VP, Talent Acquisition Governance & Enablement Lead, Asia
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Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Talent Acquisition Governance, Programs, and Operational Excellence
- Act as the regional owner for implementation, adoption, and stabilization of the Global Talent Acquisition Governance & Enablement framework across Asia.
- Drive standardized recruiting processes, policies, controls, and operating procedures across Experienced hiring and Early Careers recruitment, ensuring consistency, compliance, and scalability.
- Oversee governance, operational effectiveness and usage of Applicant Tracking systems across the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, assessment, interviewing, selection, offer management, and pre-hire processes.
- Establish governance mechanisms, decision rights, change management processes, and controls across TA programs, technologies, and vendor partnerships.
- Partner with regional TA leaders and business stakeholders to optimize recruiting performance, candidate experience, operational efficiency, and hiring outcomes.
- Monitor process adherence, service delivery, risk, and performance metrics, driving continuous improvement and ensuring sustainable operating models across the region.Govern Global Capability Centre (GCC)-delivered Talent Acquisition and Talent Acquisition Operations services across Asia, ensuring standardized processes, clear accountability, and alignment with the global TA operating model.
- Establish governance standards, service scope, and control frameworks for GCC-supported activities, including interview scheduling, interview logistics, offer letter generation, onboarding document collection, background check initiation, start date confirmation, and manager notification.
- Oversee service performance of GCC teams through defined SLAs, KPIs, quality controls, escalation protocols, and regular service review routines with regional TA and business stakeholders.
- Ensure effective segregation of duties and handoff governance between Talent Acquisition, GCC TA Operations, HR Operations, hiring managers, and other enabling functions across the pre-hire and onboarding process.
- Monitor compliance, process adherence, documentation quality, and audit readiness for GCC-supported recruiting and pre-boarding activities, driving remediation and continuous improvement where required.
- Early Careers Governance & Enablement
- Lead governance and operational delivery of Early Careers initiatives across Asia, ensuring alignment with global TA strategy, regional workforce needs, and local market practices.
- Drive the expansion and adoption of Yello to support campus recruiting, event management, candidate relationship management, program tracking, and reporting.
- Partner with regional TA leaders, Talent Management, and business stakeholders to develop scalable internship, graduate, and rotational hiring models across priority markets.
- Establish consistent candidate journeys, assessment approaches, operating standards, onboarding handoffs, reporting frameworks, and documented regional flexibilities.
- Ensure Early Careers programs are measurable, operationally sustainable, appropriately governed, and continuously improved based on program outcomes and stakeholder feedback.
- Vendor Management & Strategic Implementations
- Lead onboarding, governance, and performance management of TA-related vendors supporting both Experienced hiring and Early Careers across Asia.
- Serve as the regional TA lead for implementation of an assessment vendor and associated selection processes, ensuring appropriate integration into recruiting workflows and candidate journeys.
- Manage Yello expansion and other strategic initiatives related to recruiting technology, candidate experience, talent marketing, and operational improvement.
- Establish vendor governance standards, service-level expectations, performance metrics, risk controls, issue escalation, and recurring service review processes.
- Partner with Procurement, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Privacy, Information Security, HR technology teams, and vendors throughout selection, contracting, implementation, launch, and ongoing oversight.
- Reporting, Analytics & Business Insights
- Drive the development and adoption of TA reporting, analytics, and dashboards across Asia for both Experienced hiring and Early Careers.
- Partner with Data Analytics team and HR stakeholders to define KPI frameworks, data standards, dashboard requirements, and operational reporting routines.
- Use data to identify trends, control gaps, risks, and opportunities, and translate findings into recommendations for regional leadership and business stakeholders.
- Promote data quality, consistent definitions, and clear ownership to enable reliable decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Risk, Compliance & Controls
- Ensure recruiting practices, programs, technologies, communications, and vendor relationships align with applicable employment regulations, data privacy requirements, accessibility standards, records management obligations, and internal policies.
- Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk Management, Privacy, and Information Security teams to embed appropriate controls into TA processes and programs.
- Identify and mitigate recruiting-related risks, including process control gaps, candidate data misuse, bias, fraud, vendor non-compliance, and inconsistent regional practices.
- Support audit, regulatory, risk assessment, and governance activities impacting Talent Acquisition across Asia.
- Maintain clear process documentation, evidence, ownership, and remediation tracking to support a sustainable control environment.
- Stakeholder Management, Enablement & Adoption
- Build strong partnerships across Talent Acquisition, HR, business leadership, and functional teams throughout Asia.
- Influence and align stakeholders across countries and business lines, balancing global consistency with legitimate regional and local requirements.
- Lead stakeholder readiness, user acceptance testing, implementation support, and post-launch stabilization for TA programs and vendor solutions.
- Act as a trusted advisor on Talent Acquisition governance, operations, risk, reporting, and program implementation matters.
- 8 to 12+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, TA Operations, TA Governance, HR Programs, Recruiting Enablement, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience implementing, stabilizing, and scaling recruiting governance frameworks, operating models, or transformation initiatives across multiple countries.
- Experience working across Asia markets and navigating regional regulatory, cultural, and operational considerations is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of both Experienced hiring and Early Careers recruiting processes, candidate journeys, operating requirements, and stakeholder needs.
- Proven track record leading recruiting vendor onboarding, technology implementations, assessment solutions, or operational improvement initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of recruiting process governance, controls, compliance, data privacy, reporting, and risk management within a regulated environment.
- Experience partnering with Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Privacy, Information Security, HR technology, and Analytics teams.
- Strong analytical and project management capabilities, including experience establishing KPI frameworks, dashboards, implementation plans, and governance routines.
- Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across senior leadership, regions, and business lines.
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TA Operations
Reporting analytics and dashboards
KPI frameworks
Talent Acquisition Governance
Recruiting governance frameworks
About Company
VP, Talent Acquisition Governance & Enablement Lead, Asiasumitomo mitsui banking corporation singapore branch
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Skills:
Data Analytics, Yello, Compliance, Assessment Solutions, Project Management, Vendor Management, Talent Acquisition Governance, applicant tracking systems, Risk Management
Skills:
Data Privacy, AI regulations, Compliance, AI governance frameworks, Model risk, AI regulatory compliance, Risk management, Governance, AI/ML lifecycle, Responsible AI principles
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infrastructure finance, Structured Finance, Credit Risk, Risk Assessment, Stakeholder Management, Financial Modelling, Project Finance
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Commercial negotiation, Business development, Strategic Planning, Sales leadership, Cross-Cultural Communication, Stakeholder Management
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Risk Mitigation, Communication Strategies, Project Management, PMP Certification, Program Management