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