VP of People

NymCard is seeking a VP of People to help scale the company with the right people, in the right roles, at the right cost. You will work closely with senior leadership to shape workforce planning, organisation design, performance, leadership capability, hiring, culture, and compliance across our markets. Join NymCard and contribute to a lean, high-performing, and compliant organization that is growing rapidly.

NymCard is MENA’s trusted partner in embedded finance, helping businesses and platforms integrate a full suite of financial services with ease. Specializing in cards, lending, and money movement, we empower companies across industries to create new revenue opportunities and enhance customer experiences.

We are looking for a VP of People to join our team in Dubai. Apply now to help shape the future of our organization!

Company Overview

NymCard is a payments infrastructure company helping banks and financial institutions issue cards, move money, lend, settle, and manage financial crime through one platform: nCore. We are a team of 150+ across multiple markets, operating in a regulated fintech environment. We move fast, use data to make decisions, and expect every function, including People, to work with AI as part of the day-to-day.

Quick Details

• Job Type: Full-time
• Experience: 10 Year+
• Qualifications: Bachelors-degree

Key Responsibilities

• Own workforce planning with Finance, including headcount, hiring priorities, organisation design, leadership capability, succession, key-person risk and people metrics.
• Lead hiring across all markets, including senior and confidential searches.
• Own onboarding, hiring quality, performance cycles, calibration, career levelling, compensation and reward frameworks.
• Embed practical AI use into the People function and help teams adopt AI in ways that improve productivity, decision-making and ways of working.
• Own employment policy and people compliance across NymCard’s markets of operation, including UAE, KSA, Egypt, Pakistan and Lebanon.
• Lead and grow a lean, high-impact People team.

Requirements

• 12+ years in HR, including at least 5 years leading a People function or major HR division.
• Strong talent acquisition experience, including senior hiring, hiring process design and quality-of-hire measurement.
• Strong experience in workforce planning, organisation design, and headcount budgeting.
• Hands-on knowledge of UAE and KSA labour law.
• Experience building or improving performance, levelling and reward frameworks.
• Strong data skills and comfort using people analytics to make decisions.
• Practical daily use of AI tools and a clear view on how AI changes HR.
• Experience supporting a company through rapid growth, organisational change or restructuring.

Benefits

• Experience in fintech, payments, banking, technology or another regulated sector, ideally within a CBUAE- or SAMA-regulated firm.
• Working knowledge of another MEA market beyond UAE and KSA.