Title: HR Operations Director
Location: W1 North Audley Street
Work Type: Hybrid (2-3 days in the office/week)
Reporting Line: Chief People Officer
Key accountabilities:
Business partnering: with CEO and leadership team globally to deliver high quality HR support and guidance on the full suite of people and organisational-related topics.
HR Budget and payroll: ownership of ~18M USD payroll costs and ~500K non-payroll budget. Driving close partnership with Finance team to ensure cost control and optimisation. Ownership of monthly payroll and relationship owner for payroll provider(s) and Employer of Record.
Hiring and onboarding: lead on recruitment at all levels of the company globally whilst continuing to improve hiring practices and decision-making. Oversight of employee onboarding partnering with hiring managers to ensure optimal experience.
Performance management and employee relations: driving effective performance management process and handling ER cases (investigations, grievances etc., if needed), leading on restructuring including redundancies, dismissals and settlements.
Policies, practices and process improvement: continuous improvement of policies, practices and processes in line with business needs and company priorities.
Compliance, audit and GDPR: member of Risk Committee, ensure support for compliant and robust organisation that is GDPR compliant and cyber-secure. Oversight of and accountability for auditing, as needed.
Culture and employee value proposition: continue to strengthen company culture and employee value proposition through various initiatives and projects including compensation and benefits, wellbeing etc.
Line management: of HR Admin and team assistants
Expected Outcomes:
* Leadership team members supported with pragmatic and timely operational support combined with senior-level HR advice and expertise as needed
* HR budget control, cost management and compliance as needed to support the business and to ensure organisational resilience
* Ongoing definition of our employee value proposition particularly (but not only) through the lens of reward, recognition and wellbeing that supports our vision and mission
* Employee engagement, talent attraction and retention through our holistic employee value proposition and culture
Candidate profile, essential skills and experience:
* HR generalist with expertise (~15 years’) in comp & ben, org design and change/project management
* Global HR experience across Asia Pac, EMEA and Americas
* A self-starter who can thrive in an evolving start-up environment
* A good level of resilience, comfortable working with ambiguity and keen to problem-solve
* Able to build credibility quickly with senior leaders internally and external stakeholders e.g. Temasek, PDG team etc.
* Trust-worthy, empathetic, tuned-in to organisational and individuals’ needs - experience in building organisational cultures and practices
* Internal communications