Talent Strategy Partner

Cengage; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage seeks a Regional Talent Strategy Partner to advise business groups in Southeast Asia and ANZ from Singapore. You will lead talent planning, organizational design, and change initiatives while partnering with Legal and HR Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated people solutions.

You will coach leaders on performance, succession, and engagement, and you will manage complex employee relations with a focus on risk mitigation and organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or a related field.
• 5 or more years of progressive HR experience in an HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, Talent Partner, or Employee Relations role.
• Strong business sense and the ability to translate strategy into talent actions.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships, coach leaders, and influence decisions.
• Experience with talent planning, performance management, organizational change, and complex employee relations.
• Strong communication, consultation, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across HR, Legal, and business teams.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of country-specific laws and regulations within assigned region.

Responsibilities

• Function as the partner for business groups within an assigned region.
• Translate business priorities into practical talent and organizational strategies.
• Support the execution of talent planning, workforce planning, organizational design, and change initiatives.
• Use workforce data and business insights to identify talent needs, risks, and opportunities.
• Influence leaders and recommend solutions that improve business and people outcomes.
• Coach leaders on talent decisions, performance management, employee development, and team effectiveness.
• Lead annual talent processes, including performance reviews, talent planning, succession planning, compensation planning, and engagement action planning.
• Partner with leaders to attract, develop, engage and retain critical talent.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Advise leaders on complex employee relations matters, performance concerns, and policy interpretation.
• Manage investigations and employee matters in partnership with Legal and HR colleagues.
• Identify and mitigate people-related, legal, and organizational risks.
• Recognize trends and recommend broader leadership or organizational actions.
• Handle country specific documentation requests within region related to onboarding, job change, etc.

Skills

Business partnership

Relationship building

Talent strategy

Performance management

Change management

Workday

Mandarin (preferred)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Tools

Workday

Job description

We believe in the power and joy of learning

At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping learners around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Summary:

As part of the Talent Strategy team, the Regional Talent Strategy Partner reports to the leader of Talent Strategy and serves as an advisor to business groups within their assigned region. They build positive relationships with leaders, understand business priorities, and complete talent strategies that improve organizational efficiency and business performance.

Working closely with the Director, Talent Strategy, HR Centers of Excellence, and Legal, this role leads talent planning, organizational change, performance management, employee relations, and key HR initiatives.

***This position will provide HR partnership in the Southeast Asia and ANZ regions and will be based in Singapore***

What you'll do here:

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP & TALENT STRATEGY

• Function as the partner for business groups within an assigned region.
• Translate business priorities into practical talent and organizational strategies.
• Support the execution of talent planning, workforce planning, organizational design, and change initiatives.
• Use workforce data and business insights to identify talent needs, risks, and opportunities.
• Influence leaders and recommend solutions that improve business and people outcomes.

TALENT & LEADER SUPPORT

• Coach leaders on talent decisions, performance management, employee development, and team effectiveness.
• Lead annual talent processes, including performance reviews, talent planning, succession planning, compensation planning, and engagement action planning.
• Partner with leaders to attract, develop, engage and retain critical talent.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated people solutions.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

• Advise leaders on complex employee relations matters, performance concerns, and policy interpretation.
• Manage investigations and employee matters in partnership with Legal and HR colleagues.
• Identify and mitigate people-related, legal, and organizational risks.
• Recognize trends and recommend broader leadership or organizational actions.
• Handle country specific documentation requests within region related to onboarding, job change, etc.

Skills you will need here:

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5 or more years of progressive HR experience in an HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, Talent Partner, or Employee Relations role.
• Strong business sense and the ability to translate strategy into talent actions.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships, coach leaders, and influence decisions.
• Experience with talent planning, performance management, organizational change, and complex employee relations.
• Strong communication, consultation, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across HR, Legal, and business teams.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of country-specific laws and regulations within assigned region.

PREFERRED

• Mandarin language proficiency for communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience supporting senior leaders in a complex, global, or matrixed organization.
• Experience with Workday.
• Regional HR Certification

Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.

Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at [e-mail].