💼 Job Title: Chief People Officer (Equity-Based Founding Role)

Company: SASQ

Location: New York, United States (Global Mandate)

Reporting To: CEO – Riyadh Holding

Engagement Type: Founding Executive | Equity-Based

Compensation: Equity Ownership (No Salary at This Stage) + Long-Term Executive Incentives

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About SASQ

SASQ is building a globally positioned investment and operating platform with ambitions to operate across multiple markets and industries. The organization is designed to attract world-class talent, build institutional governance, and develop globally competitive companies.

To support this mission, SASQ is appointing a Chief People Officer (CPO) based in New York to architect the human capital strategy, build a global talent engine, and institutionalize the culture, governance, and leadership systems of the organization.

This is a founding executive role focused on building people infrastructure from the ground up.

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Executive Mandate

The Chief People Officer will design and lead the global people strategy for SASQ, ensuring the organization attracts, develops, and retains exceptional talent while operating with institutional governance standards.

Key mandate areas include:

• Global talent strategy

• Talent production and leadership development

• Organizational design and culture

• Remote workforce management

• Governance and compliance

• Risk management related to people and operations

• Strategic workforce planning

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Core Responsibilities

Human Capital Strategy

1. Design and execute SASQ’s global human capital strategy

2. Build long-term workforce planning models

3. Align talent strategy with corporate growth objectives

4. Establish organizational design frameworks

5. Lead strategic workforce transformation initiatives

6. Develop executive succession planning systems

7. Implement performance management architecture

8. Build leadership development programs

9. Design global compensation frameworks

10. Align HR operations with global expansion strategy

Talent Development & Talent Production

11. Build leadership pipelines for future executives

12. Design programs for developing founders and operators

13. Establish internal talent academies and training frameworks

14. Develop global mentorship programs

15. Implement learning and development strategies

16. Create systems for continuous talent production

17. Develop competency frameworks across roles

18. Establish performance evaluation standards

Talent Acquisition & Management

19. Design global recruitment strategy

20. Build relationships with top universities and executive networks

21. Lead executive hiring initiatives

22. Establish employer branding strategy

23. Build high-performance teams across regions

24. Develop retention and engagement programs

25. Oversee global talent mobility programs

Remote Workforce Leadership

26. Design remote work management frameworks

27. Build global collaboration systems for distributed teams

28. Implement productivity and accountability structures

29. Create remote culture and engagement programs

30. Ensure seamless cross-border team operations

Governance, Compliance & Risk

31. Establish HR governance frameworks

32. Ensure compliance across multiple jurisdictions

33. Design organizational risk management systems

34. Lead people-related risk strategy

35. Oversee due diligence processes for leadership hires

36. Build ethical conduct and compliance frameworks

37. Implement corporate governance standards for people operations

Strategic Planning & Group Development

38. Lead group-level workforce planning

39. Align people strategy with investment and expansion strategy

40. Build leadership frameworks for SASQ subsidiaries and ventures

41. Support board-level planning for organizational growth

42. Develop operating playbooks for global expansion

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Ideal Profile

• 12+ years in human capital leadership or organizational strategy

• Experience in global organizations, investment platforms, or scaling startups

• Proven ability to build talent systems from the ground up

• Expertise in leadership development and organizational design

• Strong understanding of governance and compliance frameworks

• Experience managing remote and distributed teams

• Strategic mindset with operational execution capability

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Compensation & Benefits

• Founding-level equity ownership in SASQ

• Opportunity to shape the global talent architecture of a new investment platform

• Executive positioning within a globally expanding organization

• Direct reporting line to CEO

• Future structured compensation once operational stage is stabilized

• Long-term wealth creation opportunity

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Who This Role Is For

This role is for a builder of institutions.

A leader who understands that talent is the foundation of enduring organizations and who is capable of architecting a global workforce capable of building companies, managing capital, and scaling across continents.

If you are ready to design the people infrastructure of a global investment platform from New York, we welcome your interest.

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