Sr. HRBP Manager

This role is the People counterpart for Aplazo, Mexico's leading buy now, pay later platform, owning organizational climate, compensation, performance management, and talent for the leaders it partners with. The role combines HRBP core work, organizational development, and People process automation. Reporting directly to the Head of People.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary People partner for Technology leaders and other support areas; Own eNPS and wellbeing measurement and translate results into leader-level action plans; Lead compensation work, including benchmarking, banding, merit, promotion, and equity; Drive performance management end-to-end, including calibration and coaching managers through low-performance cases; Partner with Talent Acquisition on workforce planning, hiring bar, and time-to-fill for critical technical roles; Own internal mobility, succession, and retention risk; Manage sensitive employee relations cases, team engagement plans, and exits across multiple jurisdictions; Design OD initiatives, including career frameworks, leveling, and competency models for technical tracks; Build and deliver manager capability development; Lead org design work; Make culture observable through hiring, feedback, and promotion criteria; Standardize and document People processes; Automate People workflows with AI; Build People data dashboards and self-service reporting; Set standards for responsible AI use with sensitive employee data; Track hours recovered and error rates reduced from automation

Requirements

7+ years in Human Resources, including at least 3 as an HRBP supporting technical, product, or engineering organizations; Demonstrated ownership of compensation cycles, performance management cycles, and organizational climate measurement, end-to-end; Track record designing and implementing OD processes from scratch (career frameworks, leveling, manager development, or org design), with expert-level or deep working knowledge; Hands-on use of AI tools to automate real work, with at least one automation shipped that removed manual effort from a live process; Data proficiency: advanced Excel or Google Sheets, comfort with HRIS exports, and ability to build reporting independently; Experience managing employee relations and terminations with real legal exposure; Strong written communication; Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Business, Human Resources, or a related field (or equivalent demonstrable experience); Spanish (native or advanced); English (fluent, hard requirement)

Nice to have

Fintech, payments, or high-growth Series B–C experience; Multi-country People experience in LATAM (labor frameworks, local compliance); BambooHR or a comparable HRIS; exposure to equity administration platforms such as Carta; Basic SQL, Python, or no-code automation tooling (n8n, Zapier, Make); Experience supporting an engineering org through rapid headcount growth; Familiarity with the Mexican regulatory environment for remote work and labor compliance