Regional People Lead, EMEA

<p>Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!</p> <p>At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.</p> <p>Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Read <a href="https://blog.duolingo.com/?utm_source=greenhouse.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=generalblog_gh_091224">our blog</a> to learn more.</p> <hr> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>About the role...</strong></p> <p>We're looking for a <strong>Regional People Lead</strong> to serve as both a senior People Business Partner and the operational owner for our growing EMEA presence. Based in London, you'll bridge global strategy and local execution: delivering sharp counsel to regional leaders while keeping compliance, operations, and the employee experience running seamlessly.</p> <p>Navigating a mix of direct entities and PEO-supported markets, you're as comfortable handling multi-country compliance as you are advising leaders. Reporting to the Head of Talent Management and Rewards (TMR), you will lead and develop a People Operations Manager, champion the EMEA region in global planning, and ensure local nuance actively shapes our global strategy.</p> <p><strong>🧠&nbsp; You will...</strong></p> <p><strong><em>Strategic Partnership</em></strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as the senior People Partner to EMEA leaders, building deep business understanding and advising on org design, performance, team health, and growth.</li> <li>Lead engagement, inclusion, and talent planning initiatives across the region, and drive talent density in partnership with TA.</li> <li>Guide leaders and teams through organizational change, translating global OKRs and TMR programs into plans that fit regional context and surfacing gaps back to TMR.</li> <li>Own complex employee relations and higher-risk people matters across the region, including investigations, grievances, performance and disciplinary processes, and settlement agreements, applying employment-law judgment and knowing when to bring in Legal or the central team.</li> <li>Use people data and engagement insight to spot organizational health trends early and recommend action.</li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Regional Operations &amp