HR Director
Muse Group is hiring an HR Director who will operate as a core member of the company’s executive leadership team and directly shape how the company performs through its people, leadership, and operating model. This role is a true partner to the executive team, working alongside the COO and leadership team to run the company as one system and deliver Company OKRs.
Muse is entering a management-led era where execution is driven by systems, accountability, and leadership quality at scale. This role is central to making that shift real by ensuring the organization, its leaders, and its culture are aligned to deliver speed, ownership, and consistent performance.
The role is open to candidates based in Cyprus or those willing to relocate to Cyprus.
Key responsibilities
Leadership and Executive Effectiveness:
You will partner closely with the COO and executive team to ensure the leadership group operates as one system with shared ownership of company outcomes. You will actively shape leadership behavior, performance, and alignment across the company.
Talent and Leadership Quality:
You will continuously raise the bar on leadership across the company, including assessing, upgrading, and hiring leaders, and building strong succession pipelines.
Organization Design and Operating Model:
You will translate strategy into org design and execution systems, helping build a lean, high-output organization using frameworks such as OKRs, EPICs, DRIs, and async workflows.
Culture and Performance Environment:
You will embed a culture of ownership, accountability, and execution, ensuring behaviors are visible, measurable, and consistently applied.
AI-First Execution Model:
You will help drive the transition to an AI-first way of working by enabling leaders and teams to redesign workflows, increase automation, and scale output without proportional increases in headcount.
M&A Integration:
You will lead leadership and organizational integration for acquisitions, ensuring rapid alignment and measurable performance improvement.
What Success Looks Like:
The executive team operates as one system with clear accountability. Leadership quality improves across all levels. Revenue per employee and output per team increase. Decision-making and execution speed improve AI is embedded into daily workflows and decision-making. Acquired companies integrate quickly and perform at Muse standards
Required experience
Experience operating at executive level with direct impact on company performance
Track record of upgrading leadership teams and improving talent density
Strong experience in org design and execution systems
Experience leading transformation or scaling environments
Exposure to AI-driven environments preferred
Ability to operate with full ownership in high-performance environments
Benefits
Creativity every day: Make inspiring products for musicians, artists and creators – no day is the same.
Impactful work Influence the future of the music industry and change the lives of millions worldwide.
Work set up: We’ll make sure you’re set up for success with the right work equipment, whether that’s company-provided hardware or an equipment allowance.
Growth and development: Receive specialized training, language lessons, conferences and learning materials.
Team well-being: Support for your mental health and wellbeing, including confidential help during life’s tougher moments.
Muse Group empowers music makers
We create the worldʼs most popular apps for playing, recording and composing music. Through our innovative learning tools, expansive music catalogs and free open-source software, we make it easier for millions — from beginners to experienced musicians — to be creative every day. Our talented team of music lovers collaborates all over the globe, from Limassol to Seoul and Boston to Berlin.
We’re an ambitious company with the drive and culture of a startup — with many more exciting Muse Group developments to come. Hal Leonard, which joined Muse Group in 2023, is the world leader in sheet music publishing and music education. The company has a storied history of providing music learners with the very best methods and arrangements of popular music for over 70 years. Hal Leonard is also a major distributor of popular brands of instruments, gear, and software to the music trade worldwide.
