Lead HR Business Parter

Our client is a large and established public service organization in Singapore with a complex and diverse workforce. They are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner Lead to take on a senior partnering role supporting a significant function across the organization.

This is a high-impact role requiring an accomplished HR professional who can operate confidently at both strategic and operational levels, partner senior HR and organizational leaders, and navigate the complexities of a sizeable and multi-faceted stakeholder environment.

The Role

As a senior HR Business Partner, you will work closely with leadership to shape and execute the people agenda for a large and strategically important function.

You will be expected to develop a deep understanding of the organization and its workforce priorities, anticipate people and organizational challenges, and provide practical and commercially sound HR solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner senior leadership on people and workforce strategies aligned with organizational priorities
• Provide strategic advice and thought partnership on complex workforce, talent and organizational matters
• Drive workforce planning, succession, talent and capability initiatives
• Advise on complex employee relations, performance and organizational issues
• Support organizational transformation, restructuring and change initiatives
• Use workforce data and insights to identify emerging trends, risks and opportunities
• Partner HR specialist teams and other stakeholders to develop and implement integrated people solutions
• Navigate a large and complex stakeholder landscape, building credibility and influencing outcomes at senior levels
• Lead and contribute to enterprise-wide HR initiatives and projects

What We're Looking For

You are an experienced HR leader with the maturity, resilience and judgement to operate effectively within a large and complex organization.

Ideally, you will bring:

• Approximately 15 years or more of progressive HR experience, with substantial HR Business Partnering experience
• A strong track record of partnering senior leaders within large, complex organisations
• Broad HR expertise with the ability to move comfortably between strategic and operational issues
• Experience navigating significant workforce populations and complex stakeholder environments
• Strong capability across workforce planning, talent, performance, employee relations and organizational change
• Excellent influencing and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to challenge and advise senior stakeholders
• Strong judgement and a pragmatic approach to resolving complex people issues
• Resilience, adaptability and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced and demanding environment
• A collaborative and hands-on approach to getting things done

The Opportunity

This is a substantial HR Business Partnering mandate offering the opportunity to influence the people agenda across a large and strategically important part of the organization.

It will suit an experienced HR professional who enjoys complexity, is comfortable operating with senior stakeholders, and wants a role where strong HR partnering can make a meaningful organizational impact.