HR/Assistant HR Manager

About This Role

This HR leadership role involves leading HR strategy and operations across multiple international locations, with hands-on ownership of local execution in each market. The role ensures compliance with local labor laws, manages end-to-end recruitment, oversees compensation and benefits, and handles employee relations. It suits a strategic and hands-on HR leader who can balance business priorities with compliance and manage a diverse workforce across multiple countries and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR strategy and operations across multiple international locations, with hands-on ownership of local execution in each market
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws, statutory requirements, payroll, and benefits, including Singapore's Employment Act, MOM regulations, CPF contributions, the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF), and Tripartite Guidelines; India's Provident Fund (PF) and Employee State Insurance (ESI); and Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF/eMPF) and Employment Ordinance
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders and employees on workforce planning, organizational design, employee relations, and talent management
• Manage end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, and employee engagement, including sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, and pre-employment checks
• Oversee compensation and benefits programs, payroll governance (salary processing, overtime, allowances, adjustments for large employee populations), and annual salary review processes
• Handle employee relations matters, disciplinary actions, investigations, grievance handling, and dispute resolution in line with statutory requirements
• Manage immigration and international mobility, including Singapore EP, S Pass, and Work Permit applications, renewals, cancellations, and mass applications, plus equivalent work-authorization processes in India and Hong Kong
• Develop, draft, and standardize HR policies, employment contracts, confirmation/termination documentation, and the Employee Handbook, ensuring local regulatory compliance and audit readiness
• Drive HR analytics, manpower/workforce reporting, recruitment tracking, and management dashboards to support data-driven decision-making
• Liaise with government and regulatory bodies (e.g., MOM, CPF Board) and external stakeholders, including employment agencies, professional bodies, and training providers, on HR and compliance matters

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA/Master's preferred
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, including multi-country HR leadership
• Talent Acquisition & Recruitment
• HR Generalist Operations & Administration
• Employee Lifecycle Management (onboarding to offboarding)
• Employee Relations & Engagement