Head - People Partner & Engagement, SEA

Overview

The Head – People Partner & Engagement is the senior leader responsible for building and sustaining a people-first culture at 2X. This role sets the strategy for workforce planning, talent management, and employee engagement across Southeast Asia, ensuring alignment between people priorities and business outcomes. As a visible and trusted partner to practice and functional leadership, this role balances principled decisions with humanity—ensuring our people remain at the heart of everything we do while enabling 2X’s rapid growth as one of the largest B2B Marketing-as-a-Service firms. This leader will champion consistency and clarity across our Southeast Asia delivery centers, protect and strengthen our “One Team” culture, and enable managers to grow and retain top talent while fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performing environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Strategic People Partnership & Business Alignment

Act as the senior thought partner to practice and functional leadership, ensuring people strategies directly enable business objectives.

Own and drive the employee engagement and retention strategy, using survey data and workforce analytics to move from reactive exits to proactive solutions.

Guide leaders in creating a culture of accountability and continuous feedback through effective goal-setting and performance practices.

Provide HR leadership during crisis or incident management, partnering with local teams to ensure continuity and employee safety.

Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure hiring strategies reflect long-term business needs, market realities, and 2X’s unique culture and value proposition.

Partner with Total Rewards to ensure competitive and equitable pay practices aligned with business goals and local market norms.

Qualifications

Seniority level

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