# People Director MEA and APAC

**Company**: Dow Jones
**Location**: Singapore
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Human Resources

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## Description

We’re looking for a People Director MEA and APAC that is smart, has high emotional intelligence, and possesses an appreciable sense of humour. You will have a track record of problem solving, understanding local compliance and practice in MEA and APAC and continuously driving efficiency and automation. You will have experience building strategic HR teams and programs in a matrixed, global environment and are able to streamline operational activities.

**Responsibilities:**

- Work with the VP to identify, resolve and steer the strategic people plan for the MEA and APAC region.

- Act as an international ambassador with a strategic mindset for transforming the employee experience in MEA and APAC.

- Develop an intimate understanding of the region you support and be a partner to the regional and executive leadership in MEA and APAC.

- Align around clear goals, which helps connect us to the goals of the business.

- Work with COE to advocate diversity, equity and inclusion within the organization.

- Take initiative and can use discretion and judgement to escalate and/or make decisions.

- Advocate for and help create HR policies, practices and systems which help attract, retain and mobilize excellent talent.

- Co-own country/Geo HR Governance, Crisis Management, Employee Relations & Business Continuity.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure oversight on regional legal entity management.

- Joint ownership of regional and global All-Hands and Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) sessions.

- Communicate openly, assuming good intent when working with our business, our team and our partners.

- Manage, directly and indirectly, a team of 8 HR professionals.

**Requirements:**

- 12+ years combined human resources & management experience

- Ability to position self as credible, proactive, and a trusted thought partner

- Experienced manager and skilled at coaching team members through change

- Demonstrated experience and ability to balance business partnering skills with employee advocacy

- Developed thoughtful, integrated approaches to promote diversity, equity and inclusion

- Experience handling Employee Relations matters

- Proven experience making recommendations for country-specific challenges

- Ability to use data and analytics to develop recommendations and actions

## Skills

### Required
- HR
- management
- emotional intelligence
- problem solving
- strategic planning
- diversity and inclusion
- employee relations
- data analysis

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