HR Director

HR Director

Human Resources

Ho Chi Minh

Director

Mon - Fri, 9am - 6pm

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Objectives

At PMAX, we choose to grow through productivity, not headcount. This means building an organization where people perform better, grow faster, and create greater business impact. We are looking for an HR Director who can turn our People Strategy into a working reality — building an integrated HR system that connects performance, talent development, organizational effectiveness, and rewards. The strategy is defined. The leadership commitment and resources are in place. Now, we need a leader who can bring it all together and make it happen. This is a build role, not a maintain role. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of HR and directly influence how PMAX grows.

Job Description

HR Strategy

Own and evolve the PMAX People Strategy (two-sided: what the business needs from talent · what talent needs from PMAX); translate into annual HR plan, budget, and measurable outcomes.

Strategic advisor to CEO and BOM on talent, organisation and productivity.

Organisation Design & Workforce Planning

Design and maintain the organisation on the Helix model (Pod × CoE × Platform × Revenue × Back Office): roles, job architecture, competency model, RACI.

Workforce planning by business unit and role: capability needed, Build / Buy / Borrow mix, cost and return.

Design human–AI work: which tasks AI takes on, how people lead and quality-control them, what skills that requires — with CTO and line leaders.

Productivity & Performance Management

Co-own with Finance the

productivity management system

: expected vs actual performance per role, at individual · team · company level, with ramp-up by cohort. Make it the backbone of people’s decisions.

Run performance management (goal-setting, PAP, calibration, IDP) so that high performers are recognised fast and development needs are seen early.

Build the ramp engine: time-to-productivity measured for 100% of new hires, shortened every cycle.

Learning & Development

Build the L&D engine: leadership training, PMAX Academy, knowledge management (KMS), AI training & practice — coverage by individual, not by course.

Career paths visible to every person; succession and high-potential pipelines for key roles.

Talent Acquisition

Own the TA engine: talent CRM, bar-raiser process, work-sample assessment, hiring on predictive signals (achievement, driving change, resilience).

Employer brand: PMAX as the place where elite marketing talent grows and performs; university and community partnerships.

Total Rewards

Design and operate competitive, performance-based total rewards: salary architecture, variable pay, commission, ESOP, recognition — transparent formulas people understand and trust.

Engagement, Culture & Employee Experience

Activate PMAX culture and values through rituals, recognition, community, employee voice.

Retention of core and high performers; stay interviews, regretted-attrition tracking, alumni network.

HR Operations, Compliance & Team

HRIS/people analytics, labor-law compliance, employee relations.

Lead and grow the HR team as a data-driven, business-first function with its own unit economics.

Job Requirements

Must have

8+ years in HR, 3+ years leading the function (HRM/HRD) in agency, tech or fast-scaling professional services, 150–500 people.

Has built — not just run — core people systems: performance management, performance-based compensation, productivity management, L&D. Can show what changed because of them.

Reads a P&L; comfortable working with Finance on unit economics and cost per FTE.

Track record of raising talent density: hiring bar, high-performer retention, visible career acceleration.

Deep knowledge of Vietnam labor law and employee relations.

Strong plus

Experience with Pod/CoE operating models; AI-native ways of working.

Has partnered directly with a founder-CEO through a growth phase.

PMAX-er Identification

Client Impact · Innovation · People Development · Integrity · Teamwork & Fun · Extreme Ownership

Benefits

Competitive salary with quarterly and annual bonuses, plus a 13th-month salary.

Flexible working hours, with 4 remote working days per month and 15 days of annual leave.

Comprehensive salary-based social, health, and unemployment insurance (SHUI).

Annual health check-ups and PTI health insurance for all employees.

Company-provided laptop, laptop allowance, or financial support for personal laptop purchases.

Internal training and career development opportunities, with sponsorship for external learning and development (L&D) programs.

Quarterly team bonding budgets and regular snack time for team bonding.

Quarterly and annual awards, along with gifts for special occasions such as birthdays and New Year.

Various employee engagement activities, including holiday celebrations, company trips, year-end parties, company anniversaries, Cultural Day, and quarterly town halls.

Other employee welfare benefits.

Job Summary

Year of Experience:

8 years+

Job Level:

HR Director

Report Line:

CEO

Peer:

Board of Management (BoM)

Subordinate:

HR & Admin - HR Manager · TA Lead · Senior HR (C&B/HRIS) · L&D Business Partner · HR General · HR Trainee

Salary Range:

Negotiable

Hiring Purpose:

New Hire

Working Location:

Floors 5, 6 & 7, 180 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Xuan Hoa Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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