Sr. People Experience Partner - APAC

Sr. People Experience Partner - APAC

Location: Hyderabad (100% Work from Office)
Experience: 710 Years
Education: MBA / PGDM in Human Resources (or equivalent) preferred
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Department: Human Resources / People Operations

Role Overview

We are seeking a dynamic, business-focused, and highly execution-oriented Sr. People Experience Partner to support our business operations across the APAC region. Based out of our Hyderabad office, this is an Individual Contributor (IC) role designed for a seasoned HR professional who can seamlessly balance strategic business partnering with end-to-end, hands-on operational execution.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders and manage complex employee relations across a diverse, cross-cultural workforce. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of independently driving people initiatives, managing regional compliance, and ensuring operational excellence across the employee lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering & Strategic HR

• Trusted Advisor: Partner independently with APAC business leaders to align people strategies with organizational and business goals.
• Talent & Culture: Drive key talent initiatives including performance management, workforce planning, talent development, and employee engagement.
• Performance Improvement: Support managers with performance improvement conversations, including setting clear expectations, documenting concerns, agreeing actions, and following up on progress.
• Employee Relations: Support managers with sensitive employee matters, difficult conversations, workplace concerns, and behavioural issues with appropriate judgement and confidentiality.
• Change Management: Guide regional teams through organizational change initiatives to foster a resilient, high-performance culture.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with the right internal and external stakeholders, including global COEs, Talent Acquisition, L&D, Compensation & Benefits, Finance, IT, Legal, and vendors, to resolve employee and business requirements effectively.

HR Operations & Lifecycle Excellence

• Lifecycle Ownership: Independently manage end-to-end onboarding and offboarding to deliver a strong employee experience.
• Retention Insights: Conduct exit interviews, analyze attrition data, and provide actionable insights to business leaders to improve retention.
• Data & Analytics: Maintain data integrity for core HR transactions and prepare monthly headcount reports and people analytics dashboards.
• Employee Helpdesk: Own HR Connect and Exit Connect channels, ensuring timely resolution and appropriate escalation of employee queries.
• Ownership & Accountability: Take end-to-end ownership of people matters, proactively follow up on actions, and ensure issues are driven to timely closure.

Payroll, Benefits & Regional Compliance

• Payroll Input Governance: Validate and provide monthly payroll inputs and resolve discrepancies with Finance and relevant stakeholders.
• APAC Compliance: Ensure adherence to regional employment laws, company policies, and statutory benefits across APAC countries. Support internal and external compliance audits.
• Global Mobility & Business-Critical Support: Coordinate visas, immigration requirements, Employment Pass (EP) renewals, extensions, and other urgent mobility requirements to support business continuity and employee needs.
• Benefits Administration: Manage annual insurance enrolments, renewals, and employee claims coordination with external providers.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven Experience: 7–10 years of progressive HR experience, with significant experience as an HR Business Partner / People Partner.
• Regional Exposure: Hands-on experience supporting APAC countries and working with cross-cultural and distributed stakeholders.
• IC Capability: Proven ability to operate successfully as an individual contributor with strong ownership, accountability, and independent execution.
• Functional Breadth: Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management, HR operations, payroll coordination, and APAC employment practices. Exposure to visa/immigration processes is an advantage.
• Analytical Mindset: Strong data orientation with experience in HR reports, dashboards, and workforce analytics.
• Tools Proficiency: High proficiency in HRIS platforms and MS Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication, stakeholder management, influencing skills, and the confidence to manage difficult performance and behavioural conversations.

Keys to Success in this Role

• A proactive, customer-first mindset with strong business acumen and a bias for action.
• Strong ownership and accountability, with the ability to drive actions through to closure.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate with the right stakeholders across functions and geographies.
• Confidence and maturity to manage difficult performance, employee relations, and behavioural conversations.
• Exceptional attention to detail, confidentiality, and independent execution.
• Agility to respond to changing priorities and business-critical requirements.
• Commitment to working full-time from our Hyderabad office.