People and Culture Manager

Role Summary:

Our client partner is seeking a People & Culture Manager who will be tasked with leading day-to-day HR operations while also leading efforts to make the organization a great place to work during a period of rapid scale.

Responsibilities:

1. Global People Operations:

• Own all global HR processes: recruitment, onboarding, compensation, and performance cycles across markets.
• Standardise contracts, policies, and compliance documentation across India, Southeast Asia, and Africa (with local adaptations).
• Manage HR tools and systems to improve efficiency and transparency across a distributed workforce.
• Support payroll coordination and benefits alignment with Finance and regional teams.

2. Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding:

• Work with department heads to anticipate hiring needs and build a pipeline of talent for key roles.
• Lead recruitment campaigns that reflect the organization's mission, culture, and values.
• Build a simple, scalable onboarding experience that sets new joiners up for success.
• Strengthen employer brand across target markets through storytelling and digital presence on LinkedIn.

3. Culture and Engagement:

• Champion the organization's values across all regions.
• Create moments of connection that keep a distributed team united.
• Develop engagement surveys and track pulse metrics to ensure a healthy, high-performing culture.
• Support leadership in promoting inclusion, wellbeing, and diversity in a cross-cultural context.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of progressive HR, people ops, and culture-building experience.
• Strong grasp of employment laws and best practices in India and other countries
• Skilled in both people operations (processes, systems, compliance) and people experience (engagement, culture, storytelling).
• Experience with multicultural teams and international exposure and a curiosity to learn about other countries - types of laws, types of policies or type of people.
• Highly organised, empathetic, and pragmatic — able to balance heart and data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident across diverse, global teams.
• Passionate about impact, building mission-driven organizations, and has an entrepreneurial mindset.