Regional People Business Partner - Head of APAC

The Role

Head of APAC

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This position also requires experience operating in a U.S.-headquartered environment, with the ability to collaborate effectively across time zones, functions, and global teams.

• Regional Strategy Execution

  Localize and deliver global people strategies for APAC, tailoring solutions to business objectives, market dynamics, and cultural nuances.

• Strategic Business Partnership

  Act as a trusted advisor to regional business and site leaders across multiple functions on org design, workforce planning, talent development, and change initiatives.

• Hands-On Execution in a Scaling Region

  In a lean and growing regional structure, balance strategic leadership with hands-on partnership, especially in areas where dedicated support is still scaling. 

• Leadership Coaching

  Act as a coach and strategic partner, guide and influence senior leaders, site management and local leaders to drive business and people priorities

• Lead HR harmonization

  across region by aligning policies, practices, and processes to ensure consistency and operational efficiency.

• Change Management & Transformation

  Lead complex change efforts in the region (e.g., site expansions, org redesigns, policy transitions) with a thoughtful, employee-centric approach.

• Culture & Engagement

  Co-create and drive the engagement efforts, listening strategies, and localized action planning to shape and sustain a values-aligned culture across APAC.

• Compliance & Risk Management

  Ensure people practices comply with local labor laws, manage employee relations issues, and lead investigations as needed in partnership with Legal and ER.

• Cross-functional Collaboration

  Partner closely with Centers of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Talent & Organizational Development, Compensation, People Operations), Legal and Global People Business Partners to ensure consistency in program delivery and localized execution.

Who You Are

• Minimum 15+ years of professional experience in HR / people function.
• An experienced People Business Partner ideally with prior experience leading people strategy in the APAC region.
• Strong background supporting or operating within a U.S.-headquartered company, with comfort navigating global decision-making, time zones, and cultural alignment.
• Skilled in coaching, organizational design, performance and talent development, change management, workforce planning, and employee relations.
• Able to flex between strategic work and hands-on execution, particularly in fast-scaling or lean environments.
• A collaborative builder with strong relationship skills, excellent judgment, and a people-first mindset.
  Adept at using data and insights to shape talent decisions and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experienced in supporting geographically distributed teams and operating with a high degree of agility and independence.
• A confident, clear communicator with excellent listening and influencing skills across diverse audiences and cultures.
• Ability to work in a matrix reporting environment.

  Will report directly to the Chief People Officer.

• Experience with Workday as an HR system will be highly preferred.
• Experience with softwares/tools like Lattice, Keka, Google Workspace Suite (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, etc), peakon, etc will be nice to have.
• Experience working with fast paced SaaS / Software Product / Fintech companies will be nice to have but not required.