Senior Manager - Engineering Experience (HRBP) at Andela

Locations: Lagos (Nigeria) Nairobi (Kenya)

About the Role

• Andela is seeking an HR business partner (HRBP) to support Andela’s scaling engineering experience group by being a trusted business partner to our engineers and partner engineering groups
• You will play a critical role in the design and implementation of strategic initiatives to retain and grow our most prized asset - our people!
• This is an amazing opportunity for a passionate and talented HRBP to innovate alongside a stellar growing team and equally passionate and driven managers
• No two days will be the same and the work is challenging and rewarding.
• You will act as a primary point of contact for a designated engineering pod of up to 300 engineers and partner engineering team members, serving as a connector to internal functions, an advisor on all people processes, procedures, and initiatives.
• The Senior Manager-HRBP will be a key driver of performance management and change management across their pod influencing culture and the future of engineering at Andela.
• This role reports into a Director Level HRBP

Responsibilities
Strategy Development and Implementation:

• Work closely with the head of Engineering Experience to understand organizational challenges and design/implement creative solutions
• Coordinate and support the implementation of strategic initiatives within your pod and more broadly

Performance Management:

• Support your pod and managers within it to cultivate a high performance culture, and ensure that performance management experiences are effective and empowering, prioritising fairness and objectivity
• Advise managers on team performance management via a data driven approach
• Work proactively to identify underperformance and address thoughtfully, manage underperformance professionally and swiftly when

Talent Development:

• Connect engineers to compelling learning and development opportunities, mentorship, coaching for performance and growth, advising on career opportunities
• Support leaders and managers on talent mapping and reviews to ensure implementation of recommendations from the Talent Development team.
• Develop and implement workforce retention, career and succession strategies.

Organization Design and Change Management:

• Implement effective change management strategies, providing subject matter expertise on risk mitigation and change delivery.
• Support the implementation of OD strategy plans and also identifying risks and impact to delivery.

Coach, Inspire, Influence:

• Nurturing, coaching and mentoring engineers and managers within your pod as well as more junior Engineering Experience team members.
• Works in partnership with leaders to provide challenge, legal guidance and advice in dealing with difficult people issues in a fair, straightforward manner and without delay.
• Serve as an escalation point for your pod and your direct reports

Relationships, Collaboration:

• Build and maintain healthy relationships with key stakeholders
• Coach leaders/managers on proper management and communication practices.
• Work closely and effectively with other cross-functional  HRBP’s, People operations and Centres of excellence teams to identify best practice and use it to define effective business interventions.
• Share knowledge and insights with the wider People team to help shape best practise and ensure business goals are in line with org-wide strategy

Qualifications

• Significant and relevant  professional experience most of which should be in an advisory HR role
• Have a strong sense of business ethics and ability to appropriately handle confidential information.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of Human Resources Management Processes, Culture and Performance Management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, stellar emotional intelligence with a specific focus on self moderation, cultivating relationships and empathy.
• Exceptional communication skills both verbal and written, the ability to present and facilitate effectively. Storytelling via presentations is a strongly preferred skill.
• Ability to create effective working partnerships with senior leaders, challenge the thinking of others in respectful and thoughtful ways, influence upwards
• Big picture thinker, a “never settle’ mindset
• Strong interest in leveraging data to inform decisions (don’t worry if you aren’t an expert we have some of those!)
• Experience in a challenging, changing, complex business environment with a special focus on multiculturalism (and internationalism).
• Solid track record in design and implementation of employee engagement strategies that have meaningfully impacted the individual and organization experience
• Previous experience in coaching employees and management through complex, difficult issues
• Knowledge of in-country employment regulations, e.g. Country labor/employee relations statutes and capacity to apply them to Andela. Ability to adapt applicable Global labour laws into local practices as required. Experience with other African countries a plus

Benefits & Compensation

• Full-time compensation
• Full medical coverage
• Breakfast, lunch and snacks provided daily
• Beautiful working environment
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds on the planet
• Oh, and a chance to change the world!