At the company, we are seeking a dynamic Senior Human Resources Business Partner who has deep experience supporting fast-growing, international businesses coupled with a strong understanding of startup and scaleup culture. The ideal candidate will possess strong commercial acumen, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to translate business strategy into practical people plans that strengthen performance, leadership capability, and organizational effectiveness.
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Key Responsibilities
- Act as the single point of contact for the employees and leaders in your region.
- Partner with senior business leaders to shape and execute people strategies that align with company growth priorities, organization design needs, and workforce plans.
- Act as a thought leader and coach, providing trusted guidance on performance, engagement, talent planning, succession, team effectiveness, change management, and complex employee relations matters.
- Use people data and business insight to identify trends, diagnose organizational issues, and recommend practical actions that improve retention, productivity, and leadership capability.
- Support leaders through organizational change, including restructures, operating model changes, role clarity, and communication planning.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Rewards, Payroll, and People Operations colleagues to ensure joined-up delivery of core people processes and a consistent employee experience.
- Coach and challenge managers to raise the quality of decision-making, leadership behaviors, and people management practices across their functions.
- Act as HR policy and process expert: lead annual people cycles such as performance reviews, talent reviews, promotions, workforce planning, and compensation discussions.
- Ensure local practices remain aligned with employment legislation, internal policy, and the company's values across relevant markets.
- Lead the continuous improvement of People team frameworks, policies, and manager enablement tools to support international scale.
Requirements
- 8+ years of HR experience, including at least 4 years dedicated HR Business Partnering experience in high-growth, international, technology-led, or fintech environments across Africa and Asia.
- Extensive experience managing complex employee relations cases across Africa and Asia.
- Demonstrated ability to build effective working partnerships with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making through credibility, insight, and sound judgment.
- Strong capability in organization design, leadership development, change management, performance management, employee relations, and leadership coaching.
- Proven experience designing and facilitating training to managers and employees.
- Data-driven, people-centric, and business-oriented approach to solving workforce and organizational challenges.
- Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills with high levels of professionalism and integrity.
- Ability to plan and prioritize work under tight deadlines, work on own initiative, and as a member of a team.
Benefits
- Work from anywhere policy
- Competitive remuneration package
- Extra day off on your birthday
- Performance-based bonus scheme
- Comprehensive private healthcare insurance
- All the tech gear you need to work smart
