Director / Senior Director – People & Culture

Company Overview:

10Pearls is a global, purpose-driven AI-Native digital engineering partner helping businesses re-imagine, ‎digitalize, and accelerate. As an end-to-end digital technology partner, 10Pearls helps businesses create future-proof, ‎transformative ‎digital products that leverage emerging technologies. ‎10Pearls' clients ‎include Global 2000 enterprises, high growth mid-size ‎businesses, and some of the most exciting ‎start-ups from industries like healthcare, fintech, ‎energy, education, ‎real estate, retail, and hi-tech. ‎Headquartered in the Washington DC metro area, 10Pearls has product engineering and ‎software development centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, and South Asia. To learn more, visit https://10pearls.com. 

Role:

The Director – People & Culture is responsible for executing the organization’s people strategy across performance, culture, and workforce effectiveness. This role partners with leadership to build a high-performance, accountable, and AI-ready workforce through structured programs, manager enablement, and data-driven decision-making. 

Responsibilities:

• Execute organizational design initiatives, translating strategy into team structures, roles, and operating models 
• Drive change management plans for restructuring and role transitions in partnership with business leaders 
• Drive capability-building initiatives aligned to AI-first workforce needs 
• Leverage AI-driven tools within HR processes to improve efficiency, analytics, and decision-making 
• Build and reinforce a high-performance, ownership-driven culture 
• Track performance, engagement, and retention trends; provide data-backed insights to Drive execution of the performance management framework consistently across all levels, including goal-setting, mid-year reviews, and year-end calibration 
• leadership 
• Lead engagement initiatives and ensure business leaders own team-level outcomes 
• Act as a trusted advisor on culture and employee experience 
• Oversee HR operations to ensure consistency, compliance, and scalability across the employee lifecycle 
• Deliver people insights across performance, engagement, and attrition; use data to improve workforce effectiveness and productivity 

Requirement: 

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience with ownership of people programs 
• Experience in technology or professional services environments 
• Proven track record in performance management, engagement, and change management execution 
• Experience leading or managing a small HR team or function 
• Experience working in growth or transformation environments 
• AI-first mindset with the ability to apply AI-enabled tools to improve people processes, analytics, and decision-making 
• Strong program ownership with the ability to drive multiple initiatives to completion 
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action 
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across leadership levels 
• Solid understanding of HR frameworks, compensation structures, and policy design 
• Experience with HRMS/HCM platforms (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors) 
• Strong change management capability in dynamic, evolving environments High emotional
• intelligence, sound judgment, and professional maturity 
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field 
• Master’s or MBA preferred 
• Relevant certifications (SHRM, CIPD) are a plus