HR Business Partner -APAC

Extreme Networks; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global networking solutions provider is seeking an HR Business Partner for the APAC region. The role involves partnering with business leaders, driving HR programs, and ensuring compliance with APAC labor laws. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 5-8 years of HR experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work across cultures. Join us to help advance our mission in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of relevant work experience, preferably in a multinational environment.
• Thorough understanding of APAC labor laws and compliance.
• Experience in a fast-paced and changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders across APAC to align people strategy with business objectives.
• Drive APAC HR programs and operations.
• Provide strategic consulting and operational support.

Skills

HR Business Partnering

Analytical Acumen

Change Leadership

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Job description

Position

HR Business Partner APAC

Location

APAC - Singapore/Japan/Australia

Role Overview

This HR Business Partner will partner with key business leaders across multiple functional organizations in the APAC region. Acting as a trusted advisor, the HRBP will align people strategy with business objectives for designated stakeholders, anticipate and assess people priorities, and collaborate with the broader HR team to deliver expertise-based recommendations. The HRBP will drive APAC people programs and operations, ensuring alignment with corporate and cultural goals. The role demands strong advisory, coaching, change leadership, and program delivery skills to deliver a high employee experience, performance management, organizational design, and HR initiatives.

Qualifications and Capabilities

• Bachelor’s degree required with specialized skills in HR and subject matter expertise in all areas of Business Partnering.
• 5 to 8 years relevant work experience, multinational/global experience preferred.
• Thorough understanding of APAC major country labor laws and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to establish key relationships with business leaders, HR, and other stakeholder groups and develop strong credibility.
• Sound analytical acumen and ability to interpret business metrics to coach and guide critical people decisions.
• Experience working in a fast‑paced and changing environment, navigating in the grey and providing strategic consulting and tactical/operational support.
• Strong mental agility and pragmatic problem‑solving skills.
• Experience supporting cross‑functional teams and working across time zones and cultures.
• Proactive collaboration with the business and broader HR team to bring ‘the best’ to the APAC business group and the larger organization.
• Interfacing with international audiences and cross‑office teams.
• Familiarity with People practices globally is a plus.
• Strong project management and communication skills; ability to effectively communicate and work across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality and work with highly sensitive data and information.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi‑task while working against tight timelines.
• Ensure all local HR related compliance requirements are met.
• Attention to detail and commitment to get things done well.

Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) creates effortless networking experiences that enable all of us to advance. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end‑to‑end, cloud‑driven networking solutions and rely on our top‑rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme website or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. Come Advance with us! In keeping with our values, no employee or applicant will face discrimination/harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination/harassment based on “protected categories,” Extreme Networks also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our organization. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Extreme Networks.