APAC Talent & Leadership Transformation Lead

Mercuri Urval; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercuri Urval seeks a strategic HR leader for APAC to shape talent, leadership and organisation across the region. You will translate business priorities into practical people solutions, partnering with HR Managers, senior leaders and stakeholders to drive regional programmes and sustained growth.

You will lead talent reviews, leadership development, workforce planning and change initiatives, enabling a future-ready workforce and high-performance culture across diverse markets in Asia-Pacific.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field; MBA advantageous.
• At least 12 years of broad HR experience in international, multi-country environments.
• Deep expertise in talent management, succession, leadership development and change management.
• Proven track record leading regional transformation projects from diagnosis to implementation.
• Strong strategic workforce planning and understanding of AI/digitalisation impacts on work.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder influence across APAC.
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate strategy into action.
• Comfort with ambiguity and challenging senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional talent management and succession, including reviews and analytics.
• Design and deliver approaches to accelerate, retain, develop and mobilise high-potential talent.
• Develop leadership and management-team effectiveness initiatives, including coaching and transition support.
• Build a strategic workforce planning approach aligned to business priorities and capability needs.
• Partner with stakeholders to assess AI, automation and new business models on workforce design.
• Lead organisation effectiveness, culture, engagement, DEI and change initiatives.
• Shape a high-performance culture with accountable performance conversations.

Skills

Talent management

Succession planning

Leadership development

Organisation effectiveness

Change management

Executive stakeholder management

Strategic workforce planning

English communication across APAC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/ Psychology/Organisational Development

MBA or Master’s degree advantageous

Tools

HR analytics

Job description

Mercuri Urval seeks a strategic HR leader for APAC to shape talent, leadership and organisation across the region. You will translate business priorities into practical people solutions, partnering with HR Managers, senior leaders and stakeholders to drive regional programmes and sustained growth.

You will lead talent reviews, leadership development, workforce planning and change initiatives, enabling a future-ready workforce and high-performance culture across diverse markets in Asia-Pacific.