Lead People Partner (Fintech)

Location: Fully remote; based in the UK, Nigeria, or specific locations across Europe. Listed locations include London, Belfast, Birmingham, Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid, and Manchester.

Company

hirify.global is a fintech company providing flexible financing that expands financial inclusion for everyday earners across African markets.

What you will do

• Lead the people agenda for the Technology and Product organisation, partnering with the CTO and senior leadership across Engineering, Data, Analytics, IT, Security, and Product.
• Design organisational structures through workforce planning, levelling, spans and layers, and function transformation.
• Manage and develop one Senior People Partner while setting the partnering standard for the technology portfolio.
• Use people analytics with Centres of Excellence to guide decisions on capability, attrition, and cost.
• Improve performance, engagement, and team dynamics across distributed, asynchronous, multi-country teams.
• Own senior and sensitive employee relations matters, involving specialist support when appropriate.

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 structural change.
• Ability to combine long-term organisational strategy with hands-on team-level work.
• Experience supporting remote, cross-cultural teams across multiple regions and working autonomously with C-level leaders.
• Strong business acumen and employee relations judgement across more than one jurisdiction; UK or European employment law exposure is useful but not essential.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote and flexible working arrangements.
• Professional development, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training.
• Family-friendly policies and well-being support.
• Career growth opportunities and direct exposure to the CTO and CPO.
• Work connected to financial inclusion, with reported impact across customers, livelihoods, and carbon emissions.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with shortlisting and interviews taking place throughout the recruitment period.
• Successful candidates complete pre-employment background checks covering identity, criminal records, qualifications, employment history, and references.