Head of People
Ciudad de México
People /
Jornada Completa /
Hybrid
About DEUNA 🧡
DEUNA is a rapidly growing startup revolutionizing global commerce with ATHIA, our AI-powered orchestration and payments platform that helps large enterprises boost approval rates, reduce costs, and unlock new revenue. Built by the team behind DEUNA—the fastest-growing Commerce OS in Latin America—ATHIA combines payment intelligence, checkout optimization, and data orchestration in one powerful solution.
With deep integrations across 300+ PSPs and alternative payment methods, and over 20% of Mexico’s digital economy running through our platform, we simplify global payments through a single integration and centralized reconciliation.
We are a rapidly growing startup expanding into the U.S. to meet the urgent needs of large retailers, marketplaces, airlines, and QSRs. Join us to shape the future of payments! 🚀
Visit https://www.deuna.com/ to learn more about us!
Position Description
- As a Head of People, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization by leading key HR initiatives. Your responsibilities will include:
- Strategic Planning and Policy Development: Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with our organization's goals, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.
- Talent Acquisition and Retention: Oversee the recruitment and retention processes, working closely with hiring managers to attract and hire top talent.
- Training and Development: Establish training and development programs to enhance the skills and capabilities of our employees.
- Employee Relations and Conflict Resolution: Handle employee relations issues and conflicts, ensuring fair and consistent disciplinary actions.
- Strategic Compensation and Benefits Management: Develop and manage competitive compensation and benefits programs to attract and retain top talent.
Required Qualifications
- This position is open to be located in Mexico City, San Francisco or New York.
- University degree in a relevant field such as business administration, HR, psychology, or organizational psychology; an advanced degree like an MBA/MS is highly preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of extensive HR experience, including talent acquisition, employee relations, HR policies, and organizational development. Having previous experience in talent acquisition strategies is a plus.
- Leadership experience, preferably in a management position.
- Experience in change management and strategic planning within the HR function or across the organization.
- Strong understanding of employment laws and regulations, with experience in ensuring organizational compliance.
- Experience working in startups is a must. Payments or Technology industry background is a plus.
- Fluent in English and Spanish. Ideally fluent Portuguese .
What will you find when you join DEUNA?
- A multicultural team distributed throughout LATAM
- Dynamism, agility and constant innovation
- Being part of a high-impact solution for an entire region
- The best tools and technology to operate
- Being part of the startup culture.
- We are in full expansion!
Benefits:
Vacations and additional PTO 🏝️
Remote work from anywhere 💻
Economic support for health insurance, internet and cell phone line📱🌐
We all own DEUNA, we offer stock options 💸
Learning and development platform 📚
Multidisciplinary, diverse and dynamic team 🧡
Growth and career path 🚀
Be part of a dynamic team that's creating the next generation payments platform.
Join us at DEUNA!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
