People Partner

Role Overview

• Use people metrics (like turnover or engagement scores) to identify trends, diagnose team health, and suggest strategic solutions.
• Design and execute culture and engagement initiatives that maintain our high-performance, inclusive environment across remote and hybrid global teams.
• Serve as a trusted confidant and advisor to handle sensitive employee relations matters, mediate conflicts and guide managers with progressive, empathetic HR practices.
• Identify skill gaps and facilitate learning and development programs, performance review cycles, and continuous feedback loops to help our talent grow.
• Lead biannual salary benchmarking exercises using real-time data platforms to ensure our total rewards strategy remains attractive in the market.
• Keep up-to-date with local labour laws across India and key African markets to advise leadership accurately and help shape progressive company policies.
• You are able to diagnose organisational skill gaps via strategic training needs analysis and seek ways to improve and innovate learning delivery and measurement, exploring alternative approaches to conventional methods.
• You will be responsible for the creation and delivery of training programmes e.g. Management training.
• Build and maintain cohesive career pathways for each function that serve as a key reference point for growth conversations and career mapping.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist, primarily functioning as a strong Individual Contributor focused on partnering with key functions in an early stage organisation.
• Deep understanding of local labour laws and compliance in India, with a working knowledge of the employment landscape in various African countries.
• Excellent conflict resolution and coaching skills, with a progressive approach to performance management, talent development, and employee relations.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with, influence, and support diverse, distributed global teams.

Benefits

• Insurance paid by the company
• Health and wellness benefits (with specific added benefits depending on the location of the role)
• Yearly salary review based on inflation, personal and business performance
• Access to entire Udemy’s library
• Budget for professional development courses
• Work-From-Anywhere policy for certain durations
• Integration programme (opportunity to work from our global offices)
• Regular team social events
• Pension scheme (depending on the role location)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Exposure to work with globally distributed teams
• Location specific benefits like car lease policy, cycle to work, gym membership, etc.