# Regional HR Lead

**Company**: Canva
**Location**: Makati
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

At Canva, we're building the world's most empowering design platform and that starts with our people. We're looking for a Regional People Lead to own the people agenda across South East Asia. This role is for someone who thrives at the intersection of global strategy and local reality; someone who can translate, adapt, and embed people initiatives in a way that works for our teams on the ground, while building strong connections back to our global People function.

**The Opportunity** You'll lead a small, high-impact team of four across People Partnering, People Relations, and Location Partners and hold a client group of your own, keeping you grounded in the day-to-day reality of the business. You'll bring deep knowledge of the Philippines and South East Asia employment landscape to make Canva a better place to work across the region.

**Responsibilities**

- Bridge Global and Local: Adapt and operationalise global People initiatives for the region, ensuring they're effective, locally relevant, and compliant.

- HR Business Partnering: Provide targeted People Partnering support to a defined client group within the region.

- Compliance, Risk & Local Expertise: Own regional employment compliance and people risk in partnership with Location Partners and Employment Legal.

- Culture & Community: Help scale Canva’s culture in a way that feels locally authentic and inclusive.

- Regional People Leadership: Lead and develop a team of four across People Partnering, People Relations, and Location Partners.

**Requirements**

- Proven experience as a senior HR Business Partner in a complex, global environment

- Deep knowledge of the Philippines, and ideally South East Asia, employment landscape including regulatory requirements, cultural nuance, and local market dynamics

- Track record of leading and developing People teams, including across dotted-line and matrixed relationships

**Benefits**

- Equity packages

- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing and personal growth

- Flexible leave options to recharge and be a force for good

- Exposure to global teams and cross-functional leaders as we scale toward 1 billion users

## Skills

### Required
- HR Business Partnering
- People Partnering
- Compliance
- Risk Management
- Leadership
- Team Development

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