Head of Employment Law, Asia
4 weeks ago
Salary: Competitive
Team: Legal
Location: Singapore - St James Power Station Headquarters
About us
Dyson is a pioneering global technology company. We are all about better ideas and new technologies. We believe everything could be better.
At Dyson, we are encouraged to think differently, challenge convention, and be unafraid to make mistakes. We’re creative, collaborative, practical, and enthusiastic. But most of all we’re hugely passionate about what we do.
Our energy, determination, and success mean that our business continues to grow at a remarkable pace. We explore new opportunities wherever we find them and we’re investing heavily in our products, our people, and our infrastructure to ensure that we remain ahead of our competitors and deliver the quality that our customers have come to expect from Dyson.
About the roleThe Head of Employment Law, Asia will have responsibility for the following activities:
- Reporting to the Legal Director, Global Employment Law and working with members of the wider global Employment Law Team (“ELT”) to support on global employment law projects, including re-organisations and other cross border projects, as well as the production and maintenance of template and precedent documents for use across Dyson’s business globally;
- Delivery of day-to-day employment law advice relating to Dyson’s employees across Asia (including South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines), China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and ANZ);
- Developing the position of the employment law function within the Asia region acting as a strategic business partner and adviser, building engagement with the HR leadership team and business leaders;
- Providing expert, ethical and pragmatic advice on a range of complex employment law and employee relations matters;
- Assisting with the design, delivery and implementation of strategic projects and tech solutions aimed at streamlining and improving the way employment law services are provided to Dyson’s global business;
- Managing external counsel where appropriate, ensuring compliance with Dyson’s panel and cost management processes;
- Managing the Employment Law Team’s monthly reporting and help to use data to identify trends;
- Proactively identifying emerging legal risk areas and working with stakeholders across Dyson Legal and the business to implement innovative strategies to mitigate those risks;
- Collaborating with other members of Dyson Legal in the provision of legal services to the business, including working with colleagues globally on multi-jurisdictional projects;
- Facilitating the delivery of employment law training to HR and managers;
- The role would support the Legal Director, Global Employment Law with the management of the ELT and would have one direct report.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 12 years of employment law experience, prior in-house experience is strongly preferred.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have a sound understanding of all aspects of employment law and an ability to apply that knowledge pragmatically in a commercial environment;
- Have substantial experience in working on multi-jurisdictional matters across Asia;
- Have experience in managing external legal counsel;
- Have an interest in designing and implementing new ways of delivering legal services (including the use, where appropriate, of legal tech);
- Have good awareness of the role of the legal function in a global business;
- Be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment;
- Have the ability to deal with issues outside the candidate’s experience and to learn quickly;
- Have project management experience;
- Have the confidence and gravitas to challenge decisions and actions when required;
- Be a skilled communicator, and with a proven record of being able to quickly build effective and trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation up to and including C-suite.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
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