Head of Human Resources

Our client is seeking an experienced and strategic Head of Human Resources to lead the people agenda across Thailand and Vietnam. This role will serve as a key member of the leadership team, partnering closely with business leaders to drive organizational effectiveness, workforce capability, employee engagement, compliance, and HR operational excellence.

Responsibilities :

• Lead the overall HR strategy and execution across Thailand and Vietnam, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regional priorities.
• Act as a trusted business partner to the Managing Director and leadership team on organization design, workforce planning, talent management, and change initiatives.
• Oversee all HR functions including HR Operations, Payroll, Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Compensation & Benefits, and Compliance.
• Drive HR transformation initiatives, process standardization, and continuous improvement to enhance organizational effectiveness and employee experience.
• Manage payroll governance across multiple legal entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with global payroll standards and shared service operations.
• Partner with regional and global stakeholders to support HR systems integration, process harmonization, and governance requirements.
• Lead employee relations matters, investigations, employee complaints, disciplinary cases, and labor law compliance while minimizing organizational risk.
• Ensure compliance with local labor regulations, company policies, ethics, and governance standards.
• Oversee talent acquisition activities to attract, hire, and onboard talent to support business growth.
• Develop and execute employee engagement, retention, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing HR team across multiple locations.
• Support organizational change, business transformation, and culture-building initiatives.

Qualification :

• 15 years of progressive HR leadership experience, ideally within multinational, services, engineering, facilities management, manufacturing, or matrix organizations.
• Proven experience leading full-spectrum HR functions including HR Operations, Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Compliance, and HR Business Partnering.
• Strong payroll governance experience with exposure to large employee populations and multi-country environments.
• Demonstrated success in driving HR transformation projects, process standardization, shared services implementation, or HR operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience managing complex payroll environments involving multiple legal entities, compliance requirements, and regional/global stakeholders.
• Strong Employee Relations expertise with the ability to manage labor issues, employee complaints, investigations, and compliance risks across site-based operations.
• Solid understanding of Thai labor law and HR compliance
• Proven recruitment leadership experience supporting both operational and professional workforce hiring with strong onboarding and retention outcomes.
• Experience partnering with regional and global teams across Asia-Pacific, including shared service centers and Centers of Excellence.
• Strong people leadership experience managing geographically dispersed HR teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership and business executives.
• Highly flexible, hands-on, and comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.