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People Partner

Airwallex

Airwallex

People & HR, Sales & Business Development
Singapore
Posted on Jul 25, 2024

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 100,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

About the team

The People & Talent team at Airwallex is dedicated to attracting and developing the brightest and most ambitious minds to drive our company forward. We are a global, vibrant, and dynamic team with a focus on creating a positive and inclusive work environment that fosters growth and innovation. Through innovative programs, strategic People & Talent initiatives, and a deep understanding of our organization’s needs, we cultivate a collaborative and engaging environment that fuels Airwallex's continued growth and success.

What you’ll do

The People Partner role based in Singapore is and expansion in our people partnering team as our business within the Asia Pacific region has continued to expand alongside senior management based in the region. We are looking for someone who can advise, coach, and partner alongside senior business leaders supported by data-driven insights to help achieve growth objectives, organization design, and drive support a high-performance, engaged team.

This is an ideal position for a builder, who has worked in a rapidly growing and dynamic environment, and can own and deliver on global projects requiring input of global stakeholders. You are also an expert of statutory considerations across Asia Pacific markets.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

  • Build Effective Relationships: Build trust-based relationships working closely with leaders of teams and employees to acheive outcomes aligned with business goals.

  • Program Management: Design, build and execute on a number of high visibility people programs around employee engagement, career progression/development, compensation and benefits etc.

  • Talent Development: Provide coaching on matters including leadership development, workforce planning, policy and procedure, employee engagement, conflict resolution, employee relations, compensation, performance management, career development

  • Employee Relations: Understand and know local statutory considerations to ensure that any employee relations issues are identified, reported, investigated, and resolved

  • Compliance Support: Reduce risk and ensure regulatory compliance by maintaining knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day employee management, and understand when to escalate issues

  • Global Team: Be a Partner within our global People Team to gain alignment on people philosophy and programs where achievable, and localize programs as needed

  • Manager Support: Partner with and coach managers to build high performing and engaged teams, including review of employee engagement data and enabling them to lead on action plans and support execution Participate in performance reviews and help identify and develop talent throughout the organization

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

  • 6+ years of HR Generalist / HRBP experience, including working knowledge of regional employment laws and best practices

  • Demonstrated success partnership alignment to build and improve company culture and increase employee engagement

  • Curiosity and ability to intimately understand the functions across the business, with the view that it will enable you to drive partnering effectiveness

  • Discretion and sound judgment when dealing with sensitive and confidential information

  • Comfort working with cloud technologies such as Slack, Zoom, Google Suite, Lever, and BambooHR

  • Very strong EQ, with fine-tuned instincts and problem-solving skills.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in a fast-growth or start-up tech environment preferred

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.