VP, Performance, Culture & Learning

Founded to transform retail finance, Ajaib Group is an Indonesian fintech unicorn breaking barriers to financial access. Having recently secured a $270M Series C—the single largest funding round in Southeast Asia over the past four years—we are backed by premier global investors including Y Combinator, Ribbit Capital, SoftBank, and SBI Holdings. To build world-class products, we assemble world-class talent. Supported by our fully hybrid work arrangement, our team spans Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia, allowing you to work with brilliant engineers and builders from around the globe from wherever you are. Role Overview We are looking for a VP, Performance, Culture & Learning to lead the strategic architecture of our global learning, performance evaluation, and organizational culture frameworks. Reporting to the C-Suite, you will own one integrated system that sets goals, judges performance, pays for it, develops people and shapes culture. Ratings, pay, learning and values should tell one story, with one leader accountable for all of it. This role requires a forward-thinking, data-driven HR leader who excels at scaling performance management systems, instilling a high-accountability meritocracy, and embedding a cohesive company culture across multi-regional remote and hybrid teams. Global Performance Management Architecture: Design, implement, and continuously refine scalable performance appraisal frameworks (OKRs/KPIs, 360-degree reviews, continuous feedback loops, and calibration sessions) that drive meritocracy and high performance. Redesign the current performance cycle and run the next one with company-wide calibration. Build salary bands for every job family and run the merit and bonus cycle within budget. Set retention policy and work with relevant teams in its implementation. People Development & L&D: Build learning, upskilling, and career development programs tailored for high-growth tech, engineering, product, and leadership talent across global hubs. Set the leadership development curriculum, using the Senior Manager training-needs analysis already under way. Show the ROI of development spend through promotion velocity, internal fill rate and retention. Culture & Organizational Alignment: Define, champion, and operationalize Ajaib’s core values and culture across distributed international teams, fostering trust, accountability, and high employee engagement. Run the engagement survey (eNPS) and hold leaders to action plans. Leadership & Managerial Enablement: Create leadership development initiatives, management training, and executive coaching programs to build a robust pipeline of future leaders. HiPo Talent Enablement: Collaborate closely with People Business Partners (HRBPs) to translate performance reviews into structured growth pathways, succession plans, and retention strategies for high-potential talent. Data-Driven Performance Analytics: Utilize performance metrics, promotion velocity,…