Director of People & Culture

Full-Time: 40 hours/week

Framed as outcomes for the first 12 months, so the measure of success is clear.

• →Partner with the executive team and senior leadership to actualize organizational goals,  developing global employment strategy and seamlessly operationalizing people strategy.
• →Advise the CEO and leadership on org design, team health, and the people implications of fast growth.
• →Transform and future-proof the People function: a complete, governed policy library; clean, compliant employment practices; and a single source of truth for people data.
• →Lead change management across the organization so growth is sustained through change.
• →Make the tech stack work, integrate and automate Slack, ClickUp, Confluence, and Rippling so onboarding, acknowledgments, case intake, and reporting largely run themselves.
• →Own the full employee lifecycle, recruiting and hiring, onboarding, performance, development, compensation practices, and off boarding. AI-supported, designed once, documented, and repeatable.
• →Build manager capability, equipping Yaqeen’s people managers to lead with both clarity and compassion.
• →Operationalize the culture, translate Yaqeen’s values and its commitment to spiritual growth into concrete, repeatable workplace rhythms and rituals, not posters.
• →Handle employee relations directly and fairly, grounded in Islamic ethics and sound employment practice, with clear and humane escalation paths.

• Mission alignment. Deep commitment to Islamic values and their authentic application in a modern workplace, with a track record of building inclusive cultures that honor diverse backgrounds within shared values.
• 8+ years in HR / People, with 3+ years owning a function or a major pillar of one. Title matters less than scope, we care that you have carried real accountability.
• Demonstrated 0-to-1 or major-rebuild experience. You have built People systems where little or none existed, ideally in a 200+ person growth-stage organization.
• Genuine player-coach range. Evidence you can operate hands-on and lead a small, AI-first team.
• Solid North America employment-law and compliance grounding with international know-how. You keep an organization safe without making it bureaucratic.
• An automation-first instinct. You reach for tooling before headcount. HRIS workflows, automations, AI-assisted drafting and screening. We are looking for the aptitude and a track record of building lean, not a specific tool.