HR Business Partner (French Speaker

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

The HR Business Partner is a critical, regionally aligned role within the People, Brand & Culture (PB&

C) organization, serving as the primary PB& C advisor for the United Kingdom and France. Working closely with Strategic Business Partners, business leaders, Legal, and Centers of Excellence (COEs), you will provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters, organizational change, workforce risk, consultation requirements, and local employment law.

You will partner with senior leaders to address complex people challenges, provide pragmatic, risk-based advice, and support business decisions that balance employee experience, compliance obligations, and operational needs. As the local subject matter expert for the UK and France, you will help translate enterprise people strategies into locally relevant solutions while identifying and mitigating organizational risks.

You will build trusted relationships across the business, providing coaching, credible challenge, and guidance on sensitive and business-critical matters. You will also support the broader PB& C organization through complex case management, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and leadership in your areas of expertise.

Your internal job title will be Solutions Partner.

• Act as a trusted advisor to managers and senior leaders on complex people matters, workforce risks and employee relations issues.
• Partner with Strategic Business Partners to provide local expertise and practical recommendations that support business decisions.
• Influence decision-making through expertise, judgment and risk-based recommendations.
• Identify systemic employee relations trends and workforce risks.

• Serve as the regional PB& C authority and primary escalation point for complex employee relations matters.
• Independently lead complex PIPs, grievances, investigations, disciplinary processes, dismissals, restructuring activities and consultation processes.
• Manage complex matters involving discrimination concerns, protected characteristics, accommodations, long-service employees, senior employees and elevated business risk.
• Exercise significant independent judgment while balancing employee experience, legal requirements and business needs.

• Serve as the primary local PB& C subject matter expert on employment law, employee relations practice, consultation obligations and local market trends.
• Advise leaders, Strategic Business Partners and PB& C colleagues on local requirements and risk implications.
• Monitor legislative developments and provide guidance regarding business impact and recommended actions.

• Lead consultations with employee representative bodies, works councils, unions and employee forums where applicable.
• Independently lead complex consultation processes.
• Advise leaders on consultation strategy, stakeholder management and risk mitigation.

• Partner closely with Strategic Business Partners as the local PB& C expert.
• Proactively identify workforce, employee relations and implementation risks.
• Advise leaders on local implications of organizational changes and workforce decisions.
• Lead local execution strategies for organizational changes, restructures and workforce initiatives.

• Support talent reviews and succession planning by providing local expertise, employee relations insight and market context.
• Coach leaders up to L4 level on complex employee situations, organizational challenges and business-sensitive decisions.
• Contribute to calibration discussions by advising on risk, local market practice…