Director of People & Performance

Polleo Sport is one of the leading sports nutrition, fitness, and wellness companies in the region, operating through retail, e-commerce, wholesale, FMCG, and international markets.

Over the years, we have evolved from a supplement retailer into a multi-channel fitness and wellness platform with our own brands, growing international presence, and strong focus on innovation, execution, and customer experience.

As the company continues to scale, we believe organizational quality, leadership quality, and talent density will become one of our biggest competitive advantages.

That is why we are building this role.

This is not a traditional HR role. This role combines:

• talent acquisition,
• leadership development,
• organizational design,
• performance management,
• and implementation of management systems and accountability culture across the company.

The goal is simple:
ensure Polleo has the right people, leaders, structure, and management discipline for the next phase of growth.

This is currently a lean, hands-on leadership role with a small core team consisting of 1 HR Recruiter and 1 Payroll Specialist.

The expectation is not to manage a large HR department, but to build organizational capability, leadership quality, accountability, and scalable people systems across the company.

• Build and improve proactive recruitment strategies and hiring quality across departments
• Develop structured hiring, interview, and leadership hiring processes
• Build pipelines for key positions and reduce dependency on founders/executives in hiring
• Implement hiring KPIs, employer branding, and referral initiatives

• Strengthen leadership quality and accountability across the organization
• Standardize performance evaluation, talent reviews, and feedback processes
• Support managers in difficult people decisions and performance conversations
• Identify high performers, talent gaps, and organizational bottlenecks

• Improve organizational design, role clarity, and accountability structures to support scaling
• Implement and maintain effective management systems, including scorecards, meeting rhythms, feedback loops, and quarterly execution discipline
• Ensure leadership teams consistently execute agreed priorities and processes

• Protect and strengthen Polleo’s core values: Innovation, Teamwork & Honesty, Accountability, Fighter Mentality & Humility
• Ensure values-based hiring, promotion, onboarding, and people decisions
• Help maintain a high-performance, low-politics culture

We are looking for a highly business-oriented people leader who understands that organizational quality directly impacts company performance.

• Strong experience in talent acquisition and leadership hiring
• Experience in performance management and organizational development

• Strong business understanding (not only HR administration)
• High ownership and execution mindset
• Confidence in difficult conversations and decision-making
• Analytical and KPI-driven mindset
• Strong communication and leadership presence

• Scale-up or growth environments
• Retail, FMCG, e-commerce, or fast-paced businesses
• Consulting or organizational transformation
• Experience working closely with leadership teams during scaling