HRBL Malaysia

Primary Function of Position:

As a member of the Global Operations HR team this HR leader will serve as the primary HR partner to a greenfield manufacturing site providing handson humancapital leadership that enables safe compliant and scalable operations from startup through steady state. This role partners closely with Site and Manufacturing leadership to translate business and operational priorities into practical workforce organizational and leadership solutions while ensuring full compliance with Malaysian employment legislation labor relations requirements and regulatory standards. As a member of the Site Manufacturing Leadership Team and the Global Operations HR community this leader is expected to operate with enterprise mindset balancing local execution excellence with global consistency and to rolemodel Intuitive leadership behaviors grounded in trust accountability and transparency.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Strategic HR & Site Partnership

• Partner with Site and Functional Leaders to translate operational and manufacturing goals into workforce plans organization design talent strategies and employee engagement solutions aligned to site rampup and longterm sustainability.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Site Leadership Team providing sound judgement practical solutions and candid coaching across leadership culture and people decisions.

Greenfield Manufacturing Build & Operations

• Lead HR readiness for greenfield manufacturing including workforce buildout leadership hiring policy establishment site governance and operating rhythm. This will include being main point of contact for our HR Workstream for the Greenfield project.

• Support operational excellence by aligning HR processes to manufacturing realities such as shift structures labor optimization productivity EHS quality and compliance expectations.

• Proactively collaborate with client group leaders to translate business needs into impactful talent strategies and solutions that support business objectives. 

• Implement corporate/regional strategies and programs into the business; measure and track success and proactively drive improvement. Influence the design of future programs to better support the business. 

Local Regulatory Compliance & Employee Relations Leadership

• Act as the site expert on Malaysia employment legislation labor relations compliance requirements and employee relations ensuring alignment with statutory obligations and company standards.

• Proactively identify risks and advise leaders on complex employee matters disciplinary actions investigations and dispute resolution ensuring sound compliant outcomes.

• Represent HR in regulatory audit and governance forums partnering closely with Legal Compliance EHS and Global HR COEs.

Talent Leadership & Organization Effectiveness

• In partnership with our Talent Acquisition Lead and Global Talent Management Lead champion the local execution of talent acquisition performance management succession planning and workforce planning with particular focus on critical manufacturing and leadership roles.

• Coach and enable leaders to demonstrate Intuitive leadership expectations including accountability inclusion high performance and continuous improvement.

• Use data and insights (e.g. organization health turnover engagement) to shape people strategies and inform leadership decisions.

Change Culture & Communication

• In partnership with our Global Talent Management Lead (GTM) and the Site VP design and implement the new Plants cultural strategy

• Lead and support change management initiatives associated with site expansion process changes organizational growth and cultural integration.

• Champion a culture of safety respect inclusion and continuous improvement acting as a visible role model of Intuitive values and leadership standards.

HR Team Enablement & Matrix Collaboration

• Provide informal leadership coaching and development to sitebased HR team members within the matrix environment.

• Partner effectively with Global Operations HR Regional HRBLs HR COEs and People Services to ensure seamless service delivery and strong stakeholder experience.

Qualifications :

Required Knowledge Skills and Experience:

Skills & Abilities:

• Deep expertise in Malaysia employment law labor relations and statutory compliance with proven experience advising leaders in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong manufacturing HR background ideally including greenfield or startup site experience.

• Demonstrated ability to operate handson while maintaining a strategic enterprise perspective.

• Cultural leadership modeling value and expectations

• Analytical and conceptual thinking skills; ability to support recommendations through data and analysis. Telling a story through data

• Ability to generate and apply novel talent solutions to support the business.

• Ability to remain focused with strong attention to detail and deliver exceptional quality work.

• Ability to influence and challenge executive leaders

• Exceptional communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build trust credibility and strong productive relationships. 

• Proven ability to work positively collaboratively and professionally within a team and across a global organization. 

• Ability to drive change think strategically and operationally. 

• Ability to set priorities and be flexible in a changing environment; will be expected to use sound business judgement both in the moment as well as recognizing when others need to be involved in the decision-making process. 

• Familiarity and comfort in working in a highly matrixed organization.

• Ability to travel internationally approximately 5-10% of the time when Plant is Operational but increase in travel during Greenfield/build phase to US and MX 25-30%.

Education and Experience:

• A Bachelors (BS/BA) in Business Management Human Resources or related field is required 

• Minimum of 15 years experience; of which 5 years as a Sr HRBL

• Relevant industry experience and/or experience working within a US multinational company

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a Manufacturing environment is required 

• Fluent in English

Additional Information :

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

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Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employeesstart date which may or may not be flexible and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time