HR Business Partner Job at Paystack

Paystack is a technology company solving payments problems for ambitious businesses. Paystack's mission is to help merchants in Africa get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world. Over 9,000 of some of the best businesses in Nigeria use Paystack’s modern payments gateway, including MTN, Taxify, Domino’s Pizza, Smile Communications, Opera, God is Good Motors, Axa Mansard Insurance, and many others.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: HR Business Partner

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description


  • As an HR Business Partner, you will collaborate with leaders and managers across the company, influence the organizational strategy and structure, build a talent pipeline across several functions, and create a meaningful team culture that enables employees across Paystack to do the best work of their lives.
  • You will think strategically, use data to guide your work, be comfortable challenging business leaders, and impact how work is done. The HR Business Partner reports to the Head of People.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Build relationships with managers and leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution.
  • Create a comprehensive people plan to influence lasting change across the organizations you support.
  • Identify and surface trends in both qualitative and quantitative data to help improve organizational health, understand when data will assist in making smart, informed decisions. Interpret complex analyses and tie back to business priorities.
  • Solve challenges and get to the root cause of any issue, no matter how complex. Design and quickly implement solutions that cut across multiple disciplines, even those beyond people and organizational solutions.
  • Provide expertise in the following areas: career planning, performance management, coaching, data analysis, compensation and rewards, employee relations, learning and development, recognition programs, recruitment, and strategic development.
  • Roll out people programs to support your client groups and larger company priorities.

What it Takes to Succeed

  • You are a people person, who is adaptable and comfortable working in multicultural environments
  • You have at least 8 years of experience in a senior HR / People Operations role at fast-growing tech start-ups or scaleups
  • You have experience driving HR strategy in fast-paced organizations
  • You have strong data analytics skills that can be leveraged to make informed decisions about people strategy
  • You have a bias towards continuous learning and action
  • You have deep empathy for co-workers
  • You have excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
  • You have a passion for building relationships and tackling people-related issues
  • You are a creative problem solver
  • You prioritize confidentiality and are a trusted source of advice and information for team members
  • You are passionate about the Paystack mission.