Product Head & Service Delivery (HR Software)

Job Responsibilities
1. Product Strategy (Market-Aligned & Execution-Ready)

• Translate company strategy into a clear, prioritised platform roadmap
• Define product capabilities that strengthen compliance, transparency, and operational efficiency
• Ensure product development supports scalable service delivery
• Balance innovation with operational practicality
• Drive adoption and measurable impact of new features

2. Technology Leadership & Platform Governance

• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and data integrity
• Oversee engineering discipline, release cadence, and QA standards
• Reduce rework and technical debt
• Strengthen documentation and handover between Product and Operations
• Ensure systems reduce manual dependency and key-person risk

3. Service Delivery Excellence (Payroll & Benefits)

• Ensure accurate, timely payroll and benefits administration across markets
• Strengthen SOPs and operational controls
• Improve onboarding turnaround time
• Establish clear escalation governance
• Maintain strong SLA performance

4. Operational Alignment & Risk Management

• Identify operational bottlenecks early and implement solutions
• Reduce internal friction between Product, Tech, and Operations
• Protect service quality while supporting growth

5. Margin & Efficiency Optimisation

• Improve cost-to-serve through automation and process optimisation
• Strengthen operational visibility into gross margin
• Drive scalable operational infrastructure

What Success Looks Like

Within 12 months:

• Platform roadmap delivered with predictable cadence
• Payroll accuracy and SLA performance at industry leading levels
• Clear SOPs across key workflows
• Reduced escalations and operational firefighting
• Improved gross margin driven by operational efficiency
• Leadership confidence in operational stability

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years experience within HR tech-enabled services, SaaS + managed services, or fintech operations
• Proven experience leading both technical (Product/Engineering) and service delivery teams
• Demonstrated ability to align product strategy with operational scalability
• Experience managing multi market or regional operations preferred
• Strong commercial acumen with exposure to margin management
• Systems thinker with structured execution discipline
• Calm, decisive, and commercially aware
• Strong cross functional communicator
• Able to make principled trade-offs
• Focused on building scalable infrastructure rather than heroic effort

This is in partnership with the Employment and Employability Institute Pte Ltd (e2i).

e2i is the empowering network for workers and employers seeking employment and employability solutions. e2i serves as a bridge between workers and employers, connecting with workers to offer job security through job-matching, career guidance and skills upgrading services, and partnering employers to address their manpower needs through recruitment, training, and job redesign solutions. e2i is a tripartite initiative of the National Trades Union Congress set up to support nation-wide manpower and skills upgrading initiatives.

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