HR Business Partner

Job Description

Job Title: HR Business Partner - JAPAC

Project/Team/Department: People and Culture

External/Client Title: HR Business Partner - JAPAC

Job Location: Singapore – Home Based

About Inizio

At Inizio, we're a global team driven by a shared purpose: to reimagine health. Formed in 2022 through the coming together of Ashfield and Huntsworth, we unite decades of experience with cutting-edge capabilities to deliver impactful solutions across the commercialization journey - from discovery to post-launch. Our global network of over 10,000 experts operates across 50 countries, supporting clients with strategic insight, medical excellence, creative engagement, and real-world delivery. We work with the world's leading health and life sciences businesses to solve complex challenges and drive meaningful outcomes for our clients and patients.

What sets Inizio apart is our people - and we believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive. Here, you're encouraged to reimagine your possibilities: to grow, to be curious and to make real change happen. It's a place where your individuality is valued, your development is supported, and your ambition is celebrated. If you're ready to push boundaries and accelerate your career, Inizio is the best place to be.

About Inizio Engage

Inizio Engage, a division of Inizio, is a strategic, commercial, and creative engagement partner that specializes in healthcare. Our passionate, global workforce augments local expertise and diverse mix of skills with data, science, and technology to deliver bespoke engagement solutions that help clients reimagine how they engage with their patients, payers, people and providers to improve treatment outcomes. Our mission is to partner with our clients, improving lives by helping healthcare professionals and patients get the medicines, knowledge and support they need.

Job Purpose/Overview:

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) for JAPAC will provide end-to-end People & Culture (P&C) support to the Global Medical Information (GMI) function across multiple countries in the region. This role partners closely with regional Operations leadership, local managers, and global P&C teams (Engage P&C and Inizio P&C) to support a highly regulated, fast-paced, and globally connected medical environment.

The HRBP will act as a trusted advisor to the business, ensuring strong people practices across recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, compliance, and payroll, while balancing local market requirements with global standards and initiatives

This individual will serve as Engage’s primary JAPAC People & Culture partner and will operate with a high degree of autonomy given the regional scope and time zone. As the regional P&C partner, the role holder will be responsible for establishing and evolving JAPAC P&C processes, operating practices, and governance frameworks in alignment with global standards, while responding to regional business needs.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for Global Medical Information roles across JAPAC, partnering closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements in a regulated medical environment.

• Manage interviewing, selection, and hiring processes in line with local labor laws and global P&C standards.

• Oversee onboarding of new hires, ensuring a consistent, compliant, and high-quality employee experience aligned to GMI ways of working.

• Act as the primary point of contact for employee relations matters, including performance management, grievances, disciplinary actions, investigations, and terminations.

• Provide pragmatic, risk-aware advice to managers operating in a regulated medical and compliance-focused environment.

• Partner with external legal counsel as required to manage complex ER matters

• Maintain strong working knowledge of employment legislation across JAPAC countries to ensure local compliance and risk mitigation.

• Ensure HR practices, contracts, and policies support both local requirements and global GMI / Inizio standards.

• Support audits, inspections, or documentation requests related to employment practices where applicable.

• Act as the key HR liaison with payroll vendors, benefits providers, and legal advisors across JAPAC countries.

• Ensure payroll processes are accurate, compliant, and aligned with local regulations.

• Partner with Finance and Operations to resolve payroll or benefits-related issues efficiently

• Provide hands-on HRBP support to the JAPAC Operations Director and local Operations Managers within Global Medical Information.

• Coach leaders on people management, engagement, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness.

• Support change initiatives, restructures, and growth activities within the GMI function.

• Partner with Engage P&C and Inizio P&C teams to roll out global people initiatives within the Global Medical Information population.

• Adapt global programs and policies to ensure local compliance, cultural relevance, and operational effectiveness across JAPAC.

• Act as a feedback loop, sharing regional insights and challenges with global stakeholders.

• Support the ongoing development and maturity of the P&C function supporting Global Medical Information.

• Contribute to regional and global HR projects, including system implementations, process improvements, and policy updates.

• Maintain accurate HRIS data and employee records across the region.

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of JAPAC P&C processes, frameworks, and operating practices, ensuring scalable and compliant regional delivery.

• Partner with Operations and Business Development to support client calls, reviews, audits, and proposals as required, including workforce planning input and participation in client-facing discussions where appropriate.

• Collaborate with broader Inizio, Nucleus, and STEM P&C teams to ensure effective operational set-up, alignment of policies, and consistency of employee experience across entities where applicable.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Minimum 5+ years of progressive HR experience, ideally supporting regional or global teams.

• Strong experience across the full employee lifecycle: recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, and offboarding.

• Experience supporting regulated, professional, or life sciences environments is highly desirable.

• Demonstrated HR experience across multiple JAPAC markets, with strong working knowledge of key employment frameworks in Singapore and at least one other major regional market (e.g., Australia, Japan, China, or India).Proven experience managing external vendors (payroll, legal, benefits).

• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner credibly with senior leaders and medical/technical teams.

• High attention to detail and comfort operating in compliance-driven environments.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and judgment skills.

• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

• High cultural awareness and ability to operate effectively across diverse markets.

• Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and HRIS systems.

• Experience operating as a stand-alone or regional HR lead supporting multiple countries preferred.

• HR certification (PHR, CIPD, AHRI, or local equivalent) preferred.

Our Leadership Commitments:

The Commitments are promises that our senior leaders are making about how we will behave; how we will interact with the people around us, and the kind of culture we want to work together to create:

Equal Employment Opportunity

Inizio Engage is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. It is the policy of the Company to encourage and support equal employment opportunity for all associates and applicants without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, individual genetic information, disabled veteran or Vietnam Era Veteran Status.

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.