HR Manager - Philippines

Job Description

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid on mid-shift, with PH–EST overlap. The first 60–90 days may require added flexibility to support EST hours while the person ramps up and learns the business. The successful candidate is expected to report to the office three to four times per week or at a frequency dictated by the business.

The Role

The HR Manager - Philippines is the primary HR leader for the site, with a stronger emphasis on HR operations and site execution, while also providing HR business partnership support to leaders. This role ensures HR processes run effectively, compliantly, and with strong employee experience, while helping leaders align people strategies to business needs.

The role works closely with site leaders, HR Business Partners, HR Centers of Expertise, HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Legal, and Employee Relations to deliver integrated HR support for the Philippines.

What You’ll Do

HR Operations and Site Leadership

• Serve as the main HR leader for the Philippines site and the primary point of coordination for local HR priorities.
• Lead day-to-day HR operations across the employee lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, compliance, efficiency, and positive employee experience.
• Oversee and coordinate site HR support across Talent Acquisition, Payroll, HR Operations, and other partner teams.
• Ensure local HR practices align with Philippine labor law, company policy, and global standards.
• Monitor compliance, workplace risk, and employee relations issues, and escalate as needed.
• Support investigations and complex employee relations matters in partnership with Legal, Global Policy, and Employee/Labor Relations.
• Drive continuous improvement in HR processes, workflows, dashboards, and service delivery.
• Use HR data, reporting, and metrics to track trends, support governance routines, and improve decision-making.
• Support organizational readiness for changes such as restructures, system implementations, policy updates, and leadership transitions.

HR Business Partnership - This work should include both site level and functional perspective, ensuring full alignment with the overall HR direction and strategic priorities.

• Partner with site and functional leaders to translate business priorities into practical people plans.
• Advise leaders on workforce planning, organization effectiveness, talent needs, and team capability.
• Support performance management, calibration, succession planning, and leadership development processes.
• Coach leaders on performance, underperformance, employee issues, and change leadership.
• Use people insights such as attrition, engagement, performance, and organizational trends to recommend actions.
• Support culture, engagement, inclusion, and workplace initiatives that strengthen the employee experience and site effectiveness.
• Guide leaders on applying compensation, benefits, recognition, and policy decisions fairly and consistently.
• Partner with HRBPs and COEs to deliver business-aligned HR solutions and smooth execution at the site.

Leadership Expectations

• Lead and develop the local HR team and influence partner teams without direct authority.
• Build a high-performing, inclusive, accountable HR culture.
• Act with sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism in complex or sensitive situations.
• Model a one-HR-team approach across the site and broader HR function.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive HR experience in HR operations, HR generalist, HR manager, and/or HRBP roles.
• Strong experience supporting a site, country, plant, or location-based client group.
• Strong knowledge of HR operations, employee processes, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with workforce planning, performance management, org design, succession, employee relations, compensation, and talent acquisition.
• Strong knowledge of Philippine labor laws and local employment practices.
• Experience managing complex employee relations matters and organizational change.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, influence without formal authority, and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with HR systems such as Workday.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in human resources management, Business Administration, or related field.
• Experience in shared services, captive centers, or global business services environments.
• Prior experience as a site or country‑level HR leader.

About GM

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