Senior Employee Relations Manager (SEA)

Dyson Institute; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is looking for a Senior Employee Relations Manager in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The role involves shaping the ER strategy across Southeast Asia and improving current practices. With strong HR experience and a collaborative mindset, you will lead efforts to manage ER matters, ensuring compliance and fostering positive relationships. This position offers a competitive benefit package and a commitment to a vibrant campus culture.

Benefits

Comprehensive financial benefits

Health benefits

Lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of HR experience with a focus on employee relations.
• Minimum 3 years managing employee relations matters.
• Strong analytical skills to identify ER trends.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement ER strategy across SEA operations.
• Work closely with Employment Law and HR to shape ER policies.
• Document and track ER cases thoroughly.

Skills

HR experience

Employee Relations management

Stakeholder engagement

Organizational change

Job description

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Senior Employee Relations Manager (SEA)

Apply locations Malaysia - Global Development Campus, Johor Bahru posted on Posted Today time left to apply End Date: September 22, 2025 (26 days left to apply) job requisition id JR32741

About us

At Dyson we are encouraged to think differently, challenge convention and be unafraid to make mistakes. We’re creative, collaborative, practical and enthusiastic.

About the role

As our Senior Employee Relations Manager (SEA), you will help to shape and drive the development of our employee relations (ER) capability across our operations in South-East Asia (predominately focusing on Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines). Reporting to Global Employee Relations Director, you will provide expertise, oversight, and coordination for ER matters. Continual improvement of ER practices and processes to resolve long-term problems and promote positive working relationships will be a focus, and you will be expected to support on a range of ER matters including absence and performance management, supporting with disciplinary and grievance issues and supporting with change management initiatives.

The role will involve:

• Defining and implementing the strategy, framework, and plan for scaling up the ER capability across the People function and the wider organisation in SEA.
• Working closely with the Employment Law Team and HR community, as well as the Senior Employee Relations Manager (UK & Europe), you will shape consistent policies, procedures, and criteria in ER, aligned with legal frameworks and the global HR people strategy.
• Recording, tracking, and documenting all ER cases and related information will be a key responsibility and you will jointly own the global case management system (Navex) with the Senior Employee Relations Manager (UK & Europe).
• Proactively analyzing ER data to identify trends and key risk topics, creating insights that shape relevant programmes and interventions, such as training and policy updates.
• Leading a policy review across the jurisdictions for which you are responsible and ensuring all policies remain up to date and fit for purpose.
• Supporting with our interactions with Trade Unions, labour ministries and regulators and other relevant third parties in the jurisdictions for which you are responsible.
• Establishing governance, oversight, and guidance to manage ER risks, support knowledge sharing and consistency among HR colleagues, and ensure full compliance with applicable legal requirements.
• Collaborating with HR and Employment Law colleagues, you will advise on and support organizational change programmes, act as a subject matter expert for employee relations cases, and assist with employment litigation management.
• Building relationships across the HR team in SEA (and beyond), you will establish a network of ER champions, providing leadership and development to all those involved in ER activity.
• Contributing to the overall people agenda, stay updated on ER law and best practices, and disseminate relevant information to the business.

About You:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, strategic thinker, who is passionate about driving organizational change and creating fair, compliant and people-focused cultures. You should have at least five to eight years’ HR experience, with a minimum of three years' experience in managing ER matters. Building collaborative relationships with stakeholders across the organization in SEA will be an important element of the role.

Benefits

At Dyson, Reward goes beyond just salary and bonuses. Through a comprehensive package of Financial, Lifestyle, and Health Benefits, we provide support tailored to every stage of life and the moments that matter most.

Working policy

At Dyson, our vibrant campus culture is built on in-person collaboration, creativity, and shared learning. Working side by side not only fuels our innovation but also creates a strong sense of belonging. To nurture this dynamic and inclusive environment, we do not offer a regular hybrid working arrangement.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

About Us

At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds.

Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education.

Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world.

The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.