HR Operations Manager (APAC) - Workmotion

Not Your Typical Workplace…

Tired of the 9-to-5 grind? Imagine a world without borders, where opportunities are endless. That's the future of work, and what we are building at WorkMotion. Our remote-first team spans the world, helping companies hire, onboard, and manage talent internationally through smart, flexible workforce solutions.

More Than a Role

We're looking for an HR Operations Manager who gets their energy from turning a brand-new legal entity into a working employer, while keeping a sharp, analytical focus on real business impact.

You'll be at the center of it all, taking new entities in your cluster from licence to first payroll and then owning their HR compliance. You'll run up to four country builds at the same time, ensuring everything you touch is compliant, well-documented, and scalable. Your cluster covers the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand, with Singapore as backup.

You won't be a solo operator. You'll collaborate with Operations, Infrastructure, Legal, Payroll, and Customer Success teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the HR side of each new entity from kick-off: give Infrastructure and Legal the HR inputs a licence needs, flag operating model risks early, and plan the HR build against the go-live date.
• Get every employer registration live with Payroll, including social security, tax, pension, health, and work injury insurance.
• Build local-language contract templates with Legal, file work rules, handbooks, and mandatory policies, and contract benefits, insurance, and occupational health providers.
• Lead go-live: run the final readiness check and check the first onboardings and first payroll line by line.
• Own each live entity's HR compliance (compliance calendar, filings, audits, law changes) and handle day-to-day HR Operations for your cluster.
• Write and maintain process documentation, including external articles in cooperation with our Knowledge team.

What It Takes to Make an Impact Here

• 5+ years in HR operations or HR compliance across several countries (EOR, PEO, global mobility, shared services or a multinational).
• Experience opening a Philippine employer (SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, DO 174).
• Working knowledge of Australian awards, superannuation including Payday Super, state workers' compensation, the NZ Holidays Act, and Singapore CPF and work passes.
• Proven experience moving employees between employers, including seniority, leave, and severance cost.
• Ability to turn a legal opinion into a working process and know when to escalate.
• Experience managing payroll, benefits, and immigration vendors and running three country projects in parallel.
• Ability to write clear, practical process guides.
• Fluent English (C1).

Bonus Points

• EOR or staffing industry background, or experience with labour leasing or dispatch licences.
• Payroll knowledge (gross to net, statutory filings) and hands-on work permit and visa experience.
• Jira, Confluence, HRIS, and no-code automation tools experience.
• HR experience in Indonesia, Vietnam, or Thailand.

The Perks

• Global & Remote: Work from anywhere through our WorkFlex program.
• Well-Being: Dedicated Well-Being Day to recharge and relax.
• Fitness: Subsidised gym memberships.
• Learning & Development: Training & Development Allowance to expand your skills.
• Connection: Exciting annual team meetups.