HR Business Partner - Philippines

Netflix; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix is seeking an HR Business Partner to collaborate with teams in the Philippines, supporting Finance & Operations, Customer Service, Talent and Employee Services, and NTech. You will be a strategic advisor to leaders, shaping organization design, driving talent density, and nurturing Netflix culture.

You will balance global programs with local realities, navigate Philippine labor law, and partner with Legal and Employee Services to ensure compliant, people-first solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HRBP work in complex, matrixed, global organizations.
• Strong influence and coaching skills with a consultative approach.
• Proven judgment in situations without clear policy or formal process.
• Solid understanding of Philippine labor law and ER practices.
• Proven track record leading initiatives from idea to execution in a matrixed environment.
• Experience supporting client groups and leaders across multiple locations; org design background.
• Experience in a global shared services organization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to understand business priorities and drive talent-related solutions.
• Coach and influence leaders to achieve high talent density and culture alignment.
• Design and implement organization design changes and change management plans.
• Apply Netflix culture principles to day-to-day work and escalate gaps with a plan.
• Collaborate with GBPs and One Talent Team on talent programs.
• Address complex employee-relations issues with Legal and Employee Services guidance.

Skills

Business partnering

Influence & coaching

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Job description

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Opportunity

Netflix is hiring an HR Business Partner to partner with our teams in the Philippines, which support Finance & Operations, Customer Service, Talent and Employee Services, and NTech. You will be a strategic thought partner to business leaders as the Philippines org scales. That means helping them with organization design, driving high talent density, and nurturing our culture. You will balance global programs with local realities and be selective about where bespoke solutions are warranted.

Responsibilities

• Business Acumen: Has deep working knowledge of the teams they support; asks critical and informed questions to understand business priorities and understands the levers that drive performance.
• Judgment and Decision Making: Addresses a range of talent topics autonomously; uses data and judgment to identify business-driven solutions and recognizes when to escalation for input/feedback with a proposed path, not just a problem.
• Coaching and Influencing: Establishes trusted relationships with leaders, pressure-tests performance against challenges, and holds/pushes the bar for talent density; helps leaders prepare for conversations and knows when to escalation as needed. Is expected to surface the uncomfortable questions that impact the talent and people decisions for a team.
• Org design and change management: Looks past org charts to consider how work actually flows, how roles are defined, and how teams work across each other and are incentivized to deliver business outcomes. Helps ensure changes actually land with deliberate change management. Leverages Netflix Org Design resources.
• Netflix Culture and Inclusion: Has deep fluency in Netflix culture; applies culture to day-to-day work and escalates with a proposed plan when behaviors or trends feel misaligned.
• One Talent Team Mindset: Executes Talent programs in partnership with GBPs; is familiar with the operating model and provides context to partners regularly.
• Employee relations and labor standards: Resolve complex ER issues by addressing root causes. Partner with Legal and Employee Services on guidance and compliance under Philippine labor law.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HRBP experience in complex, matrixed, global organizations
• Strong influence and coaching skills
• Proven judgment in situations without a clear policy or formal process
• Strong understanding of, and hands-on experience with, Philippine labor law and ER practices
• Proven track record of proactively identifying opportunities and leading initiatives and transformations, from idea through execution
• Experience supporting client groups and leaders across multiple locations in a matrixed environment
• Background in org design
• Experience in a global shared services organization is a plus

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.