People Partner

Wave; Oco; Presencial; EUR 61.301 - 105.087; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

26 weeks parental leave for mothers

4 weeks parental leave for fathers

Subsidized child care

Airtime reimbursement

Free food

Beautiful office space

Descripción de la vacante

Wave is seeking a Strategic People Partner to shape our people experience and lead talent initiatives across multiple countries. You’ll work with cross‑functional leaders to strengthen growth, support development, and drive organizational design and employee experience while overseeing talent programs.

You’ll contribute to performance coaching, leadership development, and people operations in a fast‑moving, mission‑driven environment, with a focus on inclusion and impact.

Formación

• 5–8 years of experience in Recruiting, Learning & Development, Talent management, or HRBP in a high-growth environment.
• Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or equivalent.
• French and English proficiency.
• Demonstrated background in talent and leadership management, as well as a proven ability to attract and retain outstanding talent and motivate high‑performing teams.
• Hands‑on operational experience in managing employee relations.
• Ability to work with a variety of organizational leaders, to build consensus around HR strategy and tactics.
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills in dealing with sensitive employee issues and managing cultural differences.

Responsabilidades

• Support Organizational Design & Effectiveness
• Partner across teams to grow, support, and develop Wavers.
• Touch key talent areas such as performance coaching, development, talent management, organizational design and employee experience, while supporting talent programs.
• Collaborate with leaders to implement HR strategies across functions.

Conocimientos

HR strategy

Talent management

Organizational design

Employee relations

Coaching

Negotiation

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Descripción del empleo

Our mission

We’re making Africa the first cashless continent.

In 2017, over half the population in Sub‑Saharan Africa had no bank account. That’s for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.

We’re solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don’t always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer‑to‑peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.

Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that’s where you come in…

How you’ll help us achieve it

We are seeking a Strategic People Partner who combines curiosity, strategic thinking, and hands‑on HR delivery. This Partner will help us shape our people’s experience, talent initiatives, and ultimately own an org/s as a trusted People Partner.

You’ll partner across teams to strengthen how we grow, support, and develop Wavers. Your work will touch key areas such as: performance coaching, development, talent management, organizational design and employee experience, while also supporting talent programs.

In this role, you’ll;

• Support Organizational Design & Effectiveness

Key details

• Location: You’ll work from one of our operating countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia and DRC).
• Work authorization in one of the above countries.
• This is a permanent position.
• Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula.
• We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.
• We support working parents - we offer 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, in addition to subsidized child care when they return to work.
• Airtime reimbursement.
• Free food and a beautiful office space.

Requirements

• 5‑8 years of experience in Recruiting, Learning & Development, Talent management, or HRBP in a high‑growth environment
• A degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or equivalent.
• French and English proficiency.
• Demonstrated background in talent and leadership management, as well as a proven ability to attract and retain outstanding talent and motivate high‑performing teams.
• Hands‑on operational experience in managing employee relations.
• Ability to work with a variety of organizational leaders, to build consensus around HR strategy and tactics.
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills in dealing with sensitive employee issues and managing cultural differences.

You might be a good fit if you

• Are strategically minded but operationally hands‑on. You can design frameworks and also execute them.
• Have strong coaching, facilitation, and communication skills, with a passion for helping others grow.
• Are analytical and data‑informed, using insights to guide decisions and measure impact.
• Excel at building relationships and trust, partnering across multiple levels and cultures.
• Are curious, proactive, and adaptable; you thrive in a fast‑moving, mission‑driven environment.

Our team

• We have a rapidly growing in‑country team in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.
• We’re deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
• We foster autonomy for our employees. You’ll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
• We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world‑class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
• We are on Y Combinator’s top companies by revenue.

Wave is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.