Heirs Technologies Limited empowers Africa’s Digital Transformation through innovative and locally tailored solutions. We partner to help build your business on technology designed for Africa and benchmarked against global standards, whether you are modernizing operations, strengthening resilience, or accelerating growth.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Chief People Officer
Location: Lagos Job Type: Full-Time
Job Description
The Chief People Officer (CPO) is responsible for defining and driving the People & Culture strategy to enable Heirs Technologies’ ambition of Execution Excellence and Enterprise Scale.
The role provides executive leadership across talent strategy, performance management, leadership development, organizational design, culture transformation, and workforce productivity, ensuring the organization has the right talent, structure, and capability to deliver revenue and business outcomes.
As a key member of the Executive Committee, the CPO partners with business leaders to build a high-performance, accountable, and values-driven organization, aligned to HT’s culture of Execution. Excellence. Enterprise.
Responsibilities People Strategy & Organizational Effectiveness:
Develop and execute a People & Culture strategy aligned to the company’s growth and revenue objectives
Lead organizational design and workforce planning, ensuring alignment to the portfolio and squad-based operating model
Drive productivity, efficiency, and workforce optimization across all business units
Performance Management & Accountability:
Own and continuously evolve the Performance Management Framework (PMF)
Drive a culture of outcome-based performance, linking individual KPIs to enterprise revenue and delivery goals
Lead performance governance, calibration, and executive reviews
Ensure underperformance is addressed through structured interventions (PIPs, coaching, exits where required)
Leadership & Talent Development:
Build a strong leadership pipeline across all levels (Managers Executives)
Drive succession planning and critical role coverage
Lead enterprise-wide learning and capability development strategy (technical, leadership, and behavioral)
Embed a coaching culture to strengthen leadership effectiveness and decisionmaking
Culture & Employee Experience:
Champion and embed HT’s culture anchored on VOICED values and the 3Es (Doers, Star Performers, Leaders)
Drive initiatives that strengthen engagement, accountability, and ownership mindset
Lead employee experience programs, including EVP, wellness, recognition, and workplace initiatives
Ensure alignment between culture, performance, and business outcomes
Rewards, Compensation & Benefits:
Design and implement competitive compensation and benefits frameworks aligned with market benchmarks
Oversee salary structure, incentives, and reward systems tied to performance outcomes
Drive cost optimization while maintaining talent competitiveness
HR Operations & Governance:
Oversee end-to-end HR operations (recruitment, onboarding, payroll, employee relations, exits)
Ensure strong policy governance, compliance, and risk management
Leverage HR technology (e.g., Converge) to drive efficiency, data visibility, and automation
Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:
Lead strategic hiring for critical and revenue-driving roles
Ensure a strong talent pipeline across key capability areas (Engineering, Cloud, Data, Cybersecurity, Commercial, etc.)
Drive employer branding to position HT as a top talent destination
Executive Partnership & Board Engagement:
Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and EXCO on people-related decisions and risks
Present HR insights and metrics to the Board, including performance distribution, attrition, succession, and capability readiness
Drive alignment between people strategy and business strategy
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
Master’s Degree or MBA preferred
Minimum of 15+ years’ experience in HR/People leadership roles, with at least 5–8 years at executive level
Strong experience in technology, consulting, or fast-scaling organizations
Proven track record in organizational transformation and culture change
Strategic thinking and business acumen
Leadership and executive presence
Performance and results orientation
Organizational design and change management
Stakeholder management and influence
Data-driven decision making
Strong understanding of HR analytics and workforce metrics
Leadership Expectations (HT Framework):
Value-Driven – Upholds integrity and enterprise values
Outcome-Focused – Delivers measurable business results
Innovative – Drives transformation and new ways of working
Collaborative – Builds strong cross-functional partnerships
Empathetic – Balances performance with people focus
Disciplined – Ensures execution rigor and accountability
Workforce productivity and revenue per employee
Performance rating distribution and high performer retention
Leadership pipeline strength and succession coverage
Employee engagement and culture metrics
Time-to-fill and quality of hire for critical roles
Attrition (regrettable vs non-regrettable)
Execution of People & Culture strategic initiatives