Human Resources Manager

Role overview

BlueOcean Tech Services is seeking a seasoned Human Resources Manager to take charge of people operations, recruitment, employee documentation, performance processes, compliance, and workplace culture. The position plays an important role in helping the company attract, keep, manage, and grow strong talent that supports American AI and technology clients.

The right person will be highly organized, discreet, firm when needed, professional in communication, and able to thrive in a fast-moving startup setting with demanding standards.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the full hiring cycle for both technical and non-technical positions.
• Oversee job advertising, resume review, interview scheduling, assessments, and recruitment records.
• Keep employee files, contracts, onboarding paperwork, and HR policy documents current.
• Assist with onboarding, probation tracking, confirmations, warning notices, performance reviews, and employee departures.
• Coordinate payroll inputs, attendance records, leave management, and changes in employee status.
• Support the rollout of performance systems, KPI tracking, review cycles, and performance improvement plans.
• Help ensure employees understand company expectations, conduct guidelines, and communication standards.
• Assist with employee engagement, conflict handling, and internal communication.
• Protect confidentiality relating to staff, pay, disciplinary issues, and company matters.
• Make sure HR workflows are organized, documented, and applied consistently.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in HR, people operations, recruitment, or talent management.
• Solid knowledge of hiring, onboarding, performance management, documentation, and employee relations.
• Prior exposure to technical hiring is strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong organization, reliability, and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with professionalism.
• Comfort using tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, Jira, Trello, ATS platforms, or HR software.
• Capable of performing well in a high-accountability, fast-paced environment.
• Good understanding of Nigerian employment practices.
• Experience working with international, remote, startup, or technology teams is a major plus.
• Must have strong English communication, high professionalism, careful discretion, quick independent execution, strong ownership, dependable follow-through, a reliable internet connection, power backup, and a suitable work setup.
• Must be comfortable collaborating with remote teams and overseas clients, and willing to complete practical assessments during recruitment.

Ideal candidate profile

The best fit for this role is someone who works in a structured, disciplined, and proactive way. They should be able to enforce standards without creating friction, identify hiring or performance problems early, communicate clearly and professionally, and build strong HR order in a fast-changing startup environment. BlueOcean is looking for someone who values high performance over simply increasing headcount.

Work environment

BlueOcean operates in a demanding, performance-led environment. Support functions are expected to bring structure, improve execution, maintain consistent follow-up, and help leadership and delivery teams work to a high standard.