People Partnerships And Employee Relations Director

Summary

Join Turnitin's Global People Team as a People Partnerships & Employee Relations Director, based in APAC. You will partner with senior leadership and employees, providing strategic guidance and tactical support throughout the employee lifecycle. Key responsibilities include developing stakeholder relationships, supporting operational transformations, advising on organizational design, and working with talent acquisition to forecast needs. You will also champion company values, drive DEI initiatives, and focus on process improvement. This role requires extensive HR experience in a multicultural APAC environment, strong business acumen, and exceptional communication skills. Turnitin offers a remote-centric culture and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 10+ years global HR experience in a multicultural environment managing multiple countries within the region, as well as remote workers, and a mix of experiences in HR COEs and generalist functions
• Experience in a SaaS organization or other technology industry preferred
• Ability to think strategically but act tactically. Be able and willing to action and own tactical people processes day to day in addition to strong strategic capability to drive the big picture to ground level outputs
• Ability to flex hours to be part of the broader team as and when required and travel to various countries and locations within the client group, as well as broader travel for meetings and business purposes at the company’s discretion
• Strong problem solving capabilities with the ability to approach issues with a solutions based mindset
• Able to work independently and highly accountable to own results
• Sound operational knowledge of relevant HR/employment law regulations plus all relevant regulatory requirements in the region and an ability to apply them to relevant activities on a daily basis
• Employee Relations experience across multiple geos within the region
• Technological savvy and experience working with HRIS, ATS and Employee Engagement platforms as well as Google suite and Apple products
• Data literate with experience driving data decision making or a willingness to learn
• Exceptional C-suite communications/presentations skills
• Strong capability in the area of negotiations, project management, process improvement, conflict management and change management
• Undergraduate degree in Human Resources Management or relevant experience
• SHRM / CIPD or equivalent membership

Responsibilities

• Develop open and enduring stakeholder relationships with Turnitin Leaders to assist the development and delivery of the People Strategy and link it operationally to business needs, providing personal coaching and guidance/development for Leaders and their team
• Support operational and people team transformational efforts aimed at improving overall efficiency and effectiveness of deliverables and impacted teams
• Act as a trusted advisor to operational partners and an aligned business partner within the people team to ensure a true one team approach to any people or employee relations related items
• Execute on annual and bi-annual plans/OKRs using COE support with the team to ensure continuous improvements are realized in relation to key metrics like Turnover, Retention, Diversity, etc
• Advise Turnitin Leaders on effective organizational design and development to achieve overall Turnitin operational outcomes
• Work closely with Stakeholders, the Talent Acquisition Team to forecast talent needs and to ensure that a pipeline of exceptional talent is flowing into the organization which meets forecasted needs
• Be able to research best practices from the outside in to mature and sustain key people practices within Turnitin
• Support and backup the entire GPP people team as and when needed
• Be familiar with and highly capable at driving and sustaining change while ensuring processes are documented and automated as applicable while engaging COE and other key partners
• Be able to translate information into data to support decision making
• Focus on process improvement to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the region and overall People Team
• Champion the Company Values and ‘All In’ Cultural Norms, - proactively seeking out occasions and opportunities to highlight Values oriented behaviors and actions and socializing these
• In close partnership with Turnitin Leaders/Communications and wider People Team members, support the operational strategy for employee engagement and relations for client group(s)
• Drive positive outcomes toward the Company’s DEI and Social Impact programs, working with stakeholders to ensure all relevant targets and goals are achieved
• Be a proactive and personally accountable communicator ensuring transparent and open flow of information up, down and sideways
• Work closely with Stakeholders, the Talent Development & Culture Team to harness the L&D opportunities and solutions needed to drive continued improvement and motivation

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience of working with Google Suite, BambooHR
• Language skills
• Psychometrics qualification
• Masters in HRM / Ph.D. Industrial Organizational Psychology
• Enneagram/MBTI/Insights Practitioner

Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off
• 4 Self-Care Days per year
• National Holidays*
• 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time*
• Charitable contribution match*
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
• Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave*
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution*