Senior People Ops Associate/Consultant

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The Role:

The Associate/Consultant provides end to end operational support for employee lifecycle processes while serving as the strategic anchor for HR compliance, policy governance, and process excellence in the Philippines. Leveraging deep expertise in Northeast and Southeast Asia labor laws and HR practices, the role translates regulatory requirements into scalable, compliant HR policies and processes.

Operating from Malaysia as a strategic base, the role plays a key part in driving regional standardization, ensuring aligned practices, and contributing to a seamless employee experience across the region. To strengthen insights into employee needs and enhance HR presence, the role will be required to work on site in Kuala Lumpur. This position also partners closely with the regional HR hub and country SMEs to ensure that policy updates, operational decisions, and continuous improvement initiatives support an integrated HR operating model across the regions.

• Deliver accurate and timely execution of People Operations across the full employee lifecycle (onboarding, transfers, mobility, data management, separations).
• Act as the country expert on labor laws, government requirements, and statutory obligations
• Translate regulatory and legislative changes into compliant, scalable HR policies, SOPs, workflows, and templates.
• Conduct legal impact assessments and recommend updates to processes or service delivery models, ensuring operational controls meet legal and audit expectations.
• Partner with the regional HR hub to align and standardize processes, harmonize documentation, and shape regional People Operations policies and service delivery models.
• Identify process gaps, drive simplification and standardization initiatives, and ensure new processes are implemented with strong governance, measurement, and continuous refinement.
• Lead or support the enhancement of digital workflows, automation, and HR system functionality (e.g., ServiceNow HRSD, Power Automate).
• Ensure lifecycle processes are executed accurately and with an employee centric approach; maintain audit ready documentation and support statutory, internal, and control audits.
• Strengthen governance frameworks to improve documentation accuracy, approval flows, and process transparency.
• Evaluate and implement HR projects/programs; conduct analysis to identify human capital inefficiencies and recommend HR strategies, solutions, and models.
• Promote a self service mindset by training and equipping managers and employees to effectively use HR systems, digital tools, and knowledge platforms.

• A good University/Bachelor's degree with at least 3 years of HR generalist experience, preferably in MNCs or centralized HR hubs. Candidates with strong potential may be considered for junior roles; experienced candidates may be considered for senior roles.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with excellent written and verbal abilities and meticulous attention to detail in preparing reports and documentation.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365, including digital deployment, ML/AI features, and collaboration tools.
• Skilled in HRIS platforms with the ability to manage data structures and extract information for analysis and reporting. Knowledge of automation, scripting, workflow tools, and digital HR platforms (e.g., Power Automate, digital forms, ServiceNow workflows).
• Analytical, process oriented, and proactive, with strong problem solving skills and a solid understanding of HR practices, payroll, taxation, and statutory regulations.
• Able to work effectively at all levels in a dynamic, performance driven, diverse, and multicultural environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects, applying effective planning and segmentation strategies to meet deadlines.
• Strong working knowledge of labor laws, including Labor regulations and statutory processes
• Experience in multinational or regional HR service delivery, with exposure to policy governance, risk management, or HR compliance frameworks.
• Change agile, able to adapt processes and ways of working to new laws, technologies, and operating models.

• Global Family Leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents
• Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership
• ...and more!