Assistant Vice President, HR Business Partner

Company Introduction

We’re home to Asia's most dynamic and vibrant capital markets.

Connecting capital, ideas, inspiration and innovation for deeper, more diverse and liquid global capital markets; providing greater choice and opportunity for our customers, each and every day.

HKEX is a purpose-driven company. Our commitment to the long-term development of our business and our markets is articulated in our purpose: "To Connect, Promote and Progress our Markets and the Communities they support for the prosperity of all."

Job Summary

The HR Business Partner team at HKEX serves as a trusted strategic advisor to business leaders, ensuring people strategies directly enable business performance and long-term organizational success. This Assistant Vice President, HR Business Partner role will work closely with designated business divisions to shape workforce and talent development, combining strategic insight with hands-on delivery across the full spectrum of people matters. The role requires deep business understanding, strong stakeholder influence, and the ability to translate organizational needs into actionable, data-driven HR solutions.

Job Duties: Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to business, aligning people plans with business objectives and enabling effective organization design, workforce planning, capability building, and change initiatives.
• Lead Talent Review and Succession Planning processes, identifying and developing strong pipelines for critical roles.
• Support the onboarding and integration of senior leaders to accelerate their effectiveness.
• Partner with HR COEs to deploy enterprise initiatives covering performance management, leadership enablement, learning development, talent programs, year-end compensation review, wellness awareness, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Leverage people insights and analytics to identify organizational issues and shape solutions.
• Collaborate with Finance to ensure accurate headcount planning, resource allocation, and disciplined cost management.
• Support employee engagement and recommend areas of improvement and action plans to business.
• Handle employee relations matters by ensuring an objective, fair, and consistent approach compliant with company policies and employment practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of HR business partnering experience, ideally with diverse culture or multinational environments.
• Work experience in Chinese Mainland is an advantage.
• Proven ability to build credible, trust‑based partnerships with business leaders and to collaborate effectively across HR teams.
• Strong communication, influencing, and conflict‑resolution capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic concepts into practical people solutions.
• Highly detail‑oriented, analytical, and data‑driven, with strong problem‑solving acumen.
• Solid knowledge of Hong Kong employment law, and experience of handling employment relations.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese, proficiency in Mandarin is an advantage.

Key skills/competency

• Strategic HR Business Partnering
• Talent Management
• Workforce Planning
• Employee Relations
• Change Management
• Data Analytics
• Stakeholder Management
• Organizational Development
• Compensation & Benefits
• Hong Kong Employment Law