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. By submitting this application, I agree that my personal data will be collected, processed, and retained by the company solely for the purposes of managing and assessing my candidacy.

📌 Head of People (Cataluña)
🏢 Virtual Voyagers
📍 Cataluña