People & Culture Partner

About the job

We are looking for a People & Culture Partner who enjoys building strong teams, creating meaningful experiences, and taking ownership of people-related initiatives from end to end.

This is a standalone People & Culture role who will be the primary people operations and culture-building and maintaining initiatives. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working independently, enjoys solving people-related challenges, and can balance empathy with accountability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clear visibility on task ownership, team bandwidth, and overall execution flow across teams
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring quality hiring aligned with team needs and culture
• Own the complete team member life-cycle, including on-boarding, engagement, development, and off-boarding
• Lead structured feedback processes, including scheduled 1:1s, ensuring actionable and meaningful conversations
• Plan and manage team engagement initiatives to strengthen culture
• Apply strong understanding of organizational culture and ensure its consistency in day-to-day practices
• Distinguish between performance gaps and situational challenges, and respond with balanced empathy and accountability
• Act as a bridge between leadership and teams, ensuring clarity of expectations, priorities, and feedback in both directions
• Identify operational bottlenecks and resolve them through effective cross-team coordination
• Ensure team members remain engaged, aligned, and contributing meaningfully to their roles
• Coordinate with external stakeholders (partners, vendors, publications) when required, maintaining clear and professional communication
• Provide leadership with grounded, unbiased insights on team, execution risks, and people-related challenges

Must Haves

• 4 to 5 years of experience in operations, people management, HR, or coordination-heavy roles
• Strong emotional intelligence with the ability to understand people beyond surface-level communication
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt tone based on context and audience
• Ability to stay composed and make sound judgments in ambiguous or sensitive situations
• Experience in handling team dynamics, conflicts, or people-related challenges
• Should have the understanding of learning & development ways

Good to Have

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Exposure to workforce planning or team capacity management
• Experience managing all kind of talents, interns to senior level
• Interest in organizational psychology, and culture-building

Job location: Karachi, Pakistan.

If you enjoy building systems, strengthening culture, and helping people perform at their best, we'd love to hear from you. We also wholeheartedly encourage professionals returning after a career break, for any reason, to apply. We truly value diverse experiences and would be happy to welcome you back into the workforce.