Regional Programme Director | Payroll & HR Technology

JAC Recruitment Consultant; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in Singapore seeks an experienced Senior Project Delivery Lead to manage regional implementation programs across multiple Asia-Pacific markets. You will own end-to-end delivery, from requirements to go-live and transition to operations, while guiding PMs and consultants across countries.

You will drive governance, budgeting, risk management and stakeholder engagement with HR, Finance, IT leadership and sponsors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems, Human Resources or a related discipline.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project management certification is advantageous.
• Minimum 10 years of project delivery or implementation experience, including at least 5 years managing regional or multi-country projects and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of regional client implementation projects, including requirements gathering, solution configuration, testing, go-live and transition to operations.
• Manage a portfolio of concurrent multi-country projects, ensuring delivery within scope, timeline, budget and quality expectations.
• Provide leadership, coaching and performance management to project managers and implementation consultants across multiple countries.
• Act as the senior escalation point for clients and internal stakeholders, building relationships with HR, Finance, IT leadership and project sponsors.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Pre-Sales, Product, Engineering and Service Delivery teams to ensure successful implementation outcomes and seamless client onboarding.
• Drive project governance, portfolio reporting, resource planning, risk management and continuous improvement of project methodologies and delivery frameworks.
• Support complex sales opportunities through implementation planning, effort estimation and client presentations.
• Gradually assume full ownership of the regional project function, including project portfolio, key client relationships and team leadership.

Skills

Project management

Regional delivery

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/IS/HR

PMP/PRINCE2 certification (advantage)

Tools

HRMS

HCM

Payroll systems

ERP

Job description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing global workforce solutions provider that enables organisations to manage employees, payroll operations and employment compliance across multiple international markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of regional client implementation projects, including requirements gathering, solution configuration, testing, go-live and transition to operations.

• Manage a portfolio of concurrent multi-country projects, ensuring delivery within scope, timeline, budget and quality expectations.

• Provide leadership, coaching and performance management to project managers and implementation consultants across multiple countries.

• Act as the senior escalation point for clients and internal stakeholders, building relationships with HR, Finance, IT leadership and project sponsors.

• Collaborate closely with Sales, Pre-Sales, Product, Engineering and Service Delivery teams to ensure successful implementation outcomes and seamless client onboarding.

• Drive project governance, portfolio reporting, resource planning, risk management and continuous improvement of project methodologies and delivery frameworks.

• Support complex sales opportunities through implementation planning, effort estimation and client presentations.

• Gradually assume full ownership of the regional project function, including project portfolio, key client relationships and team leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems, Human Resources or a related discipline. PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project management certification is advantageous.

• Minimum 10 years of project delivery or implementation experience, including at least 5 years managing regional or multi-country projects and project teams.

• Strong track record delivering complex APAC implementations involving HRMS, HCM, payroll, ERP, EOR or enterprise SaaS platforms.

• Proven experience managing project scope, budget, governance, resource allocation, risk mitigation and stakeholder expectations.

• Solid understanding of payroll operations, HR processes and multi-country compliance requirements, preferably across Asia Pacific markets.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing managers, remote teams and cross-functional stakeholders across different countries and time zones.

• Strong executive stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage senior client leadership and C-suite stakeholders.

• Commercially driven with the ability to balance delivery excellence, customer satisfaction and project profitability.

• Fluent English communication skills; additional Asian language capabilities would be advantageous.

• Willingness to travel regionally as required.

Working Location: Singapore