We are looking for a Head of People to lead and transform our international HR and Recruitment function. You will improve talent quality, performance, and retention; strengthen organisational culture; and implement scalable people processes across a diverse international business.

You will systematically assess HR processes and recruitment funnels, identify gaps and root causes, and deliver data-driven improvements. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can build processes from the ground up, lead change in a low-process-maturity environment, and deliver measurable results with a lean team.

Requirements

- Senior HR leadership experience with strong recruitment and organisational development expertise
- Proven results improving quality of hire, retention, probation outcomes, and performance
- Hands-on experience auditing end-to-end HR processes, recruitment funnels, and process deviations
- Strong capability in HR / Recruitment analytics, KPIs, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement
- Experience in performance management, engagement, culture, organisational design, and workforce planning
- Ability to build practical processes and lead their adoption across different business functions
- Experience with distributed international teams and awareness of contractor / employment arrangements
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving, ownership, and fluent English
- Plus to have:
- Russian fluency
- In-house recruitment or HR experience within the construction, real estate, architecture, design, or hospitality industries. Experience hiring for or working directly within these sectors is preferred





Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute People strategy aligned with business needs
- Lead a lean HR and Recruitment team and improve its effectiveness
- Strengthen sourcing, candidate assessments, hiring standards, and quality of hire
- Analyse recruitment funnels and the entire HR lifecycle; track deviations, investigate root causes, and implement corrective actions
- Build onboarding, performance management, feedback, retention, and development processes
- Build a sustainable culture of engagement, accountability, and high performance
- Establish and continuously improve People dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting
- Adapt people practices to corporate functions, site teams, and potentially hospitality operations
- Partner with leadership on organisational effectiveness, headcount planning, and employee performance
- Oversee international People operations and partner with Legal and Finance on compliance
- Personally drive implementation and adoption of improvements

Benefits

- Opportunity to build and shape the People function of an international luxury hospitality business
- Direct involvement in strategic organisational decisions and meaningful transformation
- High autonomy, ownership, and visibility with senior leadership
- International exposure, remote work, and occasional travel
- Entrepreneurial environment with a lean, collaborative, multidisciplinary team

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