Chief Human Resources Officer

OrgScale Recruitment; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

OrgScale Recruitment is seeking a seasoned HR leader to shape long-term people strategy, design scalable org structures, and implement governance around performance and compensation. You will partner with the leadership team to anticipate needs and drive capability development across growing teams.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, HR system optimization, and building scalable policies to support rapid growth while maintaining culture and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in HR with 8+ years leading strategy in tech companies.
• Experience designing structures, compensation frameworks and performance systems.
• Proven track record driving HR strategy through rapid growth to 300+ employees.
• Ability to translate business goals into workforce plans that boost productivity.
• Strong presence to advise and influence leaders using data.
• Ability to connect strategic goals with daily operations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the leadership team on long-term people strategy.
• Design the company structure, define role architectures, and create succession plans.
• Collaborate with department heads to identify hiring priorities and bridge capability gaps.
• Establish company-wide standards for performance management and design compensation policies based on benchmarks.
• Build HR policies from scratch and lead the HR team to execute them with quality.
• Leverage data analytics and HR systems to provide workforce insights and reports.

Skills

HR Strategy

Org Design

People Analytics

Stakeholder Influence

Workforce Planning

HRIS

Compensation Design

Tools

HRIS

Job description

• Partner with the leadership team on long-term people strategy, proactively advising or challenging decisions that carry people or organizational risks.
• Design the company's structure, define role architectures, and create succession plans to support scalable business growth.
• Collaborate with department heads to identify hiring priorities and bridge capability gaps ahead of business needs.
• Establish company-wide standards for performance management and design competitive compensation and reward policies based on market benchmarks.
• Build new human resources policies from scratch and lead the human resources team to execute them with high quality.
• Leverage data analytics and human resources systems to provide workforce insights, reports, and ensure operational efficiency.

Requirements

• 12+ years in HR, with 8+ years leading strategy in fast-growing tech companies.
• Experience designing company structures, compensation frameworks, and performance systems from scratch.
• Proven track record of driving HR strategy through rapid growth up to 300+ employees.
• Ability to turn business goals into workforce plans that increase productivity.
• Strong presence to advise, challenge, and influence leaders using data.
• Ability to connect high-level strategy with daily operational execution.

How Success Looks Like

• The company attracts, retains, and develops strong talent consistently
• Teams have high clarity on expectations, accountability, and performance standards
• Hiring processes are structured, efficient, and result in strong long-term hires
• Organizational structures scale effectively with minimal confusion or role overlap
• Performance issues are identified and addressed early with clear follow-through
• Onboarding and context transfer are effective, reducing ramp-up time for new hires
• HR systems, policies, and workflows are practical, scalable, and consistently followed
• Leadership has clear visibility into organizational risks, hiring gaps, and people performance
• Managers are supported with better coaching, feedback, and people management practices
• The organization maintains strong culture, discipline, and operational effectiveness while scaling