VP of People

Nymcard; Dubai; On-site; AED 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NymCard is seeking a Vice President of People to scale our global workforce across markets including UAE, KSA, Egypt, Pakistan and Lebanon. You will partner with senior leadership to design organisation structure, workforce plans and talent strategies that align with rapid growth while keeping costs lean.

You will lead and evolve the People function, own key processes from hiring and onboarding to performance management and compensation, and embed practical AI to boost productivity and

Qualifications

• 12+ years in HR, including at least 5 years leading a People function or major HR division.
• Strong talent acquisition experience, including senior hiring, hiring process design and quality-of-hire measurement.
• Strong experience in workforce planning, organisation design, and headcount budgeting.
• Hands-on knowledge of UAE and KSA labour law.
• Experience building or improving performance, levelling and reward frameworks.
• Strong data skills and comfort using people analytics to make decisions.
• Practical daily use of AI tools and a clear view on how AI changes HR.
• Experience supporting a company through rapid growth, organisational change or restructuring.

Responsibilities

• Own workforce planning with Finance, including headcount, hiring priorities, organisation design, leadership capability, succession, key-person risk and people metrics
• Lead hiring across all markets, including senior and confidential searches
• Own onboarding, hiring quality, performance cycles, calibration, career levelling, compensation and reward frameworks
• Embed practical AI use into the People function and help teams adopt AI in ways that improve productivity, decision-making and ways of working
• Own employment policy and people compliance across NymCard’s markets of operation, including UAE, KSA, Egypt, Pakistan and Lebanon
• Lead and grow a lean, high-impact People team

Skills

HR leadership

Talent acquisition

Workforce planning

Organisation design

People analytics

AI in HR

Job description

About NymCard

NymCard is a payments infrastructure company helping banks and financial institutions issue cards, move money, lend, settle, and manage financial crime through one platform: nCore.

We are a team of 150+ across multiple markets, operating in a regulated fintech environment. We move fast, use data to make decisions, and expect every function, including People, to work with AI as part of the day-to-day.

The Role

We are looking for a VP of People who can help NymCard scale with the right people, in the right roles, at the right cost.

You will work closely with senior leadership to shape workforce planning, organisation design, performance, leadership capability, hiring, culture and compliance across our markets.

You will be expected to keep the organisation lean, high-performing and compliant while helping the business grow faster than headcount.

What You’ll Do

• Own workforce planning with Finance, including headcount, hiring priorities, organisation design, leadership capability, succession, key-person risk and people metrics
• Lead hiring across all markets, including senior and confidential searches
• Own onboarding, hiring quality, performance cycles, calibration, career levelling, compensation and reward frameworks
• Embed practical AI use into the People function and help teams adopt AI in ways that improve productivity, decision-making and ways of working
• Own employment policy and people compliance across NymCard’s markets of operation, including UAE, KSA, Egypt, Pakistan and Lebanon
• Lead and grow a lean, high-impact People team

Must-Have

• 12+ years in HR, including at least 5 years leading a People function or major HR division
• Strong talent acquisition experience, including senior hiring, hiring process design and quality-of-hire measurement
• Strong experience in workforce planning, organisation design, and headcount budgeting
• Hands-on knowledge of UAE and KSA labour law
• Experience building or improving performance, levelling and reward frameworks
• Strong data skills and comfort using people analytics to make decisions
• Practical daily use of AI tools and a clear view on how AI changes HR
• Experience supporting a company through rapid growth, organisational change or restructuring

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, payments, banking, technology or another regulated sector, ideally within a CBUAE- or SAMA-regulated firm
• Working knowledge of another MEA market beyond UAE and KSA