About the Role
We are looking for a hands-on HR Manager who is excited to be a one-person HR department. You will own the full HR lifecycle for a hybrid team across Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
If you enjoy building simple, scalable processes and being the go-to partner for people matters, this is for you.
What You'll Do
- Recruitment: Own end-to-end hiring for KL and SG, from job briefs and sourcing to interviews, offers, and onboarding.
- Payroll: Manage monthly payroll for KL and SG with accuracy, compliance, and timely reporting.
- People Ops: Run onboarding and offboarding, maintain leave and benefits, update and enforce the company handbook, manage HRIS records.
- Performance & ER: Assist managers with performance reviews, PIPs, and disciplinary processes, document cases and ensure fair practice.
- Culture & Wellness: Coordinate team wellness, engagement, and culture initiatives, plan simple rituals and events that keep morale high.
- Office Admin (light): Oversee basic office needs at WeWork, manage access, supplies, and vendor coordination.
- Compliance: Keep policies and records aligned with Malaysia and Singapore employment laws, support audits and documentation.
What You'll Bring
- 4+ years of HR experience, including generalist work across recruitment, payroll, and people operations.
- Working knowledge of Malaysia employment law, exposure to Singapore HR practices is a strong plus.
- Experience running payroll in at least one market, comfort learning the other.
- Strong owner mindset, organized, discreet with sensitive information.
- Excellent communication skills across all levels, comfortable advising managers.
- HRIS and ATS familiarity, strong Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience in startups or high-growth SMEs.
- Built or refreshed a company handbook and core HR policies.
- Led engagement or wellness initiatives with measurable outcomes.
Work Setup
- Base: Kuala Lumpur, hybrid.
- Offices: Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
- Occasional travel between KL and SG for key meetings or events.
Why Join Us
- High ownership and autonomy, you will shape HR foundations across two offices.
- Collaborative leadership team, practical and outcome-focused culture.
- Growth path to build an HR function as the company scales.
