AVP, Talent Management

Singlife is a leading homegrown financial services company, offering consumers a better way to financial freedom. Through innovative, technology-enabled solutions and a wide range of products and services, Singlife provides consumers control over their financial wellbeing at every stage of their lives.

In addition to a comprehensive suite of insurance plans, employee benefits, partnerships with financial adviser channels and bancassurance, Singlife offers investment and advisory solutions through its GROW with Singlife platform. It also offers the Singlife Account, a mobile-first insurance savings plan.

Singlife is the exclusive insurance provider for the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Officers Group Insurance Scheme. Singlife is also an official signatory of the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance and the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, affirming its commitment to finding a better way to sustainability.

The merger of Aviva Singapore and Singlife was announced in September 2020 and created one of the largest homegrown financial services companies in Singapore in a deal valued at S$3.2 billion. It was the largest insurance deal in Singapore at the time. Singlife was subsequently acquired by Sumitomo Life in March 2024, one of Japans leading life insurers, which valued Singlife at S$4.6 billion, making the transaction one of the largest insurance deals in Southeast Asia.

We are looking for aspiring talents to join us as we continue to grow the organisation. You can look forward to developing your career in Talent Management and OD while being part of a high-performing and supportive team. The successful candidate will play a key role in partnering business leaders and employees across the Singlife group.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and coordinate talent management initiatives for strategic and high-potential individuals
• Act as main point of contact, providing advice and plan for mobility programmes as part of the organisations talent strategy
• Build key partnerships with external agencies and learning institutions to support young talent programmes
• Educate management and employees on talent management initiatives and plans, and engage them regularly to obtain feedback and ideas for improvement
• Facilitate workshops, activities and interventions that advances Singlifes talent agenda
• Drive the change management of talent management initiatives working with diverse stakeholders to provide information, advice and services when required
• Analyse relevant data and metrics to draw key insights, develop solutions and present to departmental stakeholders and leaders
• Work with external partners, vendors and providers to develop broad-based and specialised solutions

Requirements

• Experience in Talent Management and/ or OD
• Experience in Talent Mobility highly desirable
• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word (Familiarity with data analytics will be an advantage)
• 2-4 years relevant working experience
• In-house (preferably financial services) combined with prior management consulting experience highly desirable
• Strong analytical, project management and problem-solving skills
• Able to navigate ambiguity and thrive in a complex environment
• Strong interpersonal and communications abilities including verbal, written and presentations skills
• A proven track record of developing and managing successful relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to engage internal and external stakeholders across all levels, and interact with multiple teams in a regional environment
• Able to work independently in a functional role, as well as part of a collaborative team
• Academic: Bachelors/Masters degree in any discipline
• The following Professional Certification(s) are highly desirable: ACTA or ACLP; PMP Certification