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Burq

Burq

People & HR
Lahore, Pakistan
Posted on Jan 22, 2026

1. Culture & Employee Experience

  • Develop and nurture Burq’s unique culture, ensuring alignment with company values and mission.
  • Design and implement initiatives to boost employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
  • Lead programs that enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across the organization.

2. Talent Management & Development

  • Partner with leadership to identify talent needs, succession planning, and workforce development.
  • Oversee performance management processes, including goal setting, feedback, and appraisal cycles.
  • Implement learning and development initiatives to upskill employees and foster career growth.

3. Recruitment & Onboarding

  • Lead end-to-end recruitment strategies to attract top talent for all levels.
  • Ensure a seamless onboarding experience that integrates new hires into Burq’s culture.
  • Build a strong employer brand in the market to position Burq as an employer of choice.

4. HR Operations & Compliance

  • Manage HR policies, procedures, and programs, ensuring compliance with local labor laws.
  • Provide strategic HR insights and analytics to drive business decisions.

5. Leadership & Advisory

  • Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team on people-related strategies and challenges.
  • Foster a high-performance culture by coaching managers on leadership, team management, and employee relations.
  • Lead organizational change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and employee alignment.
  • Ideally 4–7 years of hands-on experience in HR, People & Culture, Talent Acquisition, Organizational Development, or Leadership Enablement.
  • Proven track record — able to source, assess, and close top talent across technical, operational, and leadership roles.
  • Demonstrated ability to design and scale hiring systems, including competency frameworks, interview processes, scorecards, employer branding, and onboarding workflows.
  • Proven track record of building high-performance cultures in fast-growing or founder-driven teams.
  • Strong command over modern people practices: performance management, employee engagement, capability building, compensation structures, conflict resolution, and HR analytics.
  • Comfortable making data-driven decisions without losing the human element; able to derive insights from people metrics, hiring funnel analytics, and engagement data.
  • Highly adaptable; able to operate in ambiguity, make judgment calls, and prioritise what truly matters in a fast-moving environment