People Lead

RightCard Payments Limited

Job Overview

Location

Lagos

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As the primary People lead for RightCard Payments Limited’s Lagos hub, you will architect the employee experience for over 250 team members in Nigeria, bridging global people strategy with local execution to ensure a high-performing workplace.
• You will partner with Nigerian managers and UK-based functional leaders as a trusted advisor, providing commercially grounded guidance on team dynamics, performance, and organisational design.
• You will lead the people workstream for the new Lagos office, defining culture and employee experience to foster collaboration in the physical workspace.
• You will manage end-to-end employee relations cases in Nigeria with empathy, fairness, and legal precision, while overseeing compliance with Nigerian statutory obligations including PAYE, HMO, Pension, and NHF.
• You will coach and upskill people managers through training focused on LemFi’s management standards and drive change management for global initiatives like performance frameworks and culture programmes.
• You will synthesise local people data to deliver actionable insights on retention, engagement, and hub health to the VP of People, and champion AI-driven HR tools to automate administrative tasks.
• You will work alongside the Global People Team to support or lead global projects, taking full ownership of the Lagos people agenda and identifying gaps to implement solutions independently.
• You will thrive in a high-growth, distributed environment, navigating between local and international stakeholders with strong cross-cultural communication and relationship-building skills.

🎯 Requirements

• 5 to 8 years of experience as an HR generalist with significant exposure to the Nigerian market
• Proven experience navigating complex employee relations and influencing senior stakeholders
• Practical expertise managing Nigerian statutory requirements including PAYE, HMO, Pension, and NHF
• Strong working knowledge of the Nigerian Labour Act and current employment best practices
• Experience contributing to change management programmes such as office moves or performance system rollouts
• Proficiency with modern HRIS platforms; experience with Rippling is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping immigrants stay connected to home, build stability, and create wealth through financial inclusion
• Work with a mission-driven team of 400+ across 20+ countries processing over $1B in monthly transactions to 30+ countries
• Hybrid work model based in Lagos hub four days a week with direct reporting to the VP of People
• Access to professional growth through coaching, upskilling, and leading global people initiatives
• Inclusive culture that values diverse backgrounds and encourages applications from underrepresented groups
• Chance to work on innovative financial products including multi-currency accounts, payments, credit, and long-term wealth tools

Skills & Technologies

Android

Senior

Onsite

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About RightCard Payments Limited

RightCard Payments Limited operates Lemfi, a digital remittance platform enabling immigrants in the UK, Europe, Canada and the US to send money to Africa, Asia and Latin America quickly and at low cost through mobile apps and local payout networks.

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