The Business Partner (BP) is a strategic partner to the business, focused on performance, talent development, and organizational transformation.
The BP owns the performance and talent cycle (development-focused), supports business strategy and transformation initiatives, acts as a key interface with Global, and partners closely with the broader Talent & Culture (T&C) team.
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Partner with business leaders to translate business strategy into people and organization priorities.
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Own and drive the end-to-end performance cycle, ensuring high-quality, future-focused performance conversations.
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Lead the talent cycle from a development perspective, including talent identification, career pathways, succession, and readiness planning (excluding recruitment and L&D delivery).
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Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on structure, capability, leadership effectiveness, and organizational design.
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Support and co-lead business and organizational transformation initiatives, challenging legacy ways of working.
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Serve as the primary point of contact for APAC on performance, talent, and people-related topics, translating global frameworks into local impact.
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Partner with the wider Talent & Culture team to ensure alignment, consistency, and seamless execution across people initiatives.
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Leverage data, insights, and AI-enabled tools to inform talent decisions and improve performance and productivity.
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Bring a future-of-work mindset, continuously identifying smarter, simpler, and more impactful ways of operating.
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Proven experience in a Business Partner or equivalent strategic role
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Demonstrated ability to partner with leaders on business strategy, transformation, and change
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Experience working in global or matrixed environments, acting as a key local interface
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Comfortable using data, insights, and AI-enabled tools to support performance and talent decisions
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Fluent in English and Japanese, with strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
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Demonstrates AI fluency, including the ability to leverage AI tools to enhance work quality and productivity, critically evaluate outputs, and apply ethical and responsible judgment in their use.
