Lead, Organization & Culture APAC

abbott laboratories (singapore ) private limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott seeks a Lead, Organization & Culture – APAC to drive organizational effectiveness, culture, and change initiatives across the APAC region. You will partner with Division Vice Presidents, General Managers, and senior BHR leaders to shape a high-performing, inclusive culture aligned with business priorities.

You will lead org and culture initiatives, diagnose and implement solutions, and provide strategic guidance to leaders navigating transformation and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, organizational psychology, business administration, or a related field.
• Master’s degree in Organizational Development, HR, Business, or related field.
• 8-10 years of progressive talent development experience in consulting, org design, change management, and cultural initiatives.
• Experience working in large, global organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of organization and culture initiatives tailored to APAC business needs and regional cultural nuances.
• Work with the business and HR leaders to assess, diagnose, plan, and implement strategic organization solutions to support business strategy.
• Provide consulting support to BHR and key stakeholders on executing organization strategies across divisions and functions.
• Provide strategic guidance and tools to support leaders in navigating transformation and growth.
• Monitor cultural health through surveys and translate insights into focused actions.
• Track progress through KPIs and adjust tactics to meet evolving workforce needs.
• Partner with BHR and business leaders to provide organizational support to achieve objectives.
• Measure and report impact using evaluation, metrics, and focus groups.
• Collaborate with Talent Development to design organization plans including leadership development and change management.
• Facilitate leadership onboarding, workshop interventions, and team meetings.

Skills

Business acumen

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Communication

Project management

Cultural fluency APAC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

The Lead, Organization & Culture – APAC is responsible for driving key organizational effectiveness, culture, and change initiatives across the APAC region. This role will serve as a strategic partner to Division Vice Presidents (DVPs), General Managers (GMs), and senior BHR leaders, helping shape a high-performing, inclusive, and aligned culture that supports business priorities.

What You’ll Do

Lead the development and execution of organization and culture initiatives tailored to APAC business needs and regional cultural nuances.

Work with the business and HR leaders to assess, diagnose, plan, and implement strategic organization solutions to support business strategy.

Provides consulting support to BHR and/or key customers and stakeholders on executing organization strategies and initiatives across divisions and/or functions, within the organization, including field commercial, site manufacturing operations, and others.

Provide strategic guidance and tools to support leaders in navigating transformation and growth.

Act as a key driver in translating enterprise culture goals into actionable team-level initiatives. Monitored cultural health through YVC survey data, identifying trends and collaborating with leaders to implement focused action plans.

Maintain a strong focus on execution, tracking progress through KPIs and adjusting tactics to meet evolving workforce needs.

Acts as a partner with BHR and business leaders to provide organizational support to achieve business objectives.

Measures and reports the impact of organizational interventions using evaluation, metrics, focus groups and performance results.

Proactively works with Talent Development practice center partners to design and implement organization plans. This may include organization/team effectiveness, leadership development and change management.

Facilitates leadership new leader assimilations, workshop interventions and team meetings.

Requirements

• Solid business acumen with the ability to connect business strategy to practical OE, Change Management and Cultural solutions.

• Demonstrated success operating in a large, global, matrixed organization, navigating complexity, aligning diverse stakeholders, and influencing senior leaders.

• Strong experience working directly with senior executives (DVP/GMs or equivalent).

• Proven ability to lead organizational and cultural assessments and translate insights into action.

• Excellent facilitation, communication, relationship-building, and project management skills.

• Cultural fluency in APAC markets and ability to adapt approaches for different cultural contexts.

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, organizational psychology, business administration, or a related field.

• Master’s degree in Organizational Development, HR, Business, or related field.

• 8-10 years of progressive talent development experience in a variety of disciplines including consulting, org design, change management and cultural initiatives.

• Experience working in large, complex global organizations.

• Experience supporting large-scale change, integrations, or transformation initiatives.

• Experience in large professional services consulting is preferred