Requirements
Description and Requirements
Role: Director, HR Business Partner COE Asia
Reports to: VP, HR Asia
Key Stakeholder Relationships: Malaysia COE Leaders, Global and country HRBPs, HR Service Delivery and COEs, Control Partners, Regional Business and/or Functional Leaders
Role Value Proposition:
This role is based in our Regional Center of Excellence (COE) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, supporting MetLife to mobilize effective and forward-thinking people solutions by providing end-to-end integrated talent support and utilizing growing functional and business knowledge to tailor programs and solutions. The HR Business Partner role is future-focused: HR Business Partners are thoughtful about the organization's future, and they assist business leaders in building the COE and talent capabilities we need today and in the future. They use data and insights to understand trends, uncover issues and needs, influence leaders, and support decision-making. They hold themselves to high standards and are passionate about having a positive impact on the organization and people.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide forward-thinking HR advice and support to leaders
- Design and execute plans to support leaders on organizational design, job or role design, workforce development and other talent initiatives that enable strategic goals in COE and wider organization
- Use data and insights to analyze trends, uncover issues and support decision making
- Leverage business insights and talent expertise to mobilize the right solutions for the business / market
- Partner with across HR teams to achieve business and enterprise goals
- Provide detailed advice and lead annual performance and compensation reviews
- Work with business leaders and managers to implement impactful talent programs
- Oversee large-scale talent programs and initiatives to prepare MetLife's talent for the organization's future
- Partner across the COE and wider organization to bring the company's collective talent to projects and initiatives
- Support HR strategic initiatives and business activities
- Participate in special projects as required
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
- High levels of integrity, confidentiality and professionalism
- Desire to challenge status quo and implement fresh, new ways of working
- A natural problem-solver, motivated by achieving goals and working through challenges
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills including attention to detail and ability to manage and deliver on multiple competing priorities in matrix environments
- Experience using AI and HR systems to analyze data and insights
- Working knowledge of local employment laws / regulations
- Credible, confident, committed to delivering high-quality work considering deadlines and impact
- Demonstrates learning agility and intellectual curiosity
- Motivated by collaboration and the opportunity to work with others towards a common goal
- Driven to continue to develop professionally at MetLife
- Global mindset
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible .Join us!
