Senior Manager, People & Culture (Centre of Excellence)

Hongkong Land Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hongkong Land Limited is seeking a leader for its South Asia Rewards and HR Technology portfolio. You will oversee governance frameworks and ensure efficient HR delivery and workforce management across South Asia, including Joint Ventures.

This role involves managing salary reviews, payroll governance, and standardizing HR policies. You will develop the Assistant Manager and ensure compliance and competitiveness across various employee programmes.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of compensation and benefits management.
• Experience in payroll governance and HRIS management.
• Ability to standardize HR policies across regions.

Responsibilities

• Own the regional salary and benefits programmes.
• Provide payroll governance and partner with Finance teams.
• Standardize HR policies and ensure compliance.

Skills

Payroll governance

HR policy standardization

Data integrity management

HRIS and P&C applications

Vendor management

Job description

Lead the South Asia Rewards (Compensation & Benefits) and HR Technology portfolio, governing frameworks, processes and data that enable HR delivery, workforce budgeting and decision-making across South Asia and its Joint Ventures (JV). The role provides functional leadership to the Assistant Manager and partners PCBPs, IT, Finance and business leaders to deliver compliant, consistent and efficient outcomes.

Accountabilities

• Own regional salary review and benefits programmes (renewals, scheme governance, vendor management and employee communications), ensuring market competitiveness and compliance.
• Provide payroll governance (controls, validation and exception management) and partner Finance and payroll providers for accurate, timely delivery.
• Standardise HR policies, procedures and controls across South Asia to align with Corporate CoE standards and local requirements, including oversight of regional secondment terms, tax administration and JV-specific arrangements.
• Act as Regional Process Owner for HRIS and P&C applications; partner IT and regional teams to define requirements, drive enhancements, and lead testing, deployment and end-user enablement.
• Govern workforce budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, including data integrity, standards, validation and reporting for workforce and people metrics.
• Enable people operations and employee experience across South Asia by setting standards and supporting execution for selected regional programmes (engagement/recognition, learning initiatives and onboarding) in partnership with PCBPs and business leaders.
• Coordinate Sustainability and other corporate reporting where People & Culture data is required, including defining requirements, validating submissions and ensuring timely delivery.
• Lead and develop the Assistant Manager through clear work allocation, coaching, and review/approval of deliverables; serve as specialist point of contact for regional JVs and lead/support related projects across total rewards, people data/analytics and HR technology.