Urgent!!! Regional HR Manager (Tech Industry)

Highlights:

• Permanent job opportunity
• 5 days work week, normal office working hour (1 day work from home)
• Great remuneration & benefits
• Great career progression
• Location: Central

Key Responsibilities:

HR Strategy & Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary HR advisor to the CEO and senior leadership on all people matters.
• Develop and execute a regional HR strategy aligned to business priorities; build trusted relationships with business leaders across all countries.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex ER, disciplinary, and compliance matters.
• Lead workforce planning, organisational design, and headcount governance across all entities.
• Lead the performance appraisal, salary review, and bonus cycles; make compensation, promotion, and bonus recommendations to the CEO.

Regional HR Operations, Compliance & Governance

• Oversee end-to-end HR operations including talent acquisition and payroll across Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance.
• Maintain accountability for employment law compliance and statutory obligations across all jurisdictions
• Own the regional HR governance framework — policies, SOPs, and escalation protocols, drive standardisation, and continuous improvement of HR processes across the region.
• Champion the learning and development, employee engagement, and wellbeing agenda.

HRIS &Data Governance

• Drive the organisation's HRIS roadmap, including system optimisation and where applicable, migration.
• Own HR data integrity and reporting, providing the CEO and leadership team with reliable headcount, attrition, and workforce analytics.
• Serve as the company's Data Protection Officer ensuring compliance with applicable data protection legislation across all operating jurisdictions, including PDPA (Singapore).

Team Leadership & Operating Rhythm

• Lead, develop, and performance-manage the regional HR team across Singapore and country locations; establish clear accountabilities and a culture of ownership and execution discipline.
• Chair the HR team review; set direction, priorities, and operating rhythm for the HR function.

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 – 12 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3 years in a regional or multi-country leadership role in South-East Asia or Taiwan.
• Demonstrated experience leading HR in a fast-paced, scaling SME — gaming, tech, media, or entertainment background is advantageous.
• Strong working knowledge of employment law and HR compliance across Singapore and at least one other SEA country or Taiwan.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience managing or overseeing payroll governance across multiple countries, including statutory compliance and payroll controls. Singapore payroll experience is a must, experience in at least one of the following jurisdictions is strongly preferred: Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan or Vietnam.
• Proven track record of leading HR teams with a culture of accountability and operational excellence.
• Hands-on by disposition — equally comfortable in strategic discussions and operational execution.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to advise and challenge senior leaders constructively.
• High ownership mindset with strong judgement, discretion, and decision-making capability.
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools and emerging HR technologies to improve team productivity, automate routine workflows, and enhance HR reporting and decision-making. Prior experience with AI-assisted HR tools is an advantage; genuine curiosity to adopt new technologies is essential.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested applicants, please click on “Apply Now” or email to [email protected] with provided your latest resume in MS WORD format with below information.

• Last drawn salary
• Expected salary
• Notice period
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