Your Responsibilities
Organisational Design & Operating Model
Design and continuously evolve Numida's org structure to support ambitious and fast growth, product expansion, and geographic scale
Define roles, spans of control, decision rights, and accountability across teams
Lead workforce planning in partnership with Finance and functional leaders
Support reorganisations and change management with clarity and care
Culture & Change
Translate Numida's values into observable leadership behaviors and role model our way of working and expectations for leaders
Act as a steward of culture during growth, reorganisation, and change
Maintain employee engagement and trust through transparency and fairness
Leadership Enablement & Manager Effectiveness
Build and roll out a practical manager framework (expectations, rhythms, feedback, performance)
Coach senior leaders and people managers
Design leadership development interventions that are lightweight but effective
Performance, Talent & Succession
Design performance management systems that reinforce accountability and outcomes
Build clear career paths and progression frameworks that retain high performers and provide visibility of growth paths across the organization
Lead succession planning for critical roles
Ensure underperformance is addressed early and fairly
Scalable People Foundations
Build simple, robust HR systems, policies, and processes that scale across countries
Ensure compliance with labor laws and governance requirements across our geographies
Establish reliable people data and dashboards to support decision-making and insights that build trust in the people function
Partner with Finance on headcount planning, compensation frameworks, and cost discipline to remove operational frictions
Skills & Qualifications
8+ years in leadership roles in scaling organizations; People / HR leadership is a plus
Demonstrated experience in org design, leadership development, and systems building.
Comfortable operating at both strategic and execution levels.
Strong business acumen; able to connect people decisions to financial and operational outcomes.
Can thoughtfully apply AI to people systems, manager enablement, and decision-making to support scale and efficiency (without over-engineering or losing the human element).
Deep understanding of East African labor contexts is a strong advantage.
Self-confidence, integrity, high energy, empathy and a sense of humor to navigate diverse cultural contexts.