Senior People Partner-Technology & Product

Summary

Join M-KOPA as a Senior People Partner – Technology & Product to support the Product, Engineering, and Tech functions. Partner with senior tech leaders and cross-functional teams to design and implement people strategies. Build and implement cross-cultural programs to attract, develop, and retain top technical talent. Drive agile and distributed team effectiveness, use people analytics to inform action, and support organizational design and change. Embed a culture of innovation and inclusion, aligning strategies to roadmap execution and team evolution. Work in a remote-first, distributed environment with teams across multiple regions.

Requirements

• Senior HR Experience in Tech: You’ve built relationships and partnered closely to add measurable value with technical orgs (Engineering, Product, Data) and remote-first teams, understanding how they operate—from sprints to systems to structure
• Strategic and Operational Range: You're equally comfortable designing long-term org strategies and rolling up your sleeves to get things done at the team level
• Remote & Global Savvy: You know how to support cross-cultural teams from Africa to Europe & UK, navigating complexity with empathy, adaptability, and clarity
• Client Advisory & Analytics: You adapt to different stakeholder needs (eg leadership org plans, manager trainings, employee performance), leveraging data, influence, and updating process / policy to enhance long-term org effectiveness
• Strong Business Acumen: You can translate between people priorities and business outcomes—advising leaders on trade-offs, risks, and scalable solutions

Responsibilities

• Strategic Partner to Tech Leaders: Be a trusted advisor to Engineering, Product, and Data leaders and people managers—aligning strategies to roadmap execution and team evolution to meet start-up, scale-up & Unicorn talent where they are at
• Scale Talent for Tech Growth: Build and implement cross-cultural programs to attract, develop, and retain top technical talent to drive performance excellence
• Drive Agile & Distributed Team Effectiveness: Scale and optimize performance, engagement, and team dynamics in a fast-paced, asynchronous work environment
• Use People Analytics to Inform Action: Partner with CoEs and clients to analyze data on topics like engagement, DEI, and retention—and turn insights into action
• Support Org Design & Change: Lead initiatives around team transformations, employee relations cases, and workforce planning, remote engagement, and more
• Embed a Culture of Innovation & Inclusion: Reinforce M-KOPA’s values in every touchpoint—from performance and development to feedback loops and rituals

Benefits

• Flexibility: Work from anywhere (ideally in or near the UK – hybrid for Greater London) while collaborating across time zones with top talent globally
• Growth & Autonomy: Shape the people agenda in a high-growth environment with significant ownership, a seat at the table, and the ability to build long-term impact
• Global Impact: Influence the future of work and new market and functional plans for a company driving social, environmental, and economic change at scale
• At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training
• We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility