Associate Partner

We're Hiring: Associate Partner

📍 Location: Malaysia (Hybrid) | 🕓 Full-time | 💼 Mid Level

About One People Team (OPT)

One People Team (OPT) is a bespoke HR advisory and leadership training company that partners with businesses to help them grow through their people.

OPT has two business pillars:

1. OPT Advisory: strategic HR business partnering
2. OPT Academy: leadership development, workshops, coaching, and learning programs

We work closely with startups, scale-ups, and family-owned businesses across Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Our clients come to us not just for advice, but for real partnership. We care about their growth like it’s our own.

At OPT, we don’t do checklist HR. We believe in honest conversations, bold strategies, and building strong, healthy teams that drive real business outcomes.

The Role: Associate Partner

As an Associate Partner, you’ll serve as a trusted HR Business Partner to 3–4 client organizations. You’ll help shape and deliver people strategies that align with their business goals, from performance and culture to leadership and team development.

You’ll manage your own time and priorities to ensure client deliverables are met, while also contributing to the growth of our brand and services. This is a role for someone who genuinely enjoys helping businesses and people grow, and who isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves.

You’ll also facilitate leadership development workshops and coaching sessions, either for our retained clients or external clients who engage us for specific sessions.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

✅ Build trusted relationships with 3–4 key client organizations

✅ Prioritise and deliver people project outcomes and client needs with care and consistency

✅ Guide and support goal setting, tracking, and review cycles for client teams

✅ Mentor and coach in-house HR teams, helping them elevate their strategy and impact

✅ Drive critical people projects directly, not just oversee them

✅ Facilitate leadership and management workshops and coaching sessions

✅ Contribute to business development and represent the OPT brand with quality and heart

✅ Support and contribute to any additional projects or initiatives that are critical to the company’s success and strategic goals

Who This Role Is For

✔️ An HR generalist who wants to grow into a true HR Business Partner

✔️ Someone who enjoys variety, working across different industries and client sizes

✔️ Someone who is caring, thoughtful, and committed to doing meaningful work

✔️ Someone who is organised and manages their own time and energy well

✔️ Someone who thrives in a facilitation or coaching setting, or wants to get better at it

✔️ Someone who values confidentiality and builds trust naturally

✔️ Someone who wants to learn and grow as both a consultant and a business leader

✔️ Someone who is entrepreneurial and excited by the idea of growing something with us

What Will Make You Successful

⭐ Strong emotional intelligence and business sense

⭐ The ability to build rapport and influence different types of people

⭐ Experience across key HR functions such as performance, learning, talent, and culture

⭐ A proactive mindset and high accountability

⭐ Confidence in facilitation and communication, or willingness to build it fast

⭐ A high standard of quality and care in your work

Compensation & Growth

All Associate Partners and Partners at OPT receive a modest base monthly income. Your true earning potential is performance-based and fully within your control.

We operate on a transparent incentive model. The more value you create, the more you take home. If you’re looking for a stable, fixed salary job, this may not be for you. But if you want to build your own success, love the business of people, and are excited about working across different types of clients, you’ll thrive here.

Ready to grow businesses and people, and grow yourself in the process?

Apply today! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at 📧 careers@onepeopleteam.com