Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner, HR

Provides strategic HR leadership and business partnering so that people managers and employees receive high-value, consistent and forward-looking HR support. The post-holder partners with business leadership to translate business priorities into people, organisation and workforce actions that strengthen performance, capability, culture and employee experience. The role sits within the People & Culture team and works closely with people managers in the assigned scope, the Korea HR team including Centres of Excellence, GBS HR Operations, and global and regional HR stakeholders, as well as Finance, Legal and external labour attorneys and authorities as required.

• Act as a trusted HR partner to business leaders, providing practical and strategic advice on people, organisation and workforce priorities, and building strong stakeholder relationships so that business needs are reflected in HR initiatives and HR standards are understood and consistently applied.
• Translate business strategy into workforce plans covering organisational shape, capability, cost, succession and future talent needs.
• Guide leaders in taking a future-oriented approach to workforce decisions by anticipating evolving capability and talent needs, assessing emerging people risks and opportunities, and shaping proactive actions that build organisational readiness and resilience.
• Partner with people managers to strengthen organisation design, role clarity, team effectiveness and productivity.
• Guide performance management, career development, succession planning and critical-people actions, identify capability gaps in collaboration with Talent and other HR CoE teams, and partner with Talent Acquisition on inclusive recruitment strategies and hiring decisions for the assigned scope.
• Advise people managers on organisational, people, employee-relations and change-related matters, applying sound judgement and appropriate escalation.
• Champion culture and employee experience initiatives by translating Employee Listening Survey insights into prioritised action plans with leaders, driving follow-through, and monitoring progress across employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion and performance culture.
• Recommend, implement and maintain HR guidelines, policies and processes to ensure consistent employment practices and alignment with relevant HR functions.
• Oversee and validate key annual people cycles, including performance review, talent review, Korean title review and promotion.
• Partner with GBS HR Operations to ensure accurate and timely employee, position and organisation data in SAP, SAC and related systems.
• Manage HR projects and cross-functional initiatives with clear planning, governance, stakeholder alignment and delivery discipline.
• Use people data and analytics to identify trends, risks and opportunities and convert insights into practical workforce and employee-experience actions, developing and monitoring relevant people KPIs and presenting concise, decision-oriented insights to people leaders.
• Use digital and AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve analysis, scenario preparation, recurring reporting and cycle administration, while retaining human accountability for decisions.

• University degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive HR experience.
• Demonstrated HR business partnering experience supporting senior leaders and complex stakeholder groups.
• Experience in organisation design, workforce planning, talent, performance, employee relations and change.
• Fluency in English and Korean, written and spoken.
• Strategic thinking with strong business and organisational acumen.
• Credible leadership consulting, coaching and influencing skills.
• Strong knowledge of Korean labour law and relevant market practices.
• Sound judgement in employee relations, change and confidential matters.
• Strong analytical capability and ability to turn people data into decisions.
• Effective project leadership, planning and cross-functional collaboration.
• Clear written and verbal communication in Korean and English.
• Self-directed, well-organised and comfortable operating in a matrix environment.

• A degree focus in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline.
• Project management experience.
• HR experience gained in an international organisation.