Acento Executive Search is supporting the search for a People & Culture Director for our client—a company with LATAM presence and reach, a 100% digital mindset, and a pioneering, disruptive spirit that is redefining industry standards across the region.

Location: Córdoba or Buenos Aires

Role Purpose
Lead the regional People & Culture agenda, driving talent, culture, and organizational transformation with an agile, data-driven, and entrepreneurial mindset. Challenge the status quo and build an authentic, flexible, people-centered employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

1. Talent Strategy

• Design and implement the end-to-end talent strategy: attraction, development, retention, and succession.

• Strengthen the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) aligned with the company’s purpose.

• Drive leadership development, re-skilling, and agile performance programs.

• Embed a data-driven approach to talent management.

2. Culture & Engagement

• Safeguard and evolve the cultural manifesto and organizational values.

• Translate culture into tangible leadership, feedback, and recognition practices.

• Measure and act on climate, engagement, and culture metrics.

• Design rituals, internal storytelling, and well-being programs.

3. Cultural & Organizational Transformation

• Lead the evolution toward agile, collaborative, purpose-driven models.

• Redesign structures and critical capabilities aligned with business strategy.

• Develop performance and compensation models aligned with collective impact.

• Facilitate change processes and transformational leadership development.

4. Regional Expansion Support

• Lead people due diligence and post-merger integration agendas.

• Ensure cultural alignment and retention of key talent.

• Collaborate on organizational architecture and talent synergies.

5. People Operations & Governance

• Ensure efficient, scalable processes across Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.

• Implement HR Tech and regional systems (payroll, platforms, analytics).

• Ensure legal and labor compliance.

• Drive People Analytics dashboards and regional KPIs.

Experience

• 10+ years in People roles, with 3+ years in regional People & Culture leadership (preferred).

• Strong background in organizational design and cultural evolution, ideally within regional companies and M&A contexts.

• End-to-end talent management expertise (attraction, selection, development, compensation).

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in national and/or multinational companies with headcounts of 300+.

Technical Knowledge

• End-to-end talent management: attraction, development, performance, and compensation.

• Organizational culture, engagement, and internal communications.

• Post-M&A cultural integration and organizational design.

• HR Tech, analytics, and cloud-based tools.

• Multi-country labor legislation.

Competencies & Beliefs

• Entrepreneurial leader with curiosity, an iterative mindset, and a passion for innovation.

• Strong influence skills and transparent communication.

• Ability to decide, act, and adapt quickly in constantly changing environments.

• Purpose-driven and values-led.

• Deep belief in the principles of “data beats opinion,” continuous learning, and collaborative work.

If you believe your profile is a strong fit and you’re excited to join a company that:

• puts culture and people at the center, with innovation, talent, and employee experience as core pillars,

• is redefining industry standards across the region,

• leads a transformational agenda with multi-country impact, and

• fosters a flexible, horizontal, honest, and learning-oriented culture,

don’t hesitate—apply now!