HR Manager

Sophos; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first policy

Wellbeing programs

Volunteer days

Job summary

Sophos is seeking an experienced HR Manager for the Philippines to partner with local leaders on employee relations, payroll, and lifecycle management. The role involves coordinating with regional HR teams, ensuring policy compliance, and driving engagement initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background in payroll, labor law, and organizational change, with a proactive mindset and attention to detail. Local travel to the Manila office is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Psychology, or related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive HR experience, preferably multinational/tech.
• Experience in a matrix organization with regional/global stakeholders.
• Strong payroll administration experience with coordination with Payroll operations.
• Solid knowledge of Philippine labor laws and local employment practices.
• Self-motivated, independent, with ownership and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Partner with managers on employee relations, performance, talent development, and disciplinary actions.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence and regional teams to deliver HR programs and policies.
• Manage sensitive employee relations matters including investigations and grievances.
• Support organizational change while ensuring compliance with labor laws and policies.
• Coordinate payroll inputs with Payroll and HR Operations for timely processing.
• Oversee onboarding, promotions, transfers, and offboarding processes.

Skills

HR leadership

Payroll administration

Philippine labor law

Stakeholder collaboration

Employee relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, or related field

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

About Us

Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.

Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced HR Manager to support our Philippines organization. This role partners with managers and employees to deliver practical HR solutions across employee relations, payroll administration, employee lifecycle management, organizational change, and employee engagement.

Reporting to the Director, HR Business Partner (Philippines), the HR Manager will work closely with local leaders, HR Centres of Excellence, Payroll, HR Operations, and regional People teams. The role is responsible for ensuring effective HR service delivery, supporting employee relations and organizational change initiatives, coordinating payroll inputs, managing employee lifecycle activities, and delivering local engagement programmes while maintaining compliance with company policies and employment regulations.

This position is ideal for a self-driven HR professional who demonstrates strong attention to detail, takes ownership of outcomes, enjoys solving people and operational challenges, and proactively identifies opportunities to improve processes, programmes, and the overall employee experience.

We are looking for candidates local to Metro Manila as this role will occasionally involve visiting to our Manila office.

What you will do

• Partner with and advise managers on various people matters, including but not limited to employee relations, performance management, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee development, and disciplinary actions.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence and regional People teams to deliver HR programs, policies, processes, and tools.
• Manage sensitive employee relations matters, including investigations, grievances, ethics concerns, workplace disputes, policy violations, and conflict resolution.
• Support organizational change and restructuring initiatives while ensuring compliance with labor laws and company policies.
• Prepare and coordinate payroll inputs, partnering with Payroll and HR Operations to ensure accurate and timely processing.
• Support employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding, promotions, transfers, offboarding, exit interviews, and turnover analysis.
• Plan and deliver local employee engagement initiatives, including wellbeing, recognition, culture-building, and CSR activities.
• Coordinate the implementation of global and regional HR programs, ensuring local compliance and alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance HR processes, service delivery, compliance, and operational efficiency.

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive HR experience, preferably within a multinational or technology environment.
• Experience working in a matrix organization and collaborating with regional and global stakeholders.
• Strong payroll administration experience, including preparation and validation of payroll inputs and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
• Solid knowledge of Philippine labor laws and local employment practices.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision, exercising sound judgement and ownership.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to generate ideas and implement initiatives that enhance employee experience and operational effectiveness.

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What's Great About Sophos?

• Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
• Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
• Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
• Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
• Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
• Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
• Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
• Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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