Associate Director - People & Culture (APMEA & APAC) RateGain

10.0 - 14.0 years

0 Lacs

noida, uttar pradesh, india

On-site

The Mission: Manage strategic HR Business partnering for one of our entity across APMEA and APAC region to drive a unified people strategy that accelerates RateGains growth. While reporting to the VP Corporate HR, this role will operate with the maturity and influence of a regional leadserving as the go-to partner for day-to-day employee lifecycle management while shaping development agendas in close collaboration with Global HR, Operations, and People Development team. Key Responsibilities: Strategic People Partnering & Business Execution Act as trusted advisor to BU leaders across APMEA and APAC, aligning people interventions with growth, profitability, and customer outcomes. Translate global initiatives (M&A, org changes, culture-building programs) into regional execution with measurable milestones. Anticipate talent risks and proactively design interventions across hiring, development, mobility, and retention. Employee Lifecycle, ER & Compliance Act as the APMEA and APAC custodian for all employee queries and lifecycle processes from onboarding to exit. Partner with People Ops and Legal on complex ER matters, investigations, and policy governance, ensuring discretion and audit readiness. Possess a strong understanding of local labor laws, statutory requirements, and country-specific compliance frameworks across APMEA and APAC, ensuring all policies and practices are aligned with the law of the land. Data-Driven HR & Analytics Build insight-rich dashboards that enable leadership decisions on capacity, span, location strategy, engagement, and attrition. Bring an AI & I (Artificial Intelligence & Innovation) mindset to employee lifecycle managementleveraging automation, digital tools, and GenAI-enabled workflows to enhance employee experience, minimize manual interventions, and ensure compliance accuracy. Org Design, Workforce Planning & Talent Architecture Lead workforce planning, succession design, and manager capability-building. Drive alignment on job architecture, career frameworks, and internal mobility pathways. Support performance and reward cycles, ensuring process rigor and fairness across the region. Change Leadership & Program Management Lead cross-functional people programs end-to-end (scope ? plan ? execute ? measure). Provide early warnings on talent gaps, compliance risks, or change management pitfallsoffering crisp options and impact assessments. Drive quarterly OKRs for people priorities and publish progress to stakeholders. What Youll Bring Business orientation: Ability to link people strategy directly with P&L, growth, and customer goals. Experience: 1014 years of progressive HR experience with a strong foundation in HRBP, organizational development, and talent advisory roles. Regional expertise: Proven success managing HR strategy across Asia-Pacific & Middle East, with cultural fluency in diverse markets. Influence & presence: Ability to advise and influence CXO-level leaders and BU heads in a matrixed environment. Execution mindset: A builder who balances strategic frameworks with hands-on delivery. Tech-forward: Data-driven with HRIS/analytics expertise and exposure to GenAI-enabled HR practices. Judgment & resilience: Decisive under ambiguity, proactive in risk sensing, and able to influence without formal authority. Education: Bachelors/Masters in HR, Business Administration, or related field. Key Competencies Business-first HRBP who connects people levers to P&L and growth outcomes. Strength in org design, change management, and workforce planning for scale. Builder mindset: designs simple, repeatable programs; balances strategic and hands-on execution. High EQ and cultural fluency; experienced across APAC, Middle East & Africa. Trusted judgment in complex ER and sensitive leadership coaching. Excellent communication; able to influence CXO and senior leaders. Qualifications Bachelors/Masters in HR, Business, or related field. Proven success leading people strategy across APAC & Middle East in multicultural, distributed environments. Track record influencing senior stakeholders; experience spanning talent management, people development, C&B, succession. Fluency with HR systems, reporting, and analytics; exposure to GenAI/modern HR tech preferred. Show more Show less

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