About the Role
We are seeking a strategic and globally minded Global HR Director to join our leadership team and partner closely with the Founder & CEO in shaping the company’s next phase of growth. This role will lead the end-to-end people strategy across China and international markets, supporting our transformation into an AI-native digital education company and strengthening our global operating model.
The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen with deep HR expertise, and is capable of building high-performing, scalable and globally aligned organizations.
Key Responsibilities
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- Global Organization Design & Strategic Enablement
- Translate the company’s global business and AI strategy into scalable organizational structures and talent strategies
- Lead organization design and transformation across the Singapore global headquarters, China operations and overseas markets
- Optimize cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration mechanisms to support rapid execution of strategic initiatives and innovation programs2.
- Global Talent Acquisition & Leadership Pipeline
- Build and continuously enhance a globally competitive talent acquisition strategy and operating model
- Lead executive and critical talent hiring across leadership, international operations and technical functions, ensuring timely and high-quality hiring outcomes
- Establish global talent review and succession planning frameworks, maintaining strong visibility over key leadership and successor pipelines across business functions3.
- Culture Transformation & Organizational Effectiveness
- Shape and reinforce a high-performance, professional and values-driven culture across global teams
- Foster an environment centered on ownership, transparency, execution excellence and data-informed decision making
- Build effective cross-cultural collaboration mechanisms to strengthen trust, reduce organizational friction and improve overall team cohesion4.
- Workforce Planning, Rewards & Performance Management
- Lead global workforce planning and people cost management, developing people analytics and productivity frameworks to improve organizational efficiency and ROIDesign and optimize compensation, rewards and long-term incentive structures aligned with business growth and talent priorities
- Drive standardized and business-linked performance management systems across domestic and international teams, ensuring performance accountability and organizational alignment5.
- Global HR Leadership & Compliance Governance
- Lead and develop HR teams across China, Singapore and international markets, elevating HRBP capability and delivery standards
- Ensure full alignment with labor laws, employment regulations and workforce compliance requirements across key operating regions
- Establish governance and risk-control mechanisms to safeguard organizational integrity and business continuity
- Qualifications and Education & Professional Foundation
- Bachelor’s degree or above required;
- MBA or equivalent business education preferred
- Strong foundation in Organization Development (OD), performance management, rewards and global employment practices
- Experience10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience within leading internet, education technology or global organization
- Proven experience managing multinational teams and HR operations across China and international markets, including Singapore and Southeast Asia
- Experience leading large-scale organizational transformation, international expansion or HQ setup initiatives is highly preferred
- Strong track record in workforce budgeting, people cost optimization and enterprise-level performance management design and execution Leadership
Competencies
- CEO mindset & business acumen
- Think beyond traditional HR operations and approach people strategy from a business and long-term value creation perspective
- Strong principles & execution capability
- Able to navigate organizational complexity with sound judgment, professionalism and decisiveness
- High resilience & adaptability
- Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth and cross-time-zone environments with strong ownership and emotional steadiness
- Global leadership capability
- Demonstrates cultural intelligence and the ability to lead diverse teams across markets and business context
- Why Join us!
- Partner directly with the Founder & CEO on organization strategy and global growth
- Play a critical leadership role in building an AI-native, globally scaled education company
- Shape the future of people, culture and organizational excellence across international markets
