Global HR Strategy & Talent Lead

CREMER SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Cremer Singapore Pte. Ltd. seeks an Interim APAC HR Business Partner reporting to the Global Head of Strategic HR Management. The role drives global talent, performance, succession, leadership development, culture, and workforce insights while maintaining local ownership.

Based in Singapore on an interim expatriate assignment, you will establish regional HR and talent processes from the ground up and transition them to sustainable regional HR ownership, enabling Cremer to scale across APAC.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading HR transformation in complex, multi-entity setups.
• Demand management of talent programs, performance, succession, and leadership development.
• Strong analytical skills with HRIS data to drive insights and improvements.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication and partnering with regional and global leaders.

Responsibilities

• Establish and improve group-wide talent frameworks across performance, succession, and development.
• Provide APAC HR partnership and implement regional HR processes compliant with local laws.
• Lead culture initiatives, employee experience, and DEI within Cremer businesses.
• Oversee HRIS implementation, data quality, and dashboards for leadership insights.

Skills

HR transformation

Change management

Talent management

HRIS analytics

Cross-cultural comms

APAC stakeholder mgmt

Org design

Employee relations

Tools

HRIS platforms

Analytics software

AI-enabled HR tools

Job description

Reporting to the Global Head of Strategic HR Management, this role combines global responsibility for a coordinated talent management approach across Cremer business units with HR business partnership for APAC.

Globally, the role builds common frameworks for talent, performance, succession, leadership development, culture, and workforce insights, strengthening leadership capability and operational efficiency while preserving local ownership.

In parallel, on an interim expatriate assignment based in Singapore, the role serves as HR Business Partner for Asia, establishing regional HR and talent processes from the ground up and transitioning them to sustainable regional HR ownership.

Assignment: Interim APAC HR Business Partner

Key Responsibilities

Global Scope: Talent, HR Programs & Organizational Excellence

• Establish and continuously improve group-wide talent frameworks covering performance, talent reviews, succession, high-potential identification, development, and retention, with common standards and calibration across business units.
• Build group visibility of critical roles, succession readiness, capability gaps, and leadership pipelines through consistent talent data.
• Develop leadership and capability-building approaches, including common competencies and learning solutions aligned with Cremer values.
• Prioritize HR projects by business impact and drive change management to embed new processes, systems, and practices across a matrixed, portfolio-modeled organization.
• Lead culture and employee experience initiatives, including values and behaviors, engagement surveys, feedback loops, communications, and diversity and inclusion.
• Optimize HRIS workforce data, dashboards, and reporting to provide accurate, actionable insights.
• Where applicable, implement AI-enabled tools to automate HR workflows and improve data quality.

Asia Regional Scope: Interim HR Business Partner

• Assess current HR practices, policies, and systems across APAC entities and build a prioritized roadmap for regional HR foundations.
• Establish core HR processes from the ground up, including recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, policies, and employee handbook, compliant with local employment law and aligned to group standards.
• Partner with Asia leaders to implement group talent processes, including performance management, Talent Review, succession, and high-potential development, embedding Cremer values and leadership expectations.
• Advise regional leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, employee relations, and compensation and benefits, partnering with local providers.
• Lead APAC's implementation of the global HRIS, ensuring accurate workforce data and user adoption.
• Build sustainable regional HR capability by documenting processes, developing or recruiting permanent regional HR resources, and transitioning ownership by the end of the assignment.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience leading HR transformation and change management in complex, matrixed, multi-entity organizations.
• Expertise designing talent programs, processes, and governance frameworks across multiple business units or geographies.
• Strong HRIS, analytics, and AI-enabled HR technology capabilities.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication and business-partnering skills, with the ability to influence leaders across global and Asian markets.
• Experience establishing HR processes in new or developing regions or entities, preferably in APAC
• Working knowledge of employment regulations in APAC