Senior HR Business Partner, Asia

VHR Consultancy; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent role in Kuala Lumpur

Regional travel

Competitive remuneration package

Job summary

VHR Consultancy in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior HRBP to partner with APAC leadership across two business units, shaping people strategies for growth and regional integration.

You will lead workforce planning, support new business set-ups in Asia and India, manage cross-border transitions, and coach leaders on performance and engagement, with travel to Singapore.

This is a permanent role based in Kuala Lumpur with regional travel and a competitive remuneration package.

Qualifications

• Senior HRBP with extensive regional experience across APAC.
• Ability to influence leaders without direct authority.
• Experience partnering with multi-country matrixed organizations.

Responsibilities

• Partner regional leadership and translate business priorities into people plans.
• Lead workforce planning for growth, including location mix and capability gaps.
• Support new business set-ups in Asia and India with hiring readiness and talent sourcing.
• Guide cross-border work transitions to retain knowledge and key talent.
• Strengthen engagement and retention through frontline coaching and interventions.
• Coach leaders on performance, team effectiveness and difficult conversations.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on hiring and talent reviews.

Skills

HR leadership

APAC experience

Stakeholder management

Talent development

Job description

Senior HRBP (APAC)

About the Opportunity

Our client is a multinational engineering company that delivers complex technology projects and long-term service solutions across industrial and healthcare markets. With an ambitious growth plan, they are looking to scale their delivery centre as well as expanding new business lines in Asia.

They are looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to work alongside regional leaders through this next stage. This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports, where your influence comes from your credibility with leaders and the trust you build with employees across the region.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner regional leadership: Act as a trusted adviser to the APAC leadership team across two business units, turning business priorities into clear, practical people plans.
• Plan the workforce for growth: Lead ongoing workforce planning covering capability needs, location mix, skills gaps and succession, with a strong focus on building capacity in India.
• Support new business set-up: Shape the people side of launching a new business line in Asia and India, including hiring readiness, talent sourcing and early team building.
• Manage work transitions: Guide the movement of work between countries with care, so that knowledge stays in the business and key people are retained.
• Strengthen engagement and retention: Spend real time with employees and front-line managers, spot retention risks among critical technical and project talent, and put targeted actions in place.
• Coach leaders: Help managers with team effectiveness, performance and difficult conversations, and help them communicate the growth story clearly.
• Build talent and capability: Work with talent acquisition on engineering, project, service and software hiring, and lead talent reviews, succession planning and development for key roles.
• Use people data: Draw on headcount, attrition and cost insights to guide decisions and flag risks early.

What We’re Looking For

• 12+ years in HR, including substantial senior business partnering experience in multi-country APAC roles.
• Experience supporting growth, such as scaling teams in new locations, new business set-ups or cross-border work transfers
• Confidence working in matrixed, multinational structures with shared HR services
• Strong influencing skills without positional authority, and the ability to connect with everyone from senior leaders to engineers and service technicians
• A warm, grounded and resilient approach: strategic in thinking, hands-on in practice, and comfortable as a senior individual contributor
• Cultural agility across Asian, Australian and European working styles, with high integrity and discretion
• Willingness to travel regionally, including regular trips to Singapore

What’s On Offer

• A high-impact regional role helping shape the people side of a growth agenda
• Direct partnership with senior leadership across multiple countries and business units
• Exposure to a global, technology-driven engineering environment
• Competitive remuneration package and benefits
• A permanent role based in Kuala Lumpur with regional travel