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About the role:

The People Partner, APAC is responsible for leading and delivering the People & Culture agenda across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, supporting approximately 190 employees. Reporting to the Global People Director and working in close partnership with the APAC CEO, the role provides commercially focused people advice, strengthens organisational capability, and ensures an exceptional employee experience across the region.

This is a standalone People Partner role for APAC, supported by administrative resources in the Singapore office and the central HR Services Hub. Whilst operating with a high degree of autonomy, the role forms an integral part of Verian's global People & Culture team, working closely with People Partners, Talent Acquisition, People Operations and HR Services colleagues across the organisation.



The successful candidate will benefit from a highly collaborative team setting, shared expertise, and practical support to ensure sustainable delivery and successful integration of local and global people priorities.

The role requires an experienced and hands‑on People Partner who can confidently manage employee relations matters, organisational change, talent and capability initiatives, and people‑related risk, while translating global people strategies into meaningful outcomes across APAC.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic Partnering & Advisory

- Act as a trusted advisor to the APAC CEO, regional leadership team and people managers.
- Align people initiatives with business objectives, supporting growth, performance and organisational effectiveness.
- Translate global People & Culture priorities into practical regional delivery plans.
- Coach leaders on people management, talent development, workforce planning and organisational change.
- Use people data and insights to identify trends, risks and opportunities and support evidence‑based decision making.
- Represent APAC perspectives and requirements within global People & Culture initiatives.

Employee Relations & Legal Compliance

- Provide expert advice and guidance on employee relations matters across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
- Support managers with performance management,



disciplinary matters, grievances, investigations and workplace conflict resolution.
- Ensure compliance with local employment legislation, regulatory requirements and company policies.
- Support organisational change activities, including restructures, consultations and workforce transitions where required.
- Proactively identify and mitigate people‑related risks.
- Partner with legal and external advisors when specialist advice is required.
- Partner with leaders on workforce planning, organisational design and talent requirements.
- Support recruitment activity in partnership with the Talent Acquisition team.
- Provide guidance on salary benchmarking, internal mobility, promotions and reward decisions in line with global governance frameworks.
- Oversee local benefits administration and vendor relationships, supported by HR Operations and local administration resources.
- Ensure reward and benefit programmes remain competitive, compliant and aligned with business needs.

Learning and Development

- Support leaders in identifying capability gaps and development priorities.
- Drive effective performance management and talent review processes across APAC.
- Partner with the wider People & Culture team to implement learning and development initiatives.
- Promote utilisation of global learning platforms, programmes and career development tools.
- Support succession planning and talent development discussions across the region.

Employee Experience, Engagement and Communication

- Champion Verian's culture, values and employee experience across APAC.
- Lead local engagement, wellbeing and inclusion initiative

📌 People Partner, APAC (Sydney)
🏢 Verian Group
📍 Sydney