Lead People Partner at M-KOPA Solar

What You'll Do

• At M-KOPA, you'll be the strategic advisor to Kenya's leadership team on org design, workforce planning, and business-aligned people strategy. You'll own talent review, performance calibration, and succession planning for the Kenya client group - not just running frameworks, but building them. You'll lead employee relations resolution and act as the escalation point for the market, ensuring consistent compliance with Kenyan labor law. And you'll drive organizational change initiatives - restructuring, transformations, and cross-functional project delivery as Kenya's people function matures alongside the business.

What You Need

Essential Requirements:

• 8+ years of progressive HR/People Partner experience, including 3–6+ years advising director-level or above executives inside fast-growth, matrixed organizations
• Working knowledge of Kenyan labor law and the regulatory environment, with direct experience handling employee relations escalations end to end
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing org design, workforce planning, or succession strategy, with evidence of having built a framework

The opportunity

• This is the seat to take if you want scope beyond a standard People Partner brief. You'd own the people agenda for M-KOPA's largest, oldest, and most established market, with direct access to Kenya's leadership team - real influence over org design and workforce strategy.
• The team is growing in scope and complexity, and this role has real room to expand as that happens. For someone who's spent years advising senior leaders and wants a shot at broader ownership, this is a well-resourced, high-visibility seat inside a fintech operating at real scale across Africa.

Location & Benefits

• Full-time, hybrid role in Kenya
• Direct access to and partnership with Kenya's leadership team
• Collaboration with a global People team across Africa and Europe
• Professional development and coaching partnerships
• Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
• Well-being support and career growth opportunities