More than ever as Taboola grows, we require superior leadership at all levels. In this spirit, we’re seeking an experienced, hands-on HR Business Partner (Director level) to support our Asia Pacific region on an interim basis (9 months maternity leave cover).
As a successful candidate, you will partner with the regional Enterprise Sales business group to deliver solutions that make Taboola a great place to work. Specifically, you will work with key stakeholders to execute people strategies across the entire employee lifecycle whilst proactively identifying and providing value-added HR advice, guidance, support and solutions.
Specific responsibilities
As HR Business Partner you will be responsible for executing/delivering HR activities in partnership with assigned client groups. This includes performance management, reward, employee relations, HR policy and procedures, talent identification and management, and succession planning.
- Partner with managers at all levels (Team Leader to VP) to guide and support them on managing, recognising, and developing their teams
- Line management responsibility for the regional HR Coordinator team (3 people across Thailand and India)
- Oversight of regional consistency for all HR operations tasks (e.g. overseeing the coordinators’ work – contracts, onboarding, offboarding, payroll, statutory obligations, etc)
- Partner with Talent Acquisition team to support hiring efforts and provide market insights
- Provide inputs on best practice and under the direction of Head of HR, design and implement strategies that align with Taboola’s people strategy
- Develop action plans in partnership with managers to retain and develop internal talent
- Provide advice as needed on ER issues and as needed, escalate highly sensitive and/or complex issues to Head of HR
- Coach and advise managers and employees on the handling of sensitive people/ER cases
- Analyse data and provide insights to leadership and managers to make informed decisions in the effective execution of the people strategy
- Partner with stakeholders to assess learning and development needs and provide inputs to Head of HR and Organisation Development function to align an effective people development agenda
- Champion Taboola’s culture goals and influence managers to enable an environment where employees are highly engaged
- Participate in organisational assessment and design initiatives as directed by Head of HR
- Partner with the Head of HR to support and execute on functional and/or global programs – for example; QBRs, engagement survey, talent/succession planning, performance/compensation cycles, etc.
- Off-boarding – support decision-making and enable exit processes
- Alongside HR Coordinator and Legal, maintain employee handbooks to ensure up-to-date with current legislation and employment practices
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Significant HRBP experience with sound knowledge of best practices in Thai labour markets (essential) and ideally across multiple jurisdictions with Asia Pacific markets (preferred)
- Composed demeanor when faced with highly sensitive situations
- Comfortable with ambiguity, fast pace environment and deadlines
- Data driven: able to use and understand data to provide insights and drive business decisions
- Comfortable in operational execution as well as providing strategic partnership to leaders
- Drive for results, inquisitive and execution-minded; able to translate the mission of stakeholders into actionable plans
- Assumes good intent and builds high levels of trust and team camaraderie to deliver solutions to clients
- Excellent communication skills, does so with focus, simplicity and clarity; engaging the audience and adapting to their needs, asks the right questions to understand the priorities/issues and seeking feedback to ensure continued alignment
- Able to challenge and hold their own where their view differs from others, using data and common sense to inform their perspective
- A continuous improver, challenges themselves and others on the ‘status quo’ to ensure solutions are fit for purpose