Balenciaga Senior HR Manager, Southeast Asia & Oceania

Summary Founded by Spanish-born Cristóbal Balenciaga in 1917 and established in Paris in 1937, the original House of Balenciaga defined modern couture with its many innovations to form and technique. Today it continues to uphold the vision of the House through boundary-pushing collections including women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, accessories, and objets d’art. The brand’s unprecedented interactions with the expanding digital realm, material developments, and today’s social responsibilities keep it at the forefront of modernity. In 2021, Balenciaga’s 50th Couture collection—the House’s first since its founder retired in 1968 – reintroduces a standard of cutting-edge elegance. From October 2015 to July 2025, Demna designed both men’s and women’s collections as the Artistic Director. In July 2025, Pierpaolo Piccioli was appointed Creative Director of Balenciaga. We are looking for a commercially astute Senior HR Manager who will lead the HR agenda across Southeast Asia and Oceania by partnering with business leaders to deliver effective people strategies, support business growth, and strengthen organizational capability. Job Description Your opportunity The Senior HR Manager partners with Functional Leaders across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand to deliver people strategies that support business growth, organizational effectiveness, and a strong employee experience. Acting as a trusted HR business partner, the role oversees strategic and operational HR across the employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance and talent management, employee relations, compensation and benefits, organizational design, and HR operations, while ensuring compliance with local employment laws and internal governance standards. How you will contribute Business partnering and HR leadership • Partner with regional and local business leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into practical HR strategies, plans, and actions aligned with the Group and House People strategy. • Provide trusted HR advice on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, staff deployment, succession planning, and organizational change. • Act as a senior advisor to management on HR matters, ensuring people decisions are commercially sound, consistent, and aligned with company values and policies. Support the design and implementation of organizational structure changes, role redefinitions, and workforce adjustments across Southeast Asia and Oceania. Talent and performance management • Lead the talent management cycle, including performance reviews, calibration, talent mapping, succession planning, and development planning, and guide line managers in designing effective individualized development plans for their teams. • Collaborate with business leaders to identify capability gaps and implement targeted development and retention actions. • Drive talent acquisition strategies to ensure timely and effective hiring of critical roles across the region, leveraging Kering regional support as needed. • Frame and deploy onboarding, integration, and retention initiatives that strengthen employee experience and build organizational capability. • Support employee engagement through optimized internal employer branding communications and engagement programs, building on Kering Group and Balenciaga initiatives. Employee relations and HR operations • Ensure HR policies, practices, and procedures are consistently applied and aligned with relevant local employment laws and labor regulations. Assess managers’ capabilities and design and deploy learning and training actions to ensure best-in-class people practices. • Oversee employee relations matters, including grievances, investigations, disciplinary cases, attendance issues, and separations, ensuring fair, compliant, and timely resolution. Partner with Kering Shared Services on HR operations and employee lifecycle administration, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficient service delivery. Commercial and regional support • Lead HR budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring of HR operating expenses, ensuring effective resource allocation and cost discipline, including competitive total reward positioning (e.g., salary benchmarking, job calibration). • Manage HR data, reports, and workforce analytics to support decision-making and monitor key HR metrics. • Build and maintain strong relationships with HQ, regional teams, shared service functions, external consultants, recruitment partners, and relevant authorities as needed. • Support regional HR projects, process improvements, and change management initiatives that enhance operational effectiveness and employee experience. Contribute to the development of regional HR practices and standards to support consistency across markets. People management • Lead, coach, and develop the local HR team by setting clear priorities, objectives, and performance expectations. • Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, provide feedback, and support the professional growth of team members through coaching and development planning. • Review team workload, guide issue resolution, and ensure alignment of team deliverables with regional HR priorities. • Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture. Who you are • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline; advanced qualifications are preferred. • Minimum 10-12 years of progressive HR experience, ideally in luxury retail, fashion, or a multi-market business. • Strong track record in HR business partnering, talent acquisition, and advising senior leaders on strategic people matters. • Solid knowledge of employment laws and HR practices across Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand; exposure to the Australia market is a plus. • Experience managing complex employee relations matters, including performance, investigations, and disciplinary processes. • Commercially astute, with strong stakeholder management, influencing, and coaching skills. • Highly organized and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced regional environment. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Proficiency in HRIS and applicant tracking systems; Workday experience is an advantage. • Self-motivated, resilient, and collaborative, with a strong sense of accountability. Why work with us? This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the Balenciaga philosophy and to become part of a team that offers possibilities to learn and grow. Balenciaga is committed to thriving your professional development within the House or in the Kering group. We empower leaders to create, build and sustain high performing teams that excel in execution. We guide every employee to reach their full potential in a stimulating and fulfilling workplace environment. Diversity Commitment Balenciaga is committed to fostering a diverse workforce. We believe that diversity in all its forms - gender, age, nationality, culture, disability, sexual orientation… - enriches the workplace and our client experience. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome all applications and select our talents based on competencies and in alignment with our brand behaviors. Setting people for success is what we live for. It is part of our interview process to discuss with you how to excel in our company. Job Type Regular Start Date 2026-10-26 Schedule Full time Organization BAL Singapore