Deputy Director/Director, Human Resource

Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Tan Tock Seng Hospital seeks a Deputy Director of Human Resources (Strategic HR Partnering) to lead HRBP for critical workforce groups, guiding enterprise-wide HR transformation and leadership development. You will partner with senior clinical and organizational leaders to shape workforce strategies that enable excellent patient care and deliver on priorities.

Reporting to the Chief HR Officer, you will oversee a HRBP team and collaborate with the leadership team to strengthen workforce

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience with enterprise exposure.
• Proven track record of leading teams and influencing senior leaders.
• Strong ability to translate business priorities into people strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic HR partnering for key workforce groups to enable patient care excellence.
• Shape workforce strategies including planning, talent acquisition, succession planning and leadership development.
• Provide strategic counsel on employee relations, performance management and talent management.

Skills

HR Leadership

Strategic HR Partnering

Workforce Planning

Talent Acquisition

Succession Planning

Leadership Development

Employee Relations

Data Analytics

Job description

About Us

Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), an anchor hospital of NHG Health, is one of Singapore's largest and pioneering multidisciplinary hospitals. We have a team of 11,000, operating more than 2,000 beds, and providing care across more than 60 clinical disciplines. We are home to NHG Health's National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) and helm the development of HealthCity Novena, Singapore's first integrated healthcare hub. TTSH is committed to empowering individuals across Central and North Singapore to lead healthier lives, transforming care through innovation, research, and clinical excellence to add years of healthy life to the community.

Our HR team works closely with leaders across the hospital to shape the workforce, culture and leadership to deliver high-quality patient care outcomes. Join us as a senior HRBP lead to design workforce solutions, partner senior leaders and build workforce capabilities that deliver strategic outcomes.

Deputy Director, Human Resources (Strategic HR Partnering)

This role offers the opportunity to lead in HR Business Partnering (HRBP) for one of the hospital’s critical workforce groups, while contributing to enterprise-wide HR transformation and development initiatives. You will partner senior clinical and organisational leaders to shape workforce strategies that enable excellent patient care and deliver on key priorities.

Reporting to the Chief HR Officer, you will lead a HRBP team to oversee the full spectrum of HR functions. You will partner closely with the Chief and leadership team to develop people strategies that strengthen workforce capability, leadership pipelines and organisational resilience in an evolving fast-paced healthcare environment.

What you will lead

Strategic HR Partnering

• Work closely with the Chief Nurse and other hospital leaders to translate organisational priorities into nursing workforce strategies that support business outcomes.
• Shape the nursing talent agenda, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, succession planning and leadership development to build a strong leadership pipeline.

Workforce Strategy & Transformation

• Shape the nursing talent agenda, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, career management, retention, succession planning and leadership development to build a strong leadership pipeline and achieve nursing excellence.
• Partner senior leaders to drive workforce transformation, change management, organisational excellence initiatives and co-create future job roles in response to changing healthcare needs.
• Provide strategic counsel on complex employee relations, performance management and talent management, balancing organisational priorities with people considerations.

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Workforce Analytics & Organisational Insights

• Leverage workforce data and insights to support evidence-based decision making and improve workforce outcomes, engagement and retention
• Champion the use of digital HR solutions and process improvement to enhance employee experience and HR service delivery.

Delivering through people

• Build strong partnerships across HR Centres of Expertise, Shared Services, Finance, Operations and other key stakeholders such as Group HR to deliver integrated HR solutions.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of HR Business Partners to strengthen HR capabilities and foster a high-performing HR function.

Enterprise HR Leadership

• Lead enterprise-wide HR initiatives and transformation efforts that strengthen organisational capability beyond the Nursing group.
• Integrate HR solutions across Centres of Expertise, Shared Services, Finance, Operations and Group HR to deliver business outcomes.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing HRBP team to deliver key results

What you will bring

• 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience with significant enterprise level exposure.
• Proven track record of leading teams, influencing and managing senior leaders and stakeholders, translating business priorities into people strategies to achieve business outcomes.
• Systems thinking with demonstrated success in workforce planning, organisational development, talent management, and change management
• Ability to lead in complexity and ambiguity, influence across levels and align diverse stakeholders
• Advanced data and analytics fluency (query, interpret, and tell the story), including AI literacy to shape practical use cases and adoption guardrails.
• Healthcare experience is an added advantage, but is not essential. We welcome candidates with complex, people-intensive industries who demonstrate strong learning agility, strategic thinking and a passion for building high-performing organisations.

If you are motivated by purpose, enjoy addressing complex workforce challenges and aspire to shape the future of HR in healthcare, we welcome you to join us!