates, and helping to ensure compliance as we scale past key regulatory thresholds

• Serve as the first point of contact for employees on payroll and other HR administrative questions

• Coordinate the monthly payroll process end-to-end in partnership with our external payroll provider, ensuring accuracy and on-time delivery

People Experience: ~40% of your role, focusing on innovative strategic topics to support scale, such as:

• Talent Acquisition

  • Build and continuously improve our recruitment processes: structure our ATS workflows, interview kits, scorecards, debrief practices, and candidate experience touchpoints

  • Support hiring managers and steer our hiring plan to stay on track towards the 50-hire target over the next year

  • Using inputs shared by hiring managers, source across both scientific and technical talent pools, using channels appropriate to each

  • Track and report on hiring metrics

  • Champion a strong, consistent candidate experience across every role and stage

  • Contribute to employer branding initiatives to stand out in both the biotech and tech talent markets

• Talent Management

  • Support the Head of People to build key projects, programs, and policies that allow our culture to thrive: employee listening programs, team and company rituals, career paths, fair and transparent People policies, wellbeing initiatives, and more

Key qualifications

Must-haves

• Minimum of 4–6 years of experience in HR administration and payroll coordination

• Demonstrated ability to build key People projects/initiatives that cover topics such as: talent acquisition, talent management, engagement, culture, or other strategic People programs

• Experience with HR/payroll software (Lucca, Silae, PayFit, SAP, ADP, Workday, or similar)

• Solid understanding of French payroll and administrative HR processes (contracts, benefits, employee records)

• Working knowledge of French employment law fundamentals

• Exceptional rigor, attention to detail, and organizational skills

• Ability to manage different types of projects and priorities: from a fluctuating volume of administrative work with tight deadlines to larger ongoing People Experience projects

• Strong sense of confidentiality and discretion

• Comfortable working in English and French

• Efficient working autonomously on execution while escalating judgment calls appropriately

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a startup or scale-up environment, ideally through a period of fast headcount growth

• Familiarity with the Pharmaceutical industry collective agreement

• Payroll certification (Sage, Silae, ADP, or equivalent)

• Prior experience supporting or setting up a CSE

• Dedicated experience/prior role in the field of Talent Acquisition, People Project Management, Talent Management, People Experience, or similar

What you will find at Orakl

• Mission: work in a cutting-edge environment, on the forefront of cancer research.

• Impact: participate and have ownership in a fast-growing, multi-faceted project at the early stage of a growing start-up, with the opportunity to shape it; a role where your technical expertise will have a tangible impact.

• Team: join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team where you’ll work alongside strategic corporate operations, partnership teams, stellar clinicians, biologists, and engineers towards a common mission.

Interview Process

1. HR Call: Getting to know each other, aligning on expectations and context.

2. Technical Deep Dive: A conversation about your experience, using real examples of what you’ve done and how you like to work.

3. Case Study: A hands-on exercise based on challenges we could face as a growing biotech team. We're interested in how you think, not a perfect answer.

4. Reference Call: A conversation with one or two people you've worked with closely.

5. Founder Interview: A final discussion with our founders on vision, culture fit, and mutual ambitions.

👉 More about Orakl here and here