HR Director

Randstad Hong Kong; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Hong Kong seeks an accomplished HR Director to drive group-wide people strategies from its Hong Kong base. You will lead the newly established corporate HR function, shaping governance, policy standardization, and talent development across Asia and beyond.

Reporting to executive leadership, you will balance strategic oversight with hands-on organizational design and culture creation, ensuring compliance with local labor laws while aligning with global standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher from a recognized university.
• 10+ years of comprehensive HR leadership experience, ideally in a regional/global role.
• HR leadership experience in high-tech manufacturing, electronics, telecommunications hardware, industrial equipment, or related precision engineering sectors.
• Proven track record managing multi-country HR operations across Asia and North America, with a strong grasp of regional labor regulations and cross-cultural team management.
• Experience building HR teams from the ground up and guiding organizations through periods of rapid headcount growth or business transformation.
• Fluent in English, Mandarin & Cantonese (spoken and written) to engage with regional teams and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Formulate multi-year HR strategies aligned with global business expansion; design and standardize group-wide HR policies, compliance frameworks, and performance evaluation systems.
• Oversee regional HR managers across overseas entities (Asia and US markets); hire, develop, and lead the newly established corporate HR function at the Hong Kong headquarters.
• Partner with executive leadership to optimize organizational structures across corporate functions and regional manufacturing sites; streamline talent acquisition, retention, and succession planning.
• Establish a unified global talent framework that balances centralized corporate standards with local labor laws and cultural practices across international business units.
• Foster a dynamic, high-performance, and harmonious work environment across diverse functional groups (R&D, sales, engineering, and manufacturing operations).
• Serve as an executive advisor on workforce planning, talent development, and organizational change; manage complex employee relations and regional compliance matters.

Skills

Group Strategy & Governance

International Leadership

Organizational Design

Cross-Cultural Alignment

Culture & Employee Engagement

Strategic Advisory & ER Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Our client is an established, high-growth international technology and precision hardware manufacturer providing advanced communication infrastructure solutions across global markets. Operating a multi-site network of R&D, corporate offices, and advanced production facilities across Asia and North America, the company is experiencing rapid international expansion.

To support this growth, the organization is strengthening its executive leadership in Hong Kong and seeking a commercially focused HR Director to drive group-wide organizational scale and performance.

about the job.

Reporting directly to Executive Leadership, the HR Director will serve as the senior HR authority across the corporate group. Based in Hong Kong in a newly created headcount, you will lead group-wide people strategies while building out the local corporate HR team.

This role balances high-level strategic governance across international operating entities with hands-on organizational design, talent development, and culture creation.

skills & experiences required.

• Group Strategy & Governance: Formulate multi-year HR strategies aligned with global business expansion; design and standardize group-wide HR policies, compliance frameworks, and performance evaluation systems.

• International Leadership & Team Building: Oversee regional HR managers across overseas entities (Asia and US markets); hire, develop, and lead the newly established corporate HR function at the Hong Kong headquarters.

• Organizational Design & Operational Efficiency: Partner with executive leadership to optimize organizational structures across corporate functions and regional manufacturing sites; streamline talent acquisition, retention, and succession planning.

• Cross-Cultural Alignment: Establish a unified global talent framework that balances centralized corporate standards with local labor laws and cultural practices across international business units.

• Culture & Employee Engagement: Foster a dynamic, high-performance, and harmonious work environment across diverse functional groups (R&D, sales, engineering, and manufacturing operations).

• Strategic Advisory & ER Management: Serve as an executive advisor on workforce planning, talent development, and organizational change; manage complex employee relations and regional compliance matters.

key requirements.

• Education: Bachelor's degree or higher from a recognized university;

• Experience: 10+ years of comprehensive HR leadership experience,ideally in a regional/global role.

• Industry Background: HR leadership experience in high-tech manufacturing, electronics, telecommunications hardware, industrial equipment, or related precision engineering sectors.

• Cross-Border Scope: Proven track record managing multi-country HR operations across Asia and North America, with a strong grasp of regional labor regulations and cross-cultural team management.

• Scale & Transformation: Experience building HR teams from the ground up and guiding organizations through periods of rapid headcount growth or business transformation.

• Languages: Full professional fluency in English, Mandarin & Cantonese (spoken and written) is required to engage with regional teams and executive leadership.