Human Resource Manager | Based in Kuala Lumpur

Role overview

We are hiring HR Manager with recruitment taking more than half of the role. The person will hire, take care of the people we already have and build a regional HR strategy based on data.

Responsibilities

The role covers five areas:

1. Recruitment and onboarding (50%+ of the role)

• Run full-cycle hiring for Malaysia and India: intake with hiring managers, job descriptions, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offers and closing.
• Source candidates actively through LinkedIn, local job boards, referrals and other.
• Build talent pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill roles.
• Own candidate experience and the employer brand in the region.
• Keep the ATS up to date and report funnel metrics to hiring managers every week.
• Run onboarding so new hires are set up and productive from their first week.

2. Team events in Malaysia and India

• Plan and run corporate events for teams in both countries: team buildings, offsites, year-end parties and local festivals.
• Manage event budgets, venues, vendors and logistics.
• Collect feedback after each event and adjust the format.

3. Employee relations at a systemic level

• Hold regular check-ins and 1:1s with team members and managers.
• Act as the first point of contact for HR questions in the region.
• Solve issues at the root: find the cause behind a recurring problem and fix the process or policy, not just the single case.
• Turn repeated questions into clear policies, FAQs or automated workflows.
• Support managers on performance, conflict and retention cases.

4. HR metrics and regional strategy

• Track core HR metrics: time to hire, offer acceptance, turnover, 90-day retention, eNPS and engagement.
• Analyse trends and present findings to leadership every month.
• Build and run a regional improvement plan with clear priorities, owners and targets.

5. HR operations and compliance

• Maintain employee records and HR documentation.
• Keep practices compliant with the Malaysian Employment Act and Indian labour law, together with legal or EOR partners.
• Support payroll, benefits and leave administration with local providers.

Requirements

• Fluent English and Bahasa Malaysia, spoken and written.
• Must have at least 3 to 4 years of experience as HR Manager in international companies.
• Hands-on full-cycle recruitment experience: the candidate has personally sourced, interviewed and closed hires.
• Experience hiring in Malaysia and knowledge of the Malaysian labour market.
• Fluent with modern work tools: AI assistants used in daily HR work, task trackers (Asana or similar), an ATS, and Google Workspace.
• Comfortable working with data: builds HR reports in spreadsheets or dashboards and draws conclusions from them.
• Able to work independently and drive results without close supervision.