Senior HR Business Partner | APAC

Who we are is what we do.

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 100+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 5,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers.

Why should you be part of our success story?

As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are.

Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50,  Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator’s top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google.

Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $12 billion valuation and $800  million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work.

Overview:

The Senior HR Business Partner provides strategic HR leadership and partnership to assigned business leaders and acts as a key member of leadership teams within the business as well as within the HR Business Partner team. HR Business Partners at Deel are people consultants for the departments and areas of the business to which they are assigned. As a dedicated people consultant, the Senior HR Business Partner is entrenched with their leaders and teams working proactively to leverage their business acumen to understand the business goals and challenges and use data to drive and propose ideas and solutions to propel the business and our people to success. 

What You'll Do

• Responsible for developing a deep understanding of the Deel business model and products, to include in-depth knowledge of each department or team or business unit supported from a global/ functional priority standpoint.  

• Use business insights, business knowledge and business and people data to coach/counsel business leaders, and partner with the People Success and Talent Acquisition team directly to shape org design, talent strategy, and leadership capabilities. Focus further on improving cross functional alignment and effectiveness both within the business and within the HRBP team.

• Be quick and proactive to live in the assigned department or team’s people data and surface insights, highlight successes, and double down on areas of opportunity whilst working directly with leaders to deliver solutions impacting high performance teams and retention. 

• Be agile in providing insightful perspectives on business and leadership teams regularly to the executive team and heads of departments, specifically aligned to and focused on driving a high performance team, scaling leadership, and achieving business goals.

• Build trusted relationships and rapport with business leaders to strategically influence and provide expert-level inputs to enable the business goals through people strategy. Utilize that influence and business insight to mentor business leaders, enabling the leadership teams to thrive in the broader Deel ecosystem.

• Establish effective partnerships with the People department’s functional teams and ensure that people strategies and programs are informed by our business needs and being actioned in alignment with business-specific work.

• Partner with senior leaders to craft and understand strategies for their leadership team and their team members, in alignment with the People department and Deel overall. Execute on these strategies to respond to the current and future needs of the business while ke