Regional Talent Management & OD Manager APAC

Mercuri Urval; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercuri Urval is supporting a global industrial client seeking a strategic HR leader to shape talent, leadership and organisation across Asia-Pacific from Kuala Lumpur. This high-impact, regional individual contributor role partners with senior leaders to translate business strategy into practical people and capability solutions.

The role requires 12+ years of HR experience in international environments, deep expertise in talent management, succession, leadership development, organisation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business-related field with strong HR foundation.
• MBA or Master’s degree is advantageous for progression to senior leadership roles.
• 12+ years of broad HR experience in international, multi-country environments.
• Deep expertise in talent management, succession planning, leadership development and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional talent management and succession agenda including reviews and analytics.
• Design and deliver approaches for accelerating high-potential development and mobility.
• Develop leadership effectiveness initiatives: assessment, coaching, mentoring and transitions.
• Build strategic workforce planning aligned to growth and capabilities.
• Assess implications of AI, automation and evolving business models on workforce design.
• Lead regional organisation effectiveness, culture, engagement, and DEI initiatives.

Skills

Talent management

Succession planning

Leadership development

Organisational effectiveness

Change management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

APAC intercultural effectiveness

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business / Psychology / Organisational Development or related

MBA / Master’s degree advantageous

Job description

Our client is a global industrial company with a strong presence across APAC. They are seeking a strategic, commercially minded HR leader to shape and drive the talent, leadership and organisation agenda across the Asia-Pacific region. This is a high-impact regional, individual contributor role for an experienced professional who can translate business strategy into practical people, capability and organisation solutions. A pragmatic, hands-on approach will be essential, as you will work closely with HR Managers across APAC countries to execute regional programmes and initiatives. Partnering with senior leaders and HR stakeholders, you will help build a future-ready workforce, strengthen leadership capability and enable sustainable business growth across diverse markets in the region.

This role is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

What you will do

• Lead the regional talent management and succession agenda, including talent reviews, critical-role planning, succession pipelines and talent analytics
• Design and deliver approaches for accelerating, retaining, developing and mobilising high-potential talent
• Develop regional leadership and management-team effectiveness initiatives, including leadership assessment, coaching, mentoring, transition support and senior-team interventions
• Build a practical strategic workforce-planning approach aligned to business priorities, growth plans and critical capabilities
• Partner with business, HR and technology stakeholders to assess the implications of AI, automation and evolving business models on workforce capacity, skills, jobs and organisation design
• Lead regional organisation effectiveness, culture, engagement, DEI and change initiatives, translating insights into measurable business actions
• Shape a high-performance culture centred on differentiation, accountability, continuous feedback and high-quality performance conversations
• Coach and build capability across the regional HR community and act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Psychology, Organisational Development or a related discipline; an MBA or relevant Master’s degree is advantageous
• At least 12 years of broad HR experience in international, multi-country environments
• Deep expertise in talent management, succession, leadership development, organisation effectiveness and change management
• Proven experience leading complex regional transformation, talent or organisation projects from diagnosis through implementation
• Strong strategic workforce-planning capability and a solid understanding of how digitalisation and AI affect work, skills and organisation design
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, consulting and stakeholder-influencing skills
• Strong business acumen, conceptual thinking and the ability to convert strategy into pragmatic action
• Confidence to constructively challenge senior stakeholders and lead effectively in ambiguity
• Excellent English communication skills and strong intercultural effectiveness across APAC