Principal People Business Partner - APAC

Experience: Not Available to Not Available years

Location: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Skills: listening, meeting facilitation, Executive presence, consultative style, organisational development, leadership development, engagement, change management, workforce analytics, Workday HCM product, Talent Management, Calibration, facilitation, organisation effectiveness methodologies, APAC labour law, employee data analysis, cross-functional alignment, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Compensation and Benefits, People Consulting, People Operations, program management, project management

About the Team
We are looking for a Principal People Business Partner to partner with leaders in our APAC Go to Market business during this period of exciting company growth. This role joins the APAC People Business Partner Team within the People & Purpose organisation.

About the Role
In this role, you will have an chance to drive significant business growth and make an immediate impact. You will provide strategic advice and consultative solutions to business leaders including driving outcomes with organisational development, leadership development, engagement and change management to drive a culture of high performance. You will partner with global and regional CoE's and functional business partners to lead core talent cycle programs throughout the year (e.g. Talent Management, Calibration, Compensation Planning, Succession Planning etc.), keeping a pulse on workforce analytics, utilising Workday’s innovative HCM product to ensure talent strategies and metrics are outcome driven with regional nuances. You will partner with an ecosystem of HR CoE's to drive performance management and investigations. In partnership with the business and Talent Acquisition you will drive business hiring and workforce planning.

About You




The successful candidate is a People Business Partner who embodies Workday’s culture and core values. This role requires a combination of expertise in strategic partnering as well an ability to maintain the role of a trusted coach - this combination enables you to regularly and confidently influence.

Basic Qualifications:
12+ years demonstrated ability supporting executive clients in high growth technology companies. Experience in supporting large matrixed and dynamic organisations with hyper growth (500+ workmates and VP plus executive level)

Other Qualifications:
Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, listening, presentation, meeting facilitation.
• Executive presence: resilience, consultative style, and the ability to translate complex ideas into simple terms.
• Ability to operate with agility, to multitask and context switch in support of supporting multiple regional client groups.
• Experience in facilitation and organisation effectiveness methodologies.
• Knowledge of APAC labour law and regional practices.
• The ability to leverage technology, including AI, to analyse, synthesise employee data to create valuable context and actionable insights.
• History of building and deploying People Programs to drive measurable, positive change.
• Ability to orchestrate cross-functional alignment across the HR Ecosystem, e.g. Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Compensation and Benefits, People Consulting/Employee Relations and People Operations.




• Good understanding of and comfort in working in a matrixed structure.
• Ability to build credibility with business clients and mentor/support People & Purpose colleagues.
• Strong program/project management skills.

Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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