Senior Manager, People Partner (All Genders)

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager, People Partner to join the Pandora People Partner Team in Singapore.

This is a senior individual contributor role and a trusted strategic advisor to senior business leaders. You will work closely with leaders to shape business and people strategies, build high-performing organisations, strengthen leadership and talent, and enable sustainable business performance.

You will operate at the intersection of business strategy, organisational effectiveness and people, bringing strong commercial judgement, data-driven insights and deep People expertise to complex business challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership

• Develop a deep understanding of the business, its strategy and operating environment, proactively identifying people and organisational opportunities and risks.

• Translate business priorities into clear people strategies and interventions that improve organisational performance and effectiveness.

• Use data, business insights and external perspectives to challenge thinking, shape business decisions and influence senior stakeholders.

• Partner with leaders to anticipate future capability, talent and workforce needs and build plans to address them.

Organisation & Workforce Effectiveness

• Advise leaders on organisational design, operating models, spans and layers, role clarity and workforce composition.

• Partner with Workforce Planning and business leaders to shape organisational and workforce decisions that support both immediate priorities and longer-term strategy.

• Identify organisational and capability gaps and recommend pragmatic solutions to improve organisational effectiveness.

• Support leaders through significant transformation, restructuring and organisational change, ensuring people implications are proactively addressed.

Leadership, Talent & Performance

• Coach and challenge senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, team performance and organisational health.

• Lead strategic talent conversations, including talent reviews, succession planning and identification of critical roles and key talent.

• Identify critical talent, capability and leadership risks and develop targeted strategies to strengthen retention, development and succession.

• Partner with leaders and relevant COEs to strengthen performance, career development and leadership capability.

Change & Transformation

• Act as a strategic change partner, helping leaders translate business transformation into effective organisational and people change.

• Shape the people strategy for major changes, including organisation design, talent implications, stakeholder alignment and change leadership.

• Coach leaders to maintain performance, engagement and clarity through periods of uncertainty.

Strategic Execution

• Translate people strategies into practical priorities and drive execution of key People initiatives in partnership with leaders and COEs.

• Lead selected complex People projects, ensuring clear ownership, alignment and delivery across stakeholders.

• Ensure critical talent, organisational and people priorities are effectively embedded within the business.

• This role is open to Singaporeans and Singaporean PRs only.

• 10+ years of progressive HR or HR consulting experience, including significant experience in a strategic People Partner / HR Business Partner role.

• Proven track record of partnering with senior and C-level leaders and influencing complex business and organisational decisions.

• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking, with the ability to connect business strategy, organisation and people outcomes.

• Experience with organisation design, workforce planning, talent and succession, leadership effectiveness and change management.

• Excellent coaching, stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to constructively challenge senior leaders.

• Strong analytical and data literacy, with the ability to turn people and workforce data into meaningful business insights and recommendations.

• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, navigate competing priorities and influence without formal authority.

• Strong execution discipline, with the ability to translate strategy into action and deliver complex initiatives through others.

• Broad HR expertise across talent, performance, reward, career development, employee experience and organisational effectiveness.

• Comfortable operating in a global, fast-paced and highly matrixed environment.

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Management, Organisational Development or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience working across multiple APAC and/or European markets.

• Experience in a high-growth, technology, platform or similarly fast-paced environment.

• Additional experience in BPO/ Shared Service Centres (SSC) is helpful 

• 🌏 Think beyond one market: Own working relationships across APAC & Europe.
• 🚀 Grow fast: Join a fast-moving company where your ideas can make a real impact.
• 🤝 Great people, great vibes: Work with an international and collaborative team
• 🏡 Work your way: Enjoy a flexible hybrid setup plus flexi benefits that support your lifestyle.
• 🍕 Perks you'll love: Food vouchers, foodpanda perks, wellness benefits, and plenty more to keep you fuelled.