Lead People Partner – Technology
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Lead People Partner shaping engineering and product people strategy at M-KOPA. Supporting a fintech that expands financial inclusion across Africa.
Responsibilities:
- Own the people agenda for M-KOPA’s Technology organisation
- Partner with the CTO and leadership team across Engineering, Data, Analytics, IT and Security
- Align people strategy with roadmap execution and organisational evolution
- Hold overall accountability for people partnering across Technology and Product
- Lead workforce planning, levelling and team transformation
- Coach, develop and set direction for one Senior People Partner
- Use people analytics to inform decisions on capability, attrition and cost
- Improve performance, engagement and team dynamics in distributed, asynchronous, multi-country teams
- Own senior and sensitive employee-relations cases
- Report to the People Director
- Support M-KOPA’s mission of financial inclusion through its financing model
Requirements:
- Senior HR experience partnering with engineering organisations in a scaling technology or fintech business
- Experience leading or formally coaching HR business partners
- Proven organisational design experience, including levelling, spans and layers, and function redesign
- Strategic and operational range, from long-term organisational strategy to team-level work
- Experience supporting cross-cultural teams across multiple regions
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate people priorities into business outcomes at leadership level
- Ability to operate with autonomy at C-level
- Employee relations judgement across more than one jurisdiction
- UK/Europe employment law exposure is useful but not essential
- Must complete pre-employment background checks if selected
Benefits:
- Professional development and coaching partnerships
- Family-friendly policies
- Flexible working arrangements
- Well-being support
- Career growth opportunities
- Direct exposure to the CTO and CPO with influence over leadership-level people decisions
- Diverse development programs
- On-the-job training
- Remote work arrangement
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