Human Resources Business Partner

About the role

ESR is a real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate, data centres and energy infrastructure, with a global presence including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, India and Europe. As ESR transforms after privatisation, Group HR is building a business partnering model for a more integrated, matrixed organisation. This role is the day-to-day HR partner to a broad portfolio of ESR's Singapore-based corporate functions, business units and platforms, reporting to the Director, Human Resources Business Partner.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the primary HR partner to assigned corporate functions and business units, translating function and business plans into people priorities and giving pragmatic, commercially grounded advice
• Support organisation design, workforce planning and headcount governance, and help leaders communicate change, integration and restructuring
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring, run the performance management cycle, and coach managers on feedback and underperformance
• Partner with the Total Rewards Centre of Expertise on the annual salary review, promotions and incentives, and use people data to inform and challenge decisions
• Manage employee relations matters with discretion, ensure compliance with the Singapore Employment Act and MOM requirements, and coach managers to handle such situations
• Work with People Services and the Centres of Expertise to deliver clean HR processes and systems, and feed business insight back to improve HR services

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or a related discipline
• Professional HR certification (IHRP-CP/SP, CIPD or SHRM) is advantageous
• 7-10 years of progressive HR experience, including at least four years in an HR Business Partner or senior generalist partnering capacity
• Experience partnering corporate and enablement functions alongside commercial or operational teams
• Understanding of the Singapore Employment Act and MOM regulations; exposure to other APAC jurisdictions is an advantage

Required skills

• Sound employee relations judgement and comfort with headcount, cost, attrition and performance data
• Experience in a matrix organisation alongside Centres of Expertise and shared services
• Able to influence senior stakeholders without positional authority
• Proficiency with HRIS and applicant tracking systems; ESR uses Workable for recruitment
• Understanding of data privacy and security, and ability to audit AI-generated data
• Experience integrating AI tools into daily workflows, including prompt engineering and trend analysis