Senior Manager - Human Resources

edamama is the #1 online-to-offline (O2O) platform focused on products and services for parents and families in the Philippines! We're a mama-led company (with dads, aspiring parents, and kid-at-hearts on board too!) on a mission to make parenting easier. Think content, commerce, and community wrapped up in one supportive space. We’ve reached another milestone in 2023 when we started to branch out into retail aiming to have 100 stores in the next 5 years!

What You'll Do

This role champions people and culture as core business priorities, working closely with leaders and external partners to deliver strong people practices while ensuring compliant and well-governed HR, legal, and procurement operations.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Own and oversee the company’s people-related policies and practices, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the end-to-end employee lifecycle, including talent acquisition, onboarding, regularization, performance management, employee check-ins, and offboarding.
• Oversee HR operations and compliance, including payroll, attendance, compensation and benefits, employment documentation, HR systems, investigations, and statutory filings.
• Manage employee and labor relations, addressing grievances, disciplinary matters, and sensitive employee issues in a fair, consistent, and timely manner.
• Partner with leaders on performance management, including goal-setting, reviews, calibration sessions, and performance improvement actions.
• Drive employee engagement, culture, and wellbeing initiatives, including company-wide activities, employee milestones, and ongoing engagement efforts.
• Oversee learning, development, and leadership capability-building initiatives to support retention, succession, and organizational effectiveness.
• Manage workplace and corporate services, including office and facilities management, procurement, travel and expense, IT asset management, and safety compliance.
• Provide oversight of procurement and vendor management, including sourcing, contract coordination, purchasing, and process improvements to ensure cost efficiency and compliance.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Law, or a related field
• 5 to 8 years of progressive experience in Human Resources, with at least 3 to 5 years in a senior or managerial role.
• Proven experience managing the full employee lifecycle, including talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations, and offboarding.
• Strong working knowledge of labor laws, HR compliance, and employee relations, with experience handling investigations, disciplinary actions, and grievances.
• Hands-on experience overseeing HR operations, including payroll, attendance, compensation and benefits, employment documentation, and HR systems.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders and act as a trusted advisor on people and organizational matters.
• Experience coordinating with external legal counsel on employment-related legal matters.
• Strong stakeholder management, judgment, and communication skills, with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential issues.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using HR metrics and people analytics to inform decision-making.