People Partner

The British United Provident Association Limited; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The British United Provident Association Limited, trading as Bupa Global, is hiring a People Partner in Hong Kong. You will partner with regional leaders to translate business priorities into practical workforce actions, manage talent, and support organisational change in a regulated multi-country context.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, and compliant HR advisory across jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Experience partnering leaders in a complex, regulated, multi-country or multi-site organisation.
• Strong commercial judgement, using workforce data and insight.
• Practical experience of organisation design, workforce planning, talent, leadership, culture and organisational change.
• Broad People advisory or HR generalist experience, including manager guidance and end-to-end employee relations.

Responsibilities

• Translate regional business priorities into practical local workforce actions using data and insight.
• Build trusted relationships with leadership and manage workforce risk and change matters.
• Support local implementation of organisation changes and embed effective ways of working.
• Coordinate between regional needs and Centres of Excellence and Service Delivery teams.
• Deliver talent, succession, leadership capability and skills priorities with insights.
• Oversee local employee lifecycle administration, payroll and benefits inputs.
• Maintain country-specific policies, handbooks and compliance documentation.

Skills

People partner

Strategic HR

Workforce planning

Change management

Regulatory knowledge

Data insight

Stakeholder management

Job description

The British United Provident Association Limited View all jobs

Bupa Global is the international health insurance division of Bupa. We provide customers who want premium international coverage with products and services to access the healthcare they need anytime, around the world, whether at home or when studying, living, travelling or working abroad.

Bupa Global has offices around the world including London and Brighton (UK), Dublin (Europe), Miami (USA), Dubai (UAE, in partnership with OIC), Egypt and Hong Kong (China) as well as regional offices in mainland China, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Translate agreed regional business and People priorities into practical local workforce actions, using data and insight to inform recommendations and escalating significant strategic, capacity, productivity or capability matters to the Strategic People Partner.
• Build trusted day-to-day relationships with the Regional General Manager and leadership team, providing practical support and appropriate challenge on tactical leadership, culture, talent, workforce risk and change matters, while involving the Strategic People Partner on the broader strategic agenda.
• Support the local implementation of agreed organisation changes by clarifying roles and accountabilities, coordinating actions and helping leaders embed more effective ways of working; refer material organisation design decisions to the Strategic People Partner.
• Connect regional needs with Centres of Excellence and Service Delivery teams, coordinating joined-up solutions and clear hand-offs across the People function.
• Support the local delivery of agreed talent, succession, leadership capability and skills priorities, providing insight and escalating significant gaps or decisions to the Strategic People Partner.
• Coordinate the local delivery of agreed organisational change, including workforce transition, consultation, communications, documentation, colleague support, adoption and risk management, working with the Strategic People Partner on significant or complex change.
• Own and coordinate locally retained People activity that cannot currently be centralised, including employee lifecycle administration, payroll and benefits inputs, employment documentation, colleague queries, reporting and provider coordination. Ensure issues are followed through to resolution, while identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise or transition activity to central teams.
• Maintain country-specific policies, handbooks, records and compliance documentation, coordinating input from Legal, Payroll, Tax, Finance, Risk and external providers where local action is required.

Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role:

• Experience partnering leaders in a complex, regulated, multi-country or multi-site organisation.
• Strong commercial judgement, using workforce data and insight to shape practical plans and improve performance.
• Practical experience of organisation design, workforce planning, talent, leadership, culture and organisational change.
• Broad People advisory or HR generalist experience, including manager guidance, policy interpretation and end-to-end employee relations case management.
• Working knowledge of local employment legislation, regulatory requirements, policies, handbooks and benefits across different jurisdictions.
• Experience coordinating locally retained People operations, including employee lifecycle activity, employment documentation, payroll and benefits inputs, records and compliance administration.
• Ability to bring together specialist teams and external providers to deliver clear, business-led solutions and resolve issues.
• Confident working at pace across competing priorities, with sound judgement, attention to detail and discretion.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Time Type: Full time

Job Description:

People Partner

Permanent

Location: Hong Kong

Full time

Hybrid working

We make health happen

Bupa Global is the international health insurance division of Bupa. We provide customers who want premium international coverage with products and services to access the healthcare they need anytime, around the world, whether at home or when studying, living, travelling or working abroad.

Bupa Global has offices around the world including London and Brighton (UK), Dublin (Europe), Miami (USA), Dubai (UAE, in partnership with OIC), Egypt and Hong Kong (China) as well as regional offices in mainland China, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Translate agreed regional business and People priorities into practical local workforce actions, using data and insight to inform recommendations and escalating significant strategic, capacity, productivity or capability matters to the Strategic People Partner.
• Build trusted day-to-day relationships with the Regional General Manager and leadership team, providing practical support and appropriate challenge on tactical leadership, culture, talent, workforce risk and change matters, while involving the Strategic People Partner on the broader strategic agenda.
• Support the local implementation of agreed organisation changes by clarifying roles and accountabilities, coordinating actions and helping leaders embed more effective ways of working; refer material organisation design decisions to the Strategic People Partner.
• Connect regional needs with Centres of Excellence and Service Delivery teams, coordinating joined-up solutions and clear hand-offs across the People function.
• Support the local delivery of agreed talent, succession, leadership capability and skills priorities, providing insight and escalating significant gaps or decisions to the Strategic People Partner.
• Coordinate the local delivery of agreed organisational change, including workforce transition, consultation, communications, documentation, colleague support, adoption and risk management, working with the Strategic People Partner on significant or complex change.
• Own and coordinate locally retained People activity that cannot currently be centralised, including employee lifecycle administration, payroll and benefits inputs, employment documentation, colleague queries, reporting and provider coordination. Ensure issues are followed through to resolution, while identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise or transition activity to central teams.
• Maintain country-specific policies, handbooks, records and compliance documentation, coordinating input from Legal, Payroll, Tax, Finance, Risk and external providers where local action is required.

Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role:

• Experience partnering leaders in a complex, regulated, multi-country or multi-site organisation.
• Strong commercial judgement, using workforce data and insight to shape practical plans and improve performance.
• Practical experience of organisation design, workforce planning, talent, leadership, culture and organisational change.
• Broad People advisory or HR generalist experience, including manager guidance, policy interpretation and end-to-end employee relations case management.
• Working knowledge of local employment legislation, regulatory requirements, policies, handbooks and benefits across different jurisdictions.
• Experience coordinating locally retained People operations, including employee lifecycle activity, employment documentation, payroll and benefits inputs, records and compliance administration.
• Ability to bring together specialist teams and external providers to deliver clear, business-led solutions and resolve issues.
• Confident working at pace across competing priorities, with sound judgement, attention to detail and discretion.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: People & HR

Locations: The Quayside