About the role

At Dsquares, our People Partners are end-to-end talent owners and culture champions who bring Loyalty Inside Out to life. Each People Partner is embedded within a business cluster, owning the entire employee experience from hiring and onboarding to growth, engagement, and offboarding. They partner closely with business leaders to build strong, empowered, and high-performing teams while ensuring that every people touchpoint reflects Dsquares values of Accountability, Passion, Openness, Agility, and Growth.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders and managers on all people matters.
• Translate business priorities into actionable people strategies and initiatives.
• Partner with leaders on organization design, role scoping, and team development.

2. End-to-End Talent Ownership

• Hiring & Workforce Planning
• Partner with leaders to define workforce plans, headcount priorities, and hiring needs.
• Lead end-to-end hiring for your cluster from job briefing and candidate assessment to offer management.
• Collaborate with the TM & EB Manager to ensure every hire reflects Dsquares culture and EVP.
• Monitor hiring quality, speed, and talent pipeline health.
• Onboarding & Integration
• Own and deliver an exceptional onboarding journey that embeds culture, clarity, and connection.
• Partner with L&D to design onboarding learning experiences and first-90-day success plans.
• Performance & Development
• Drive continuous performance enablement through coaching, check-ins, and calibration sessions.
• Support leaders in building growth plans and development pathways for their teams.
• Identify learning and upskilling needs, feeding them into the L&D roadmap.
• Engagement, Culture & Retention
• Lead engagement initiatives and recognition programs within your cluster.
• Partner with TM & EB and L&D on campaigns that strengthen belonging and motivation.
• Monitor attrition trends and develop proactive retention strategies.
• Offboarding & Alumni
• Ensure a respectful and insightful offboarding experience, with learnings captured and shared.
• Support the development of a Dsquares Alumni network where relevant.

3. Culture, Wellbeing & Inclusion

• Act as a culture steward embedding Dsquares values into everyday actions.
• Drive inclusion and wellbeing initiatives that build trust and belonging.
• Advocate for employee voice and psychological safety across teams.

4. HR Operations & People Insights

• Ensure consistent and compliant execution of HR processes and policies.
• Partner with HR Operations on contracts, systems accuracy, and lifecycle documentation.
• Leverage people analytics to provide insights on engagement, attrition, and workforce dynamics.

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Business acumen with strong consultative and problem-solving skills
• Deep understanding of the full employee lifecycle (hire grow engage exit)
• Strong relationship management and influencing ability
• Data-driven decision-making and HR analytics literacy
• Agility, empathy, and a growth mindset

Qualifications & Experience:

• 3 5 years of experience in HR business partnering or generalist HR roles
• Proven exposure to recruitment, engagement, and performance enablement
• Experience in tech, digital, or high-growth environments is a strong plus
• Fluent in English; excellent communication and relationship-building skills

Desired Candidate Profile