Manager - HR Business Partner
GULF.com
Office
Bangkok, Thailand
Full Time
Job Position
Job Responsibilities
Strategic Hr Partnership
- Partner with senior management across domestic and overseas operations to design and implement HR strategies that align with global business objectives and local realities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to project and country leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, and succession management.
- Support international project mobilizations, including workforce transitions between home and host countries.
- Lead or support change management initiatives linked to project expansion, cross-border joint ventures, or new market entries.
Workforce Planning & Recruitment
- Forecast and manage manpower requirements for domestic and international hydropower project phases—from construction to operations.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition teams to ensure timely mobilization, onboarding, and compliance for expatriates.
- Oversee visa, work permit, and deployment processes for expatriates
Talent Management & Development
- Drive performance management, talent calibration, and leadership development programs across different geographies.
- Identify current and future skill gaps for both domestic and international project teams and collaborate with Learning & Development to design targeted training programs.
Performance Management
- Lead performance management cycle, ensuring fairness, consistency, and alignment with corporate goals.
- Partner with business leaders to set clear KPIs and performance expectations aligned with project delivery, operational efficiency, and safety objectives.
Employee Relations & Engagement
- Manage complex employee relations cases involving cross-border teams and ensure consistent application of company policies and international labor regulations.
- Foster an inclusive and collaborative workplace culture across project sites, head office, and overseas operations.
- Lead engagement and retention strategies for expatriate, national, and site-based employees.
Compensation & Compliance
- Design and implement equitable and competitive compensation structures that align with international benchmarks and host-country regulations.
- Manage expatriate assignments, including allowances, relocation, and tax matters
- Ensure full HR compliance with local labor laws, safety standards, and global employment policies.
- Design and implement equitable and competitive compensation structures that align with international benchmarks and host-country regulations.
- Manage expatriate assignments, including allowances, relocation, and tax matters
- Ensure full HR compliance with local labor laws, safety standards, and global employment policies.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, Industrial Relations, Law, or related field.
- 7–10 years of progressive HR experience, including exposure to international HR operations.
- Proven ability to support multi-site and cross-border teams in remote or project-based environments.
- Strong understanding of domestic and international labor laws, safety regulations, and HR compliance frameworks.
- Experience managing expatriate assignments or international workforce mobilization is an advantage.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
- Fluent in English both written and verbal (Minimum 750 TOEIC Score).
- Ability to travel/ work upcountry and overseas.
- Goal–Oriented, Unity, Learning, Flexible.
