Human Resource Director

About us

Ipsos is one of the world's leading market research companies. We deliver reliable information for a true understanding of Society, Markets and People, to help the world make better decisions.

The role

As HR Director, you will align talent and business strategy to accelerate growth. This is anchored in your solid understanding of market research agency's business model, talents and the dynamics that exist within the industry.

You will bring broad strategic mindset to develop and drive robust talent strategy. This is to ensure the right talent, structure and processes are in place to drive high performance. The HR Director is commercially savvy and confident in influencing and partnering with leaders across wide range of complex business, talent and organizational scenarios. You will manage transformation programs and analyze organizational capabilities to drive change and enhance business performance.

The HR Director is a key member of the Leadership Team and partners very closely with the Country Manager, Business and Functional Leaders in engaging talents to achieve the purpose, strategy and goals of Ipsos. You will report to the Asia Pacific HR Director based in Singapore.

The candidate

You are a confident, hands-on and collaborative leader. You are creative, innovative and have the gravitas to work with very senior and exacting leaders. You are agile to operate at the highest level of strategic HR business partnering with flexibility to be tactical when needed.

You are commercially savvy with in-depth transformation and business knowledge in market research industry. You are adept at coaching senior leaders and their teams in driving values-based behaviors and business performance. You are able to challenge the status quo and articulate your point of view with supporting data.

You have worked in a highly matrixed organization and able to balance local, regional and global priorities with multiple stakeholders. You have proven ability to build excellent working relationship and collaboration across the organization.

Requiredskills / capabilities

. Authentic leadership and commercial acumen

. Emotional intelligence and executive decorum

. Data driven and performance focused

. Resilience and agility

. Capable and confident communicator

. Conflict resolution and executive coach

Education and experience

. Experience in market research agency a must

. Relevant degree with minimum 15 years of HR generalist experience with the 5 recent years in leadership role