Asia Pacific VP HR, US Technology Company

THE ROLE

A newly created role heading up both operational HR and strategic business partnering. The organisation had two main business streams which were becoming increasingly disparate –it was vitally important that these internal clients were serviced equally.

THE ASSIGNMENT

Liaised with both UK based direct hiring manager as well as indirect senior managers based in the US to scope the role and advise on recruitment process. We agreed on a five-stage process including the business stream MD’s and the global HR Director. The agency challenge in managing this assignment was not only the search but the relationship management skills required to coordinate a global selection panel, keeping momentum in the process and keeping candidates engaged through a testing process.

THE OUTCOME

The shortlist included candidates from agreed targeted organisations with similar business models and product lines. The key criteria outside of technical HR knowledge was experience of the geographical footprint, knowledge of a sales and service organisation, ability to create and lead a new function and the ability to deal with some very challenging internal stakeholders. Sourced from a direct approach, the successful candidate had allthese attributes and was offered the position after an eventual process of seven interviews plus references and psychometric testing.