People Leader – Philippines

Join Our Team as a Strategic HR Leader!

The Role: This is an incredible opportunity to play a pivotal role in driving GHD’s success in the Philippines. You will work closely with the New Zealand Asia Pacific People Leader and the Philippines General Manager, becoming a key member of the Philippines regional leadership team. You’ll thrive on the commercial, strategic, and hands-on aspects of this position.

Why This Role Matters: Our team and culture are at the heart of our success, making this role exceptionally important. You’ll lead a dedicated team of HR professionals to support our 1300 FTE workforce and spearhead strategic initiatives across the board. If you’re enthusiastic about making a significant impact and passionate about fostering a positive team culture, this role might be your perfect fit!

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Partnership: Provide strategic HR partnership with teams to understand business priorities and identify new people business strategies. Contribute to the development and implementation of the overall Economic People Strategy and vision to transform the organization. Develop and oversee the execution of the People business plan with a 12–24-month time horizon to achieve key business objectives aligned to the business plan.
• Change Agent: Design, lead, and deliver significant global & local organizational change initiatives. Ensure programs and processes are aligned with business strategies and HR priorities. Lead cultural development and change initiatives that create a culture of accountability, engagement, and innovation. Provide thought leadership and utilize external networks to understand market trends and profile GHD at industry events.
• Enabler & Champion: Manage competing agendas and priorities across different departments. Proactively manage risk by identifying themes around complex employee relations matters and develop people strategies for resolution. Partner with leaders to identify the right business skills model based on changing needs and reshape groups to achieve improved business outcomes.
• Functional: Oversee the delivery of People Programs (recruitment, onboarding, performance, remuneration, talent management, offboarding) for the Region/Function/Business. Provide timely strategic and tactical advice to the Leadership team, while being agile and adaptable in your approach. Evaluate the operational people structure and team plan for continual improvement of efficiency and effectiveness, providing individuals with professional and personal growth opportunities.

Your Background: You have proven senior People leadership experience in global organizations, strong commercial thinking, and the ability to influence in complex environments across all levels. Most importantly, you’ll bring fresh thinking and pragmatic solutions. You can be both hands-on and effective in a leadership function. Team and culture are important to you. You enjoy leading a team, supporting their development, and working with the broader business to help them get the best out of their teams.

Why Join Us: This position offers the scope to make your mark in an organization where people and culture are valued. The role provides commercial exposure and strategic input within a global business with clear future ambition. We’re looking for a down-to-earth People leader who combines professional expertise and strong relationship-building. Beyond technical capability, you’ll bring resilience, tenacity, and natural leadership qualities that enable you to influence and drive initiatives to completion.

If you are passionate about pursuing this position, please submit your resume.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

About Us

Come together and make a meaningful impact.

We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world’s most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD.

Let’s drive real change.

Our Pledge to You

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

See where your commitment could take you.

That’s the #PowerOfCommitment

Who We Are

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.