Regional Talent Management & OD Manager APAC

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

Our client is a global industrial company with a strong presence across APAC. They are seeking a strategic, commercially minded HR leader to shape and drive the talent, leadership and organisation agenda across the Asia-Pacific region.

This is an exciting, high-impact regional opportunity for an experienced HR professional to shape the future of people, capability, and organisation across APAC.

As a strategic yet hands‑on individual contributor, you will turn business priorities into practical, high-value people solutions that drive performance and growth. Working closely with HR Managers, senior leaders, and key stakeholders across diverse markets, you will lead the delivery of regional programmes and initiatives that build a future-ready workforce, elevate leadership capability, and enable sustainable business success throughout the region.

This role is based in Singapore

What you will do

• Lead the regional talent management and succession agenda, including talent reviews, critical-role planning, succession pipelines and talent analytics
• Design and deliver approaches for accelerating, retaining, developing and mobilising high-potential talent
• Develop regional leadership and management-team effectiveness initiatives, including leadership assessment, coaching, mentoring, transition support and senior-team interventions
• Build a practical strategic workforce-planning approach aligned to business priorities, growth plans and critical capabilities
• Partner with business, HR and technology stakeholders to assess the implications of AI, automation and evolving business models on workforce capacity, skills, jobs and organisation design
• Lead regional organisation effectiveness, culture, engagement, DEI and change initiatives, translating insights into measurable business actions
• Shape a high-performance culture centred on differentiation, accountability, continuous feedback and high-quality performance conversations
• Coach and build capability across the regional HR community and act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Psychology, Organisational Development or a related discipline; an MBA or relevant Master’s degree is advantageous
• At least 12 years of broad HR experience in international, multi-country environments
• Deep expertise in talent management, succession, leadership development, organisation effectiveness and change management
• Proven experience leading complex regional transformation, talent or organisation projects from diagnosis through implementation
• Strong strategic workforce-planning capability and a solid understanding of how digitalisation and AI affect work, skills and organisation design
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, consulting and stakeholder-influencing skills
• Strong business acumen, conceptual thinking and the ability to convert strategy into pragmatic action
• Confidence to constructively challenge senior stakeholders and lead effectively in ambiguity
• Excellent English communication skills and strong intercultural effectiveness across APAC