Senior People Partner at M-KOPA

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Senior People Partner to join our M-KOPA People team in Kenya. As one of our People Partners for Kenya—our oldest and largest market—you'll play a pivotal role in driving our people agenda and supporting the growth of our business while driving global people programming initiatives. Reporting to the HR Director for Markets, you'll be a strategic advisor to Kenya's leadership team and a key contributor to M-KOPA's talent strategy across all markets.

Strategic Partner to Kenya Leadership

• Serve as trusted advisor to members of Kenya's leadership team, aligning people strategies with business priorities and market growth objectives.

• Partner with leadership to tackle organizational challenges and deliver innovative people solutions that drive business performance.

• Use people analytics to track key metrics, identify trends, and provide actionable insights that inform strategic decision-making

Drive Talent Excellence & Organizational Development

• Design and implement talent strategies for attraction, development, and retention across all Kenya functions.

• Lead organizational design initiatives, workforce planning, and succession strategies to support business scaling.

• Facilitate talent reviews and performance calibrations with leaders, ensuring fair and effective talent management processes.

• Connect employees and managers with impactful learning and development opportunities, including mentorship and coaching.

• Cultivate a growth-oriented, high-performance culture through effective performance management and employee engagement initiatives.

• Address employee relations issues with professionalism, ensuring consistent policy application and compliance with local labor practices.

• Coach managers and employees on best practices, conflict resolution, and professional development.

• Lead employee engagement initiatives, including surveys and follow-up actions to enhance overall engagement.

• Manage complex organizational change initiatives, from planning through execution and measurement.

• Support business transformations, restructuring, and strategic project implementations.

• Collaborate with global People team and local stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of people strategies.

• 8-10 years of progressive HR experience with 3-4 years partnering with senior executives in fast-growth, complex organizations.

• Proven track record designing and implementing people strategies that drive measurable business results across local and global contexts.

• Strategic and operational range - equally comfortable with long-term planning and hands-on execution, with strong business acumen to translate people priorities into business outcomes.

• Expert coaching and advisory skills for leaders at all levels, with strong change management capabilities and ability to influence without authority.

• Data-driven approach to decision-making with experience using people analytics to inform strategy and track performance.

• Deep understanding of Kenyan labour practices and regulatory environments, with experience navigating complex employee relations.

• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments with proven success in matrixed organizations and multi-stakeholder management.

Why This Role Rocks

• Market Impact: Shape Kenya's growth trajectory as our largest and most established market while influencing broader organizational strategy.

• Strategic Ownership: Lead key people initiatives with significant autonomy and direct access to senior leadership.

• Global Reach: Influence people practice across Africa while building deep market expertise in Kenya.

• Growth Platform: Build scalable people solutions in a high growth fintech environment driving financial inclusion at scale.

This is a full-time, onsite role with some hybrid flexibility. You’ll work local hours in Kenya, supporting managers and colleagues both in-person and virtually. You’ll also collaborate with a global People team across Africa and Europe.

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