People Operations Manager

Role Overview

Our client is a fintech company in growth stage, with presence in Latin America and a highly specialized team. They are building a company that is agile, technological, and has a work style that is highly oriented towards autonomy, transparency, and high performance.

What You Will Do

Build and lead the People Operations function, designing simple, scalable, and aligned processes with the company’s culture. Design and strengthen the attraction and selection process, from defining profiles and evaluation methodologies to making hiring decisions.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The opportunity to be the first person dedicated to People and build the function from scratch. High exposure and direct work with the CEO and the leadership team. Autonomy to design processes, structures, and methodologies that will have a direct impact on the company’s evolution.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in People/HR, ideally in companies with 15-60 people
• Proven experience in building the People function from scratch
• Experience designing and leading selection, development, and talent management processes
• Solid and practical knowledge of Colombian labor law
• Experience accompanying leaders and managing difficult conversations or sensitive situations
• A very hands-on mindset, with the ability to build simple and effective processes before scaling tools or structures
• Habitual use of AI to document, analyze, automate, and improve People processes
• B2+ English
• Experience in fintech, payments, or startups
• Experience working with distributed teams in Latin America
• Experience with different hiring models
• Having built automations, AI agents, or People Analytics

Benefits

• The opportunity to be the first person dedicated to People and build the function from scratch
• High exposure and direct work with the CEO and the leadership team
• Autonomy to design processes, structures, and methodologies that will have a direct impact on the company’s evolution