Babatunde Olawale

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People Operations Manager at Takealot · performance management, HRIS

Takealot
Lagos, Nigeria · WAT (UTC+1)
11+ years experience
Ashesi University
English, Yoruba, Hindi
Advising
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Overview

I lead people operations at Takealot in Lagos. Hired 80 engineers in a year with a 76% offer-accept rate. Cut time-to-hire from 64 days to 30. Before that: Mastercard and Absa. Most at home with performance management and HRIS. Learning to sail.

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Skills
policyperformance managementemployee relationsHRISHR operationssourcing
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for new managers: people operations and sourcing

Topics
people operations, sourcing, performance management
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Free for early founders
Capacity
One call a month
Best for
Engineers moving into leadership

11 years of people operations. One call a month or async reviews.

Lagos, Nigeriaperformance managementhrissourcing
Open

Experience

  1. People Operations Manager
    Feb 2025 - Present
    Takealot · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Ran manager training for 383 first-time leads.
    • Hired 75 engineers in a year with a 76% offer-accept rate.
  2. HR Business Partner
    Sep 2022 - Feb 2025
    Mastercard · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Ran manager training for 392 first-time leads.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1219 people.
  3. Senior Technical Recruiter
    Jun 2019 - Sep 2022
    Absa · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Ran manager training for 399 first-time leads.
  4. Recruiter
    Oct 2017 - Jun 2019
    Andela · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Cut time-to-hire from 74 days to 26.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 718 people.
  5. Recruiter
    Oct 2015 - Oct 2017
    Moniepoint · 2 yr · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Cut time-to-hire from 64 days to 30.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1396 people.

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Education

  1. Ashesi University
    BSc, Psychology
    2010 - 2014

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