People Strategy & Planning Sr Associate

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall responsibility

Shape, coordinate and drive the strategic agenda of the People & Culture function, ensuring alignment with business priorities through effective strategy execution, planning, governance, financial management and delivery of strategic initiatives.

Primary activities

• Support the definition, deployment and tracking of the People & Culture strategy and annual priorities.
• Coordinate the OKR framework across the function, ensuring alignment, consistency and visibility of progress.
• Develop executive-level reporting and performance dashboards to support decision-making, while monitoring strategic initiatives, identifying risks and dependencies, and driving follow-up actions.
• Coordinate governance processes across the People & Culture organization, including the preparation and management of key functional forums and leadership ceremonies such as Town Halls, HR Forums, leadership reviews and strategic planning sessions.
• Drive communication and engagement initiatives such as newsletters and leadership updates, ensuring effective coordination across teams and fostering alignment and accountability.
• Coordinate the People & Culture annual planning process and roadmap, supporting budget planning, forecasting and financial tracking across the function in partnership with Finance and People & Culture leaders.
• Lead and support cross-functional strategic projects and initiatives, identifying opportunities to simplify, automate and optimize processes across the People & Culture function and driving execution from concept through implementation and change adoption.
• Prepare high-quality presentations and executive materials for senior leadership and support the development of Group governance materials, ensuring clarity, consistency and strategic storytelling.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Experience

• 4-7 years of professional experience in strategy consulting, management consulting, transformation, PMO, corporate strategy or similar roles.
• Experience leading complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in performance management, planning, governance or transformation initiatives.
• Exposure to financial planning, budgeting or business performance management is highly valued.
• Experience within People & Culture / HR functions is a plus, but not required.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Master degrees or other studies in data analytics, programming, as well as payments and technology is valued.

Technical Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and drive initiatives forward with limited supervision.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Advanced presentation development skills (PowerPoint or equivalent).
• Strong financial and data analysis capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify, standardize and automate processes.
• Fluent Spanish and English.
• Portuguese is valued.

Other Relevant Information

• Structured and detail-oriented, while maintaining a strategic perspective.
• Proactive, hands-on and execution focused.
• Collaborative and comfortable working across functions and seniority levels.
• Resilient and adaptable in a dynamic environment.
• Zero-ego mindset, highly collaborative and team-oriented. Comfortable partnering with colleagues at all levels, valuing diverse perspectives and focusing on collective success over individual recognition.
• International mindset and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.
• Consulting background (strategy, management consulting or transformation) is strongly preferred.