Job Description

We are seeking a visionary HR leader to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for a multi-country regional HR function spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Australia. This role will drive HR transformation, post-merger integration, and enterprise-wide initiatives to build a high-performing, digitally enabled, and cost-efficient workforce that supports growth and continuous innovation.
Human Capital Strategy & Transformation

• Lead the design and execution of long-term HR strategies aligned with business expansion, profitability, and culture building.
• Standardize policies, processes, and organizational structures across multiple markets, ensuring compliance and scalability.

Performance Management & Total Rewards

• Oversee performance management frameworks to drive clear goal setting, continuous feedback, and data-driven evaluation of leadership and employee performance.
• Design and optimize compensation and benefits strategies, including salary structures, incentive plans, and recognition programs to ensure competitiveness, internal equity, and cost efficiency.
• Align rewards programs to business outcomes, talent retention, and market benchmarks.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Establish platforms and programs to build internal capability and succession pipelines.
• Champion culture and engagement initiatives, including employee experience surveys, recognition programs, and embedding of organizational values.

HR Operations & Digitalization

• Drive HR digitization and automation to improve employee experience, service levels, and efficiency.
• Benchmark and optimize labor cost structures, HR headcount ratios, and service delivery metrics across the organization.
• Ensure HR process compliance, data integrity, and service level adherence.

Stakeholder & Change Management

• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on people, culture, and organizational design.
• Lead change management and communication strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new structures, systems, and culture shifts.

Shape regional people strategy-drive leadership, talent, and culture growth.Drive talent initiatives that shape culture, capability, and leaders.

• 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with regional or multi-country exposure in Asia.
• Proven track record in HR transformation, shared services, and post-M&A integration is highly advantageous.
• Strong business acumen with expertise in cost management, HR analytics, and digital HR tools.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, strategic thinking, and change leadership capabilities

Our client is a leading regional healthcare services group - The business has grown rapidly through organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, creating a diverse and complex environment that now requires strong HR leadership at a group level.

• Regional Leadership Impact - Opportunity to shape and lead the HR function across multiple markets, influencing strategy at both group and country levels.
• Transformation Agenda - Drive large-scale HR transformation, post-integration initiatives, and digitalization programs with full leadership backing.

Skills Required