Specific Responsibilities

• Partner with managers at all levels (Team Leader to VP) to guide and support them on managing, recognising, and developing their teams
• Line management responsibility for the regional HR Coordinator team (3 people across Thailand and India)
• Oversight of regional consistency for all HR operations tasks (e.g. overseeing the coordinators’ work – contracts, onboarding, offboarding, payroll, statutory obligations, etc)
• Partner with Talent Acquisition team to support hiring efforts and provide market insights
• Provide inputs on best practice and under the direction of Head of HR, design and implement strategies that align with Taboola’s people strategy
• Develop action plans in partnership with managers to retain and develop internal talent
• Provide advice as needed on ER issues and as needed, escalate highly sensitive and/or complex issues to Head of HR
• Coach and advise managers and employees on the handling of sensitive people/ER cases
• Analyse data and provide insights to leadership and managers to make informed decisions in the effective execution of the people strategy
• Partner with stakeholders to assess learning and development needs and provide inputs to Head of HR and Organisation Development function to align an effective people development agenda
• Champion Taboola’s culture goals and influence managers to enable an environment where employees are highly engaged
• Participate in organisational assessment and design initiatives as directed by Head of HR
• Partner with the Head of HR to support and execute on functional and/or global programs – for example; QBRs, engagement survey, talent/succession planning, performance/compensation cycles, etc.
• Off-boarding – support decision-making and enable exit processes
• Alongside HR Coordinator and Legal, maintain employee handbooks to ensure up-to-date with current legislation and employment practices

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Significant HRBP experience with sound knowledge of best practices in Thai labour markets (essential) and ideally across multiple jurisdictions with Asia Pacific markets (preferred)
• Composed demeanor when faced with highly sensitive situations
• Comfortable with ambiguity, fast pace environment and deadlines
• Data driven: able to use and understand data to provide insights and drive business decisions
• Comfortable in operational execution as well as providing strategic partnership to leaders
• Drive for results, inquisitive and execution-minded; able to translate the mission of stakeholders into actionable plans
• Assumes good intent and builds high levels of trust and team camaraderie to deliver solutions to clients
• Excellent communication skills, does so with focus, simplicity and clarity; engaging the audience and adapting to their needs, asks the right questions to understand the priorities/issues and seeking feedback to ensure continued alignment
• Able to challenge and hold their own where their view differs from others, using data and common sense to inform their perspective
• A continuous improver, challenges themselves and others on the ‘status quo’ to ensure solutions are fit for purpose