About the Role:
We are seeking applications from experienced Human Resources Leaders to join our APAC team. This role is open to locations within the APAC region. This role reports to the Senior HR Manager of Americas and APAC and provides HR manager support to Southeast Asia and Australian regions. The APAC Region HR Manager will partner with business segment and functional leaders to develop and execute HR strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, employee engagement, and process improvement. They will provide support, as needed, in managing complex employee relations issues and will ensure effective and consistent application of HR programs and policies across the region in alignment with greater Oceaneering.
To be successful in this role, this person must be solutions orientated professional that understands business priorities and translate them into people priorities and actions, building relationships while leading and developing a high-performing HR team, acting as a change agent driving for results by building relationships and organizational capability and performance.
In this role you will:
- Collaborate between Corporate HR and client groups for effective communication, trust, and problem-solving.
- Ensure effective implementation of Corporate HR programs and processes within the region.
- Ensure country HR processes and programs are operating effectively, aligned with Corporate; and comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with regional leaders to understand the people requirements and implications of business projects, initiatives, and action plans; and turn them into people priorities and HR solutions and action plans.
- Create positive change and proactively mitigate and resolve employee issues.
- Be a trusted advisor on sensitive/complex people-related matters to ensure business needs are met while mitigating employment risk for the company and ensuring actions are aligned with the company’s values and culture.
- Provide guidance and coaching to senior management concerning employee engagement, performance management, career development, talent assessment, and retention.
- Proactively identify opportunities and assess improvements to the employee experience and partner with senior management to develop and implement innovative and sustainable solutions.
- Lead and develop a high-performing HR team to provide efficient and effective support across the region.
ESSENTIAL:
- Collaborate between Corporate HR and client groups for effective communication, trust, and problem solving.
- Ensure effective implementation of Corporate HR programs and processes within the region.
- Ensure country HR processes and programs are operating effectively, aligned with Corporate; and comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements
- Partner with region leaders to understand the people requirements and implications of business projects, initiatives, and action plans; and turn them into people priorities and HR solutions and action plans.
- Exert influence to create positive change and proactively mitigate and resolve employee issues.
- Act as a trusted advisor on sensitive/complex people-related matters to ensure business needs are met while mitigating employment risk for the company and ensuring actions are aligned with the company’s values and culture.
- Provide guidance and coaching to senior management concerning employee engagement, performance management, career development, talent assessment, and retention.
- Proactively identify opportunities and assess improvements to the employee experience and partner with senior management to develop and implement innovative and sustainable solutions.
- Lead and develop a high-performing HR team to provide efficient and effective support across the region.
NON-ESSENTIAL:
Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position directly supervises professional HR staff.
Reporting Relationship: This position will report directly to the Director, Global HR.
Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Human Resources Management, or a related field
- Typically, 10 or more years' experience in multiple HR functions including compensation, global mobility, and/or a generalist role, including 5+ years managing HR staff
- Relevant international country HR experience, preferably within the region of HR support
- Demonstrated ability to objectively coach employees and management through complex issues within a matrix organization
- Has relevant experience or demonstrated ability in turning business strategies into people-related actions, including the development of strategic goals, identifying tactical plans to implement a strategy, and managing plan execution
- Thorough understanding and hands-on application of internal and external HR principles, concepts, practices, and standards
- Strong project management, process development, and continuous improvement skills
- Strong relationship, influence, and conflict management skills
- Ability to effectively adapt to and communicate in a multicultural environment
- Adaptable to conflicting priorities, multiple projects, and time pressures
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills (including Excel)
- This position requires flexibility in working hours to accommodate meetings with co-workers in other time zones around the world
What We Offer:
As part of a global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career pathways and support the development of your knowledge and skills. You will be able to thrive in a safe workplace and learn from a high-performing team consisting of talented and driven individuals.
Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home. In addition, we also offer genuine career development opportunities, hybrid working arrangements, autonomy, engaging work, and a great team culture!
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Human Resources Management, or a related field
- 10 or more years of experience in multiple HR functions, including compensation, global mobility, and/or generalist HR
- At least 5 years managing HR staff
- Relevant international country HR experience, preferably within the supported region
- Ability to objectively coach employees and management through complex issues in a matrix organization
- Experience translating business strategies into people-related actions and managing execution
- Thorough understanding and hands-on application of HR principles, concepts, practices, and standards
- Strong project management, process development, and continuous improvement skills
- Strong relationship-building, influence, and conflict management skills
- Ability to adapt to and communicate effectively in a multicultural environment
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities, multiple projects, and time pressures
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including Excel
- Flexibility to work hours accommodating global time zones
Oceaneering Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Oceaneering and has not been reviewed or approved by Oceaneering.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are portrayed as comprehensive, including private medical insurance and broad medical, dental, and vision coverage tailored to local markets. In several contexts, coverage is characterized as good to outstanding.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include pension/retirement plans and a U.S. 401(k), which are consistently highlighted as part of a competitive package. These elements are described as contributing meaningful value to overall compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave programs include PTO/vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave, with annual leave emphasized globally. Time-off provisions are noted as a steady component of total rewards even when salary opinions differ.
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What We Do
Oceaneering pushes the frontiers of deep water, space and motion entertainment environments to execute with new, leading-edge connections to solve tomorrow’s challenges, today. As the trusted subsea connection specialist, our experience combined with the depth and breadth of our portfolio of technologies allows us to engineer solutions for the most complex subsea challenges. From routine to extreme, our integrated products, services, and innovative solutions safely de-risk operational systems, increase reliability, and enable a lower total cost of ownership. We are connecting what’s needed with what’s next as the world’s largest ROV operator and the leading ROV provider to the oil and gas industry with over 300 systems operating worldwide. With our safety-focused and innovative approach, we responsively and decisively react to subsea challenges while providing solutions swiftly and efficiently.
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