This person will play a key role in helping Colombia continue building on its strengths while further strengthening accountability, business alignment, operational rigor, and manager effectiveness. Success in this role will require someone who can build trust, work effectively across U.S. and Colombia teams, translate strategy into action, and bring sound judgment across people, operations, and change.
What You Will Own
Local Strategy Execution
Serve as the primary HR leader for Colombia, translating company and SVP-led strategy into practical local execution
Adapt broader HR initiatives for Colombia in a way that is compliant, credible, and effective
Partner with U.S. HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to ensure alignment across regions and support effective, timely issue resolution
Serve as the local subject matter expert on Colombian employment practices and statutory requirements, providing practical guidance to global HR, Payroll, and business leaders
Bring options and recommendations that balance business needs, employee experience, compliance, cost, and long-term scalability
Culture, Leadership, and Change
Help strengthen a culture that combines strong employee connection with accountability, sound business judgment, and clear alignment to company priorities
Build relationships and influence across leaders and employees so change is well understood, well supported, and effectively adopted
Coach leaders on expectations, feedback, documentation, talent decisions, and follow-through
Support a consistent leadership approach that builds trust, reinforces clarity, and helps unify teams across Colombia and the U.S.
Employee Relations, Compliance, and Risk
Own employee relations in Colombia, including complex and sensitive matters, in partnership with the SVP of HR and Legal as needed
Ensure strong adherence to Colombian labor law, internal policies, RIT requirements, and employment practices
Guide leaders through investigations, terminations, disciplinary actions, documentation, and organizational changes
Help ensure local practices are sustainable, well-governed, and aligned with company standards
Compensation, Benefits, Payroll Governance, and HR Operations
Partner closely with the SVP of HR, Global Payroll, Finance, and relevant vendors to execute compensation, benefits, and payroll-related practices in Colombia
Drive future-state compensation and benefits changes aligned with global structures and local market realities
Oversee local HR operations, including contracts, letters, offboarding, payroll partnership, and HR data quality
Take a systems-first approach to HR operations by streamlining, modernizing, and scaling processes, tools, controls, and vendor workflows
Improve consistency, efficiency, and employee and manager experience across core HR processes
Talent and Team Leadership
Lead and develop the Colombia HR team
Clarify scope, expectations, priorities, and ways of working across the team to support an effective operating model
Build a strong partnership model across HR, Payroll, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business leadership
What You Bring
Required Experience
8+ years of progressive HR experience, including meaningful time in a senior HRBP, HR Manager, or HR Director role in Colombia
Strong knowledge of Colombian labor law and HR practice, including employee relations, compliance, terminations, benefits, payroll-related processes, and labor reforms
Experience driving change through a merger, acquisition, integration, or major transformation
Strong experience working in a U.S.-based or U.S.-headquartered company
Proven experience adapting and executing broader company strategy locally
Success strengthening accountability, manager effectiveness, and business-aligned people practices within a high-performing organization
Experience improving, streamlining, modernizing, or scaling disparate HR processes, workflows, or operating models
Sound judgment in sensitive employee relations and risk situations
Fluent Spanish and strong English, written and spoken
Preferred Experience
Experience helping an organization scale and adapt to a new operating model, new ownership, or evolving business expectations
Background in a PE-backed, transformation-oriented, or high-accountability environment
Experience with Workday and HR systems; able to use data and systems to improve execution
Strong executive presence, resilience, and influence skills
This role is part of the Inclusive Talent Program and is open to all candidates. ANSIRA encourages applications from persons with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process.
ANSIRA is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive hiring and providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. All applicants will be considered based on qualifications, regardless of disability status.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including senior HRBP, HR Manager, or HR Director role in Colombia
- Strong knowledge of Colombian labor law and HR practice including employee relations, compliance, terminations, benefits, payroll processes, and labor reforms
- Experience driving change through a merger, acquisition, integration, or major transformation
- Experience working in a U.S.-based or U.S.-headquartered company
- Proven experience adapting and executing broader company strategy locally
- Success strengthening accountability, manager effectiveness, and business-aligned people practices
- Experience improving, streamlining, modernizing, or scaling HR processes, workflows, or operating models
- Sound judgment in sensitive employee relations and risk situations
- Fluent Spanish and strong English, written and spoken
- Experience helping an organization scale and adapt to a new operating model, new ownership, or evolving business expectations
- Background in a PE-backed, transformation-oriented, or high-accountability environment
- Experience with Workday and HR systems; able to use data and systems to improve execution
- Strong executive presence, resilience, and influence skills
What We Do
An independent, global marketing technology and services firm, Ansira believes in transparent partnerships to meet clients where they are on their customer experience journey. Ansira designs relevant, persuasive experiences for all the right moments; strengthening relationships, cultivating brand loyalists, and assuring profitable client growth. Teams operating across the US, Europe, South Asia, and Oceania, arm brands and their channel sales ecosystems with digital offerings, channel partner marketing technology and services, and local marketing technology to make these experiences possible.
