HR Director, Asia

Role Summary

The HR Director, Asia, is a first-of-its-kind role and will play a critical part in shaping the next phase of GEA’s growth throughout India and Southeast Asia, ensuring the organization has the people, capabilities and workforce model needed to deliver its ambitious programmatic agenda. Reporting to the Global Head of HR, with a dotted line to the VP, India, the HR Director will work closely with leadership to translate organizational priorities into effective people strategies and take ownership of HR operations at a crucial stage in the region’s scale-up. As part of a dynamic global HR team, the role will also drive global initiatives locally whilst leading compensation for the organization as a whole.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated HR leader who thrives in fast-moving, complex, global organizations and can effectively balance local and global priorities. The successful candidate will bring exceptional stakeholder management, sound judgment and strategic thinking, alongside strong analytical and reporting capabilities. They will have deep compensation expertise, including experience developing and managing sophisticated compensation frameworks across multiple markets, and the ability to translate data and analysis into clear, practical insights that support senior leadership with decision making.

Accountabilities

Strategic HR Partnership & Workforce Lifecycle

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP, India and other Southeast Asia leaders, providing strategic and practical counsel on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness and complex people matters.
• Partner with program and functional leaders to translate evolving priorities into resource plans, determining the capabilities and appropriate mix of core and flexible talent required.
• Own talent acquisition outcomes for colleagues across Asia, partnering with hiring managers on role definition and selection while managing any external recruitment agencies for quality, pace and candidate experience.
• Oversee the employee lifecycle for core and flexible talent, including offers, onboarding and offboarding, ensuring a consistent and high-quality experience as the organization scales.
• Anticipate workforce needs and organizational risks, developing pragmatic solutions that balance local priorities with GEA’s global people strategy and ways of working.

HR Operations, Employee Relations & Compliance

• Own the effective delivery of HR operations across Asia, partnering with GEA’s global HR infrastructure and external providers across payroll, benefits, contracts