Lead People Partner – Technology

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nigeria, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the people agenda for M-KOPA’s Technology division.

• Collaborate with the CTO and the leadership team across Engineering, Data, Analytics, IT, and Security.

• Ensure alignment between people strategy and the execution of the roadmap along with organizational evolution.

• Maintain overall accountability for people partnership within Technology and Product.

• Drive workforce planning, team levelling, and transformation initiatives.

• Mentor, develop, and provide direction for one Senior People Partner.

• Utilize people analytics to guide decisions on capabilities, attrition, and costs.

• Enhance performance, engagement, and team dynamics in distributed, asynchronous teams across multiple countries.

• Manage senior and sensitive employee-relations matters.

• Report directly to the People Director.

• Contribute to M-KOPA’s mission of promoting financial inclusion through its financing model.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive HR experience working alongside engineering organizations within a growing technology or fintech environment.

• Experience in leading or formally coaching HR business partners.

• Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, including team levelling, spans and layers, and function redesign.

• A blend of strategic and operational skills, from long-term organizational strategy to team-focused tasks.

• Experience in supporting cross-cultural teams across various regions.

• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate people priorities into business outcomes at the leadership level.

• Capability to operate independently at the C-level.

• Judgement in employee relations across multiple jurisdictions.

• Familiarity with UK/Europe employment law is beneficial but not mandatory.

• Must pass pre-employment background checks if chosen.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development and coaching partnerships.

• Family-friendly policies.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Support for well-being.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Direct engagement with the CTO and CPO, influencing leadership-level people decisions.

• Diverse development programs.

• On-the-job training.

• Options for remote work arrangements.