Chief Compliance Officer (APAC)

Overview:  The VP, Global People Operations is a strategic, forward-looking leader responsible for the design, delivery, and continuous evolution of AvePoint’s global People Operations function and our global office and workplace environments. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and serving as a member of the Global People Leadership Team, this leader will shape an end-to-end employee experience that is consistent, scalable, and distinctly “One AvePoint” – from the moment a candidate accepts an offer through every milestone of their career with us, and across every office where our people gather.  This is an AI-forward role. We are looking for a leader who will reimagine how People Operations and workplace services are delivered – moving us from process administration to a digitally enabled, automation-first operating model that meaningfully reduces manual work, accelerates cycle times, and frees our people partners and managers to focus on higher-value work. The Head of People Operations will serve as the business owner for the continued evolution of MyHR, our HR technology platform, and will partner closely with RevOps, People Analytics, HRIS, IT, Finance, Legal and the broader People team to drive a unified global roadmap.  Key Responsibilities:  Global People Operations Leadership  * Lead the global People Operations function, including HR operations, HR services, employee lifecycle administration, compliance, employee data, HR policy, and global payroll partnership.  * Define and execute a multi-year People Operations strategy aligned to AvePoint’s growth, public-company requirements, and global expansion priorities.  * Set the standard for service quality, response times, accuracy, and employee experience across all regions.  AI-Forward Process & Technology Optimization  * Drive a step-change reduction in manual work across all aspects of People Operations through automation, AI agents, self-service, and intelligent workflows.  * Identify and prioritize the highest-impact use cases for AI and automation across the employee lifecycle – onboarding, offboarding, data changes, letters and verifications, ticketing, knowledge management, policy Q&A, and global payroll preparation and reconciliation.  * Partner with IT, HRIS, RevOps and Finance to integrate People Operations workflows with adjacent systems (Finance/ERP, Greenhouse, position management, commissions) to eliminate hand-offs and duplicate data entry.  * Establish clear metrics, dashboards, and ROI tracking for automation and process improvement initiatives.  MyHR Business Ownership  * Serve as the business owner for the continued evolution of MyHR, partnering with the HRIS team and developers to define the product roadmap, prioritize releases, and ensure adoption.  * Translate business needs from across the Global People Team, employees, and managers into a clear, prioritized backlog that improves usability, scalability, and decision support.  * Champion data quality, governance, and reporting standards within MyHR so it remains a trusted single source of truth.  Global Payroll  * Own the global payroll operating model in partnership with Finance, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, controls, and compliance across all entities and EOR partnerships.  * Drive standardization, automation, and vendor optimization across payroll providers; reduce manual reconciliation and close cycles.  * Strengthen SOX controls and audit readiness for payroll and people data as a public company.  Office Management & Workplace Experience  * Lead global office management and workplace operations across our office footprint, ensuring safe, productive, and welcoming environments that reflect our culture.  * Partner with regional leaders, the CFO and the COO on real estate strategy, lease decisions, office expansions/consolidations, and workstation planning aligned to workforce planning and recruiting priorities.  * Define and deliver a consistent in-office experience – from facilities and vendor management to events, hospitality, and hybrid work norms – that strengthens engagement and collaboration.  Employee Experience, Policy & Compliance  * Own the global People policy framework, ensuring policies are clear, current, locally compliant, and aligned to AvePoint values.  * Partner with Legal, HRBPs, and regional leaders to ensure compliance with employment laws and regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions.  * Continuously improve manager and employee touchpoints – Day 1, life events, internal mobility, leaves, and offboarding – so each is simple, dignified, and on-brand.  Leadership & Cross-Regional Alignment  * As a member of the Global People Leadership Team, contribute to enterprise-wide people strategy, organizational design, and cultural initiatives.  * Build, develop, and lead a globally distributed team of People Operations, payroll, and office management professionals; model a culture of accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement.  * Champion “One AvePoint” by sharing best practices across regions and ensuring consistent execution while respecting local nuance.  Qualifications:  * 12+ years of progressive experience in People Operations, HR Operations, or HR Shared Services, including significant leadership experience in a global, multi-entity environment; public-company experience preferred.  * Demonstrated success leading large-scale process and technology transformation in HR, including hands-on experience deploying automation, AI, and self-service capabilities at scale.  * Strong business ownership experience with an HRIS platform (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, or comparable); experience as the business product owner driving roadmap and adoption is highly preferred.  * Deep knowledge of global payroll operations, controls, and vendor management; familiarity with EOR models and multi-country payroll providers.  * Experience leading office/workplace operations or facilities at a multi-site global organization is a strong plus.  * Strong working knowledge of employment law, compliance, and HR policy across multiple regions (NA, EMEA, APAC).  * Excellent analytical, project management, and change management skills, with a track record of using data to drive decisions and demonstrate ROI.  * Outstanding communicator and collaborator who builds trust quickly across functions, regions, and levels – including with senior executives, regional leaders, and front-line employees.  * A builder’s mindset: pragmatic, hands-on, comfortable with ambiguity, and energized by continuous improvement.  * Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR, GPHR) preferred.  Benefits we offer:  * Competitive market-based compensation (salary + bonus)  * Career progression and internal mobility opportunities across our global footprint in North America, EMEA, and APAC  * Unlimited PTO    The Salary Range for this role is $200,000 - $275,000. At AvePoint, we strive to offer competitive, fair, and equitable total rewards. The listed salary range represents a good faith estimate, with final offers based on location, experience, skills, and qualifications. The listed range reflects base salary only; our total rewards include base salary, comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, unlimited PTO), and depending on the role, bonuses, commissions, or equity (RSUs). We welcome compensation discussions—apply even if your expectations fall outside the range.  Any personal data you share with us during the application process will be processed strictly in compliance with applicable data protection laws and our Privacy Notice [https://www.avepoint.com/company/privacy-notice].

About Agoda At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.     Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.   No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. Our Company Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world’s leading provider of online travel & related services, provided to consumers and local partners through five primary B2C brands: Booking.com, Agoda, Priceline, KAYAK, and OpenTable. Collectively, Booking Holdings operates in more than 220 countries and territories in Europe, North America, APAC, South America, the region, the Middle East and Africa in more than 40 languages. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. The Opportunity Within Booking Holdings, a new, stand‑alone B2B entity will consolidate the B2B businesses of Booking.com, Priceline and Agoda into a single global division (“New B2B Business”). The New B2B Business will bring together our strategic partnerships, affiliate & API distribution, corporate and wholesale travel and other B2B commercial channels into one integrated platform serving airlines, travel management companies, OTAs, financial institutions, platforms and other strategic partners. You will work closely with colleagues at Booking Holdings Inc., Booking Holdings Financial Services, and sister brands, as well as internal partners across FinTech, Product, Fraud, Legal, Internal Audit, People, and Supply, to launch and support the New B2B Business. Agoda will support the New B2B Business across the relevant legal domains. This includes providing the necessary data privacy support in respect of the setup of the core components of the New B2B Business’s privacy program, as well as for all associated privacy advisory and contractual matters. Reporting to Agoda’s Chief Privacy Officer, you will as Principal Counsel, provide senior programmatic and advisory support to the New B2B Business as outlined in the role description below.   This position is based in Bangkok. Agoda provides relocation support for successful candidates not currently located in Bangkok. Remote or alternative base locations are not available. In this Role, You’ll Get To: Play a central role in the original design, set up and support for the New B2B Business’s privacy program, as well as provide the necessary advisory support across a number of different matters set out below. Privacy Program: * Design, set up and implementation of the New B2B Business’s privacy program: In conjunction with Agoda’s Privacy Program team, help design, advise on and build the privacy program of the New B2B Business. This includes its records of processing activities, drafting and implementation of relevant privacy policies and outward facing notices, privacy by design processes including for privacy impact assessments, as well as providing the necessary programmatic support for incident response, international data transfers (including data sharing), and data subject rights. Privacy advisory support: * Contracting, negotiations and templates: you will build out the necessary data protection contractual templates, and handle relevant privacy contractual negotiations for the New B2B Business. * Privacy by design and by default: through early, positive interactions and impact assessments you will provide our product teams with clear, practical privacy advice building in key privacy by design concepts for various initiatives. In conjunction with Agoda’s Chief Privacy Officer, you will need to be able to take responsible risk positions outlining risk while working with other members of the Legal team and enabling the business to move forward * Marketing and cookies: you will be expected to understand, navigate and provide practical privacy counsel to our marketing teams across relevant marketing initiatives * Regulatory change management for existing, new, and amended data protection laws relevant to the New B2B Business: you will handle and manage the relevant privacy compliance aspects with global privacy laws, new and existing * Program, auditing and controls: Working closely with our Privacy Program team you will facilitate and manage key aspects of the privacy program, audits and enable reporting obligations * Contribute to brand initiatives within the Booking Holdings Inc. family: you may be expected to contribute and have meaningful impact across brands through cross-brand initiatives, forums, networks and offsites * General privacy support: As may be required, you will need to support relevant regulatory enquiries, authority demand requests and escalations relating to data subject rights What You’ll Need to Succeed * Experience & Expertise * 8+ years of progressive experience in data privacy preferably as a lawyer, and/or in risk management. * A relevant privacy certification e.g. CIPP/E, CIPP/US or CIPP/A. * Relevant experience with data privacy laws globally with a strong preference in the EU market. * Technical & Functional Skills * Hands on experience designing and operationalizing privacy programs. * Strong ability to use relevant privacy technology e.g. OneTrust in order to facilitate the core aspects of a data privacy program. * Leadership & Stakeholder Management * Demonstrated success in influencing and partnering with senior stakeholders across functions (Product, FinTech, Fraud, Legal, Internal Audit, Operations) in fast paced, high growth environments.  * Strong project and program management skills, with the ability to prioritize, plan, and deliver multiple initiatives concurrently across jurisdictions and time zones * Excellent communication skills in English (written and verbal), with the ability to explain complex financial crime and compliance concepts in clear, business friendly terms. * Mindset & Values * Strategic, data driven, and solutions oriented, with the ability to “connect the dots”, see the big picture, and drive constructive change. * High level of integrity and sound judgement * Self-starter who operates with minimal supervision, is comfortable with ambiguity, and thrives in a dynamic, tech driven, international environment.     PLEASE REVIEW OUR HIRING PROCESS GUIDELINES BEFORE YOUR INTERVIEW — CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW INTERVIEWING AT AGODA WORKS.     DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WORKING AT AGODA * Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife   Equal Opportunity Employer  At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy. Disclaimer We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.