Interim HR Director

More than ever as Taboola grows, we require superior leadership at all levels. In this spirit, we’re seeking an experienced, hands-on HR Business Partner (Director level) to support our Asia Pacific region on an interim basis (9 months maternity leave cover).
As a successful candidate, you will partner with the regional Enterprise Sales business group to deliver solutions that make Taboola a great place to work. Specifically, you will work with key stakeholders to execute people strategies across the entire employee lifecycle whilst proactively identifying and providing value-added HR advice, guidance, support and solutions.

Specific responsibilities 

As HR Business Partner you will be responsible for executing/delivering HR activities in partnership with assigned client groups. This includes performance management, reward, employee relations, HR policy and procedures, talent identification and management, and succession planning.

• 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

Why choose Taboola? 

Working at Taboola gives you the chance to be part of building something unique. We are a company that embraces change, has enormous potential for growth and offers a challenging yet collaborative working environment where you will always feel valued and be given every opportunity to make a name for yourself. 

So, if you’re ready for a new challenge in a company with like-minded creative individuals, a fast pace and endless opportunities with exciting brands why not come and see what we’re all about, you won’t be disappointed. 

About Taboola 

Taboola is the leading discovery platform, serving over 450 billion recommendations of articles, blogs, videos, products and apps to over one billion unique users every month on thousands of premium sites and mobile carriers. 

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