Head of People & Culture

1 Month ago • 7 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

We are seeking a bold and empathetic leader to join us as Head of People & Culture. You will be responsible for shaping the company's people strategy from beginning to end, focusing on driving performance, cultivating culture, and challenging ineffective practices. This is a key leadership role with a significant impact, not only supporting the business but also contributing to its overall direction. Your responsibilities will include defining and executing the long-term People strategy, overseeing recruitment and employer brand to attract top talent, and systematically understanding and enhancing employee motivation and satisfaction. You will also build a culture of accountability and learning, manage performance review cycles, ensure HR compliance, improve internal communication and visibility, support leadership development, and implement proactive retention strategies.
Must have:
  • 7+ years of experience in People functions
  • 2-3 years in a senior People/HR role
  • Experience leading through ambiguity/change
  • Understanding of performance management frameworks
  • Ability to challenge and engage with empathy
  • Passion for clear communication and psychological safety
Good to have:
  • Experience in startup, gaming, or tech environments
  • Experience with motivation drivers and leadership development
Perks:
  • Real leadership seat at the table
  • Chance to drive meaningful change
  • High level of autonomy and trust
  • International, talented, and passionate team
  • Flexibility in how and where you work

Job Details

We’re looking for a bold, empathetic leader to join us as Head of People & Culture — someone who can shape the big picture and get things done. You'll own our people strategy end-to-end: driving performance, growing culture, and challenging what doesn't work. This is a key leadership role with real impact — not just to support the business, but to help shape it.

🎯 What You’ll Own

  • People Strategy & Vision: Define and drive the long-term People strategy aligned with company goals, ensuring a scalable, high-performance culture.
  • Recruitment & Employer Brand: Oversee and strengthen recruitment operations, ensuring we attract and hire exceptional talent across functions.
  • Motivation & Engagement: Systematically understand what drives motivation and satisfaction at all levels; design and implement initiatives that build ownership and drive.
  • Performance & Culture: Build a culture of accountability and learning. Champion performance review cycles, feedback processes, and development frameworks that are fair, motivating, and consistent.
  • Compliance & HR Operations: Ensure all policies, contracts, and practices are legally compliant and operationally efficient. Streamline workflows and support local/global HR processes.
  • Communication & Internal Visibility: Improve visibility into business decisions and company-wide alignment. Lead internal communications and ensure transparency between teams and leadership.
  • Leadership Development: Support the leadership team with coaching, structure, and talent planning. Help managers grow into true leaders and build resilient, high-performing teams.
  • Flight Risk & Retention: Anticipate turnover risks, flag early signals, and implement proactive retention strategies.
  • Org Health & Listening: Build mechanisms to objectively track the "temperature" of the company — employee surveys, pulse checks, and real-time feedback loops.

🤝 What We’re Looking For

  • 7+ years of experience across core People functions — including recruitment, engagement, HR operations, and leadership support
  • At least 2–3 years in a senior or standalone People/HR role, owning both strategy and delivery
  • A track record of leading through ambiguity or change — ideally in a startup, gaming, or tech-driven environment
  • Deep understanding of performance management, motivation drivers, and leadership development frameworks
  • Confidence to challenge what isn’t working, paired with the emotional intelligence to engage others with empathy
  • A passion for building clear communication, psychological safety, and high-performance culture — not as buzzwords, but as lived daily experiences

💚 What We Offer in Return

  • A real leadership seat at the table — you’ll shape the company, not just support it
  • The chance to drive meaningful change and rebuild a culture that puts people at the center
  • A high level of autonomy and trust, with the space to challenge how things are done and implement your own ideas
  • An international, talented, and passionate team that’s open to feedback and hungry for better ways of working
  • Flexibility in how and where you work — we’re a hybrid company that values ownership over hours
  • And most importantly: a company that’s ready for someone like you — not to maintain the status quo, but to help us transform it

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ZeptoLab is a global international gaming company dedicated to the science of fun. It all started back in 2010 with just two people and one monster – the cheerful green Om Nom, whose biggest passion are candies. Since then, Cut the Rope games have been downloaded more than 1.2 billion times. Cut the Rope franchise aside, ZeptoLab released C.A.T.S. Crash Arena Turbo Stars and King of Thieves, massive multiplayer mobile titles with more than 200 million combined downloads so far.
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