Chief People Officer – Prishtina

Chief People Officer – Prishtina

As our first true Chief People Officer, you’ll architect the people engine that fuels rapid scale, technical mastery, and deep engagement. You’ll transform HR into a strategic powerhouse, where cutting‑edge IT/fintech expertise meets radical empathy.

Your working location can be either Prishtina or Skopje.

What your responsabilities are

What your responsabilities are

  • Craft a multi‑year people roadmap to attract and retain top DevOps engineers, data scientists, product owners and security experts.

  • Launch a “Fintech Fellowship” to fast‑track high‑potential talent into cloud engineering, AI ops, and blockchain labs.

  • Ignite belonging across 5 offices and remote hubs with cross‑border mentoring circles, live‑streamed “Town Hall Hacks,” and localized culture squads.

  • Embed real‑time people analytics dashboards to track morale, skill gaps, burnout risk, and speed of hiring.

  • Advise the CEO and Executive Team on change‑management playbooks for major releases, M&A integrations, and digital pivots.

What you bring to the team

What you bring to the team

  • 15+ years in senior HR/People roles—at least 5 in high‑growth fintech, SaaS or digital banking environments.

  • Proven track record launching talent accelerators for engineers, product managers, cybersecurity experts and data scientists.

  • Hands‑on experience with PeopleTech stacks (e.g. Workday) and building out internal analytics.

  • Deep empathy, fearless experimentation, and a bias for rapid iteration—comfortable co‑creating policy and then ripping it up if it doesn’t work.

  • Fluent English; bonus points for German, Romanian, Macedonian, Albanian or Ukrainian.

Prishtina Office

Quipu Card Personalisation Centre in Prishtina was founded in 2004 and it is a modern and flexible centre for card personalisation and maintenance of automated equipment (ATMs and POS terminals), owned by Quipu.

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