People Manager
Job Summary
Job Description
The People Manager will lead the full employee lifecycle, optimizing people processes to drive business success, employee growth, and a performance-driven culture. This includes enhancing talent attraction, development, and rewards strategies. The role involves strategic partnership with leadership, ensuring people strategies align with business goals, particularly in a global gaming company with a strong Vietnamese talent base. The manager will foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
Must have:
- 5+ years of senior HR experience in mid-sized companies.
- Experience in high-tech, gaming, or media industries.
- Fluent in verbal and written English.
- Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field.
Good to have:
- Master’s degree is a plus.
- Vietnamese language skills are a bonus.
Perks:
- Competitive salary.
- 13th month salary.
- Annual Performance Bonus/ESOP (Employee Stock Options Plan).
- Flexible working time.
- Personal learning and well-being budget.
- Team-building budget.
- Lunch and parking allowance.
- Various learning activities.
- Engaging music events.
- Employee Assistance Program to support mental health & well-being.
- Minimum 12 days of paid annual leave, plus 10 days of paid sick leave.
- 12 days working from home per year.
11 skills required
Job Details
ABOUT AMANOTES
- We are Amanotes - a dynamic interactive music company that's using cutting-edge technology to transform how people experience music. Since 2014, we have dominated the global simple music game market with over 3.5 billion downloads on over 190 countries. Our portfolio includes chart-topping music games like Magic Tiles 3, Tiles Hop, Dancing Road, Duet Cats.
- As the world’s top Music Game Publisher and top App Publisher from Southeast Asia by downloads. Our ambition is to create the world’s iconic hybrid casual music games that people play for years
- Come join our music-filled workplace and let's create a magical music experience!
OBJECTIVES
- Lead the full employee lifecycle, designing and optimizing people processes to drive business success, employee growth, and a performance-driven culture during Amanotes’ transformation.
- Enhance talent attraction, development, and rewards strategies, targeting a specific improvement in key talent metrics (e.g., time-to-hire, employee retention).
- Act as a strategic partner to leadership, ensuring people strategies align with business goals and the unique needs of a global gaming company with a strong Vietnamese talent base.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and adaptability, empowering employees to thrive in a fast-paced gaming environment.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- 1. Talent Attraction & Employer Branding
- Develop and execute strategies to attract top gaming and tech talent, leveraging employer branding, targeted recruitment campaigns, and partnerships with universities and industry groups.
- Design selection processes that assess for both technical skills and cultural fit, ensuring alignment with Amanotes’ values and business needs.
- Architect and continuously improve the entire people cycle, including onboarding, performance management, learning and development, career progression, and offboarding for organization.
- Implement agile, data-driven processes for regular feedback, performance reviews, and career conversations, ensuring clarity, fairness, and transparency.
- Lead the creation of personalized development plans, mentorship programs, and upskilling initiatives tailored to both local and international staff.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and adaptability through workshops, e-learning, and cross-functional projects.
- Drive initiatives that enhance employee engagement, well-being, and retention, such as recognition programs, wellness resources, and flexible work arrangements.
- Ensure psychological safety and meaningful work by aligning roles with individual strengths and aspirations.
- Use people analytics to monitor engagement, turnover, and satisfaction, proactively addressing issues and identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Act as a strategic partner to leadership, translating business objectives into people strategies that support growth, innovation, and market competitiveness in the gaming industry.
- Provide insights on organizational design, workforce planning, and talent management to enable effective scaling and international expansion.
- Advise on compensation, benefits, and rewards to ensure market alignment and internal equity, collaborating with the Total Rewards specialist.
2. People Cycle Design & Optimization
3. Employee Growth & Experience
4. Business Partnership
QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 5 years of experience in a senior HR role (e.g., HR Manager, Talent Manager) for a mid-sized company (100–300 employees), ideally in high-tech, gaming, or media industries.
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or a related field; a Master’s degree is a plus.
- Proven track record of designing and managing the full employee lifecycle, with a focus on driving transformation and building high-performance cultures.
- Experience managing diverse teams in a fast-moving, lean organization, with the ability to handle international staff from various countries.
- Fluent in verbal and written English; Vietnamese language skills are a bonus for local collaboration.
REQUIRED SKILLS & CAPABILITIES
- People Cycle Mastery: Deep expertise in designing and managing the full employee lifecycle, especially in learning, organizational development, and talent management.
- Business Acumen: Ability to understand business strategy and translate it into actionable people initiatives.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Proficiency in using HR analytics to inform strategy and measure impact.
- Agile Mindset: Experience working in fast-paced, innovative environments; comfortable building systems from scratch and iterating quickly.
- Cultural Fluency: Strong understanding of Vietnamese talent dynamics and experience managing multicultural teams.
- Communication: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, able to influence and partner with leaders at all levels.
- Innovation & Adaptability: Curious, entrepreneurial, and eager to explore high-impact solutions for people and organizational challenges.
- Music/Creative Culture Fit: Appreciation for music and creativity, aligning with Amanotes’ culture.
COMPETENCIES
- CUSTOMER FIRST: Prioritize the needs of employees and leadership as internal customers, ensuring talent strategies enhance employee experience and align with business goals, delivering measurable impact through people initiatives.
- BE ON STAGE: Demonstrate confident leadership and visibility, inspiring the team and stakeholders through strategic communication, proactive problem-solving, and a bold approach to driving transformation in a fast-paced environment.
- AIM FOR GROWTH: Foster a growth-oriented mindset by championing continuous learning, scalability in talent processes, and innovative HR practices that support Amanotes’ long-term growth in the gaming and tech industry.
BENEFITS
- At Amanotes, you will be enjoying the dynamic working environment with unique music culture many benefits as below:
- Competitive salary upon experience
- 13th month salary
- Annual Performance Bonus/ESOP (Employee Stock Options Plan) for people managers.
- Flexible working time.
- Personal learning and well-being budget
- Team-building budget
- Lunch and parking allowance
- Various learning activities, including internal training & sharing, international conferences, and e-learning (Udemy, Linkedin Learning...).
- Engaging music events: Music Night, Amasing Night, Music schools…
- Employee Assistance Program to support mental health & well-being.
- Minimum 12 days of paid annual leave, plus 10 days of paid sick leave.
- 12 days working from home per year.
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About The Company
Amanotes is a leading music tech company with the mission of delivering the best music interactive experience to users.
Since 2014, 30+ music games and mobile applications were published under our name with 2+ billion downloads worldwide and 120+ million monthly active users. In 2019, we were proudly listed as the #1 mobile apps publisher from Southeast Asia, the #1 music games publisher in the world, and one of the top 20 mobile apps publishers in the world across all categories.
If you love to work in a friendly and fun environment with music all around the corner, come join us!
Explore our products on Google Play and iOS App Store such as Magic Tiles 3, Tiles Hop, Dancing Ballz, and more than 30 others.
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