Talent Acquisition and Management Manager

About Orient Express

Artisan of Travel since 1883, Orient Express is a legendary brand, deeply rooted in history and admired by generations past, present, and future. As a symbol of ultra-luxury hospitality, the brand is currently undergoing an ambitious phase of rebirth and expansion accelerated since 2024 as a Joint Venture between Accor and LVMH.

Orient Express embodies the refined and nomadic spirit of travel. Its exceptional assets portfolio includes experiences such as The Orient Express — its iconic carriages reinvented as a modern-day tribute to French luxury, with ARSENALE Group owner — La Dolce Vita, a train celebrating the elegance of Italian art de vivre, and a collection of luxury hotels opened in Rome – La Minerva – and soon in Venice – Palazzo Dona Giovannelli, and with SILENSEAS - the O.E Corinthian, the world’s largest sailing ship.

While redefining the future of luxury hospitality, Orient Express places particular emphasis on the employee experience, development, and engagement.

Reporting to the Talent & Culture Executive Director, you’ll join an international and iconic growing brand to lead projects & operations in attracting, selecting, onboarding, while managing the Talent Management cycles across Corporate and Assets entities (Hotels, Trains and Sailing Yachts). This role plays a pivotal part in the Talent lifecycle—from acquisition to engagement and retention—ensuring alignment with our organizational Culture, Brand Values and Standards, Compensation and Recognition policies, and Talent Management ambitions. The Talent Acquisition &  Management Manager will collaborate closely with the T&C Executive Director, the Learning & Development Senior Manager and the Assets T&C teams.

Your main responsibilities will be as following:

Talent Acquisition:

• Promote EVP and employer branding, align candidate and talent experience with our Culture and Values.
• Empower multi sourcing channels digitally and physically, including career fair and key campus management with internal ambassadors network.
• Implement and improve adoption of recruitment process and tools, upskilling our hiring managers.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including job posting, screening, interviewing, and selection.
• Monitor with the recruitment plan, prepare and analyze hiring KPIs to be able to sharpen a continuous improvement plan.
• Become a super user of our Application Tracking System (SmartRecruiters) and support hiring managers in effectively using the tool to ensure a consistent and streamlined hiring process.

Onboarding:

• Develop and implement a consistent and engaging onboarding process and experience for our new hires.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, Brand & Communication, Group, other Maisons and our Human Resources Information System teams to ensure a seamless onboarding experience into the organization.
• Animate, evaluate and refine onboarding programs to improve engagement and retention of our newcomers.

Talent Management:

• Support the development and implementation of Talent, Performance management systems and processes.
• Collaborate with the T&C Executive Director and pilot a robust and dynamic Talent pipeline (Talent reviews, high-potential employees, succession planning initiatives, and scale up our internal mobility at local Assets, Corporate and Group level).
• Align with the Compensation and Benefits team to support fair and competitive total reward strategy and use the Hay methology to evaluate and grade all positions.

HR Projects & Strategic Initiatives:

• Lead or participate in cross-functional HR projects such as Org design, workforce planning, DEI initiatives, policy updates.
• Implement best practices and process improvements across the Talent lifecycle.
• Support organizational change management initiatives from a talent perspective.

• Master degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Talent Acquisition and Talent Management, in an international or multi-cultural environment.
• Experience in the implementation and improvement HR process linked to recruitment, learning and development and performance management.
• Strong understanding of ultra luxury and hospitality standards and demanding environments.
• Experience working with HRIS, ATS, Talent assessment analytics tools.
• Excellent communication with fluency in French and English, both spoken and written, Italian is a plus.
• Entrepreneur mindset, structured, and taking initiative proactively with a mix of strategic thinking and a hands-on approach
• Strong organizational, project management and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

A real Work life balance:

- Remote work :  up to 8 remote days per month depending on team workflow.  Extra allowance for /Reimbursement of IT equipment and other daily allowances?

- For ‘autnomous framework’ employees (non-executive positions): 216 worked days including up to 12 days RTT per year according to the year.

Work from Everywhere: Personal access provided to over 500 coworking spaces, many of which are within our hotels.

And at our Issy les Moulineaux site: Collaborative workspaces, an employee restaurant, unlimited coffee, gaming and sports areas, a concierge service, and a park just across the street.

ALL - Heartist® Program: Unforgettable stays and experiences at all Accor locations and partner venues worldwide.

Sustainable Mobility Package: up to €700 for the use of "green" transportation, or 50% coverage of Pass Navigo (public transportation pass).

Learning & development: Talent Management at the earth our of HR Accor strategy.

We want you to feel free to dare and free to grow, by opening new doors to continuous learning and skills development. Challenge yourself and switch between jobs, brands, and career paths

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.