HR Manager (M/F/X)

• 10 July 2026 • 80 - 100% • Indefinite duration • Lausanne Reporting to the Management and as a member of the executive committee, you will lead the entire Human Resources function. You will define HR orientations, support managers in their daily challenges, and ensure the consistency of practices within a decentralized organization. As a true partner to governance, you will alternate between strategic vision, cross-functional coordination, and operational involvement. HR Manager (M/F/X) Our client is a public sector organization operating in a demanding institutional environment, which is highly regulated and composed of several entities operating in a decentralized manner. In order to ensure the consistency of its HR policy and to support its many interlocutors, the organization is looking for its future Director of Human Resources. Missions • Define and implement the HR strategy in coherence with the organization's orientations. • Lead, supervise, and develop the HR team while guaranteeing the quality of services provided to the various entities. • Ensure the supervision of all HR activities and intervene directly on the most complex or sensitive files. • Advise Management, governance bodies, and operational managers on HR, organizational, and managerial issues. • Deploy HR policies consistently in a decentralized organization by promoting buy-in from different stakeholders. • Support managers whose primary function is not management, by providing them with pragmatic support on human and organizational issues. • Exercise a role of coordination, advice, control, and orientation with multiple stakeholders, without having a direct hierarchical link with all interlocutors. • Guarantee the application of the legal framework, internal policies, and HR best practices. • Supervise the main HR processes: recruitment, skills development, talent management, performance, labor relations, and succession. • Manage HR indicators and formulate recommendations in order to anticipate needs and support Management decisions. • Contribute to various projects related to the evolution of HR practices, the digitalization of processes, skills development, and continuous improvement. • Maintain significant operational involvement by intervening directly in certain activities, projects, or situations requiring HR expertise. Candidate Profile • Higher education completed ideally by a specialization in Human Resources. • Proven experience in an HR management function within a complex organization in the public or parapublic sector. • Solid mastery of HR operations with a demonstrated ability to combine strategic thinking and operational involvement. • Experience within decentralized or matrix organizations constitutes a real asset. • Experience in managing cross-functional projects and supporting the evolution of HR practices. • Recognized leadership and experience in team management. • Excellent influence skills and the ability to unite various interlocutors without direct hierarchical authority. • Ability to establish relationships of trust, to support change with tact, and to evolve in a demanding institutional environment. • Analytical spirit, political sense, professional maturity, and excellent adaptability. • Ability to navigate easily between strategic issues, the management of the HR function, and the operational realities on the ground. Conditions and Advantages You will join a public sector organization where the HR function holds a central role with Management. This position offers wide autonomy, high exposure to governing bodies, and a rare balance between strategic thinking, cross-functional coordination, and operational involvement. You will contribute to the structuring of HR practices while remaining close to the ground and the daily challenges of the teams.