Head of Talent Management (Public Listed)

• Lead the overall talent acquisition strategy to attract high-quality talent across all levels.
  
• Develop workforce planning strategies in partnership with business leaders.
  
• Build and maintain strong employer branding initiatives.
  
• Oversee recruitment processes, ensuring efficiency, quality and positive candidate experience.
  
• Develop recruitment metrics and dashboards to improve hiring effectiveness.
  
• Manage executive and critical hiring initiatives.
  
• Build relationships with universities, professional associations and external recruitment partners.
  

• Develop and implement the organisation's Learning & Development strategy.
  
• Identify capability gaps and establish learning roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
  
• Design leadership development programmes for emerging and senior leaders.
  
• Establish technical, functional and behavioural competency development programmes.
  
• Evaluate training effectiveness through measurable learning outcomes and ROI.
  
• Promote a continuous learning culture across the organisation.
  

• Lead annual training needs analysis across all business units.
  
• Develop annual training calendars and budgets.
  
• Oversee internal and external training programmes.
  
• Manage relationships with training providers and consultants.
  
• Ensure compliance with statutory and mandatory training requirements.
  
• Drive digital learning initiatives including Learning Management Systems (LMS), e-learning and blended learning.
  

• Develop talent review frameworks across the organisation.
  
• Lead succession planning for critical leadership positions.
  
• Identify and develop high-potential employees.
  
• Design career progression and internal mobility programmes.
  
• Build talent pipelines to support future business growth.
  

• Drive the organisation's performance management framework.
  
• Partner with leaders to strengthen goal setting and performance conversations.
  
• Implement calibration processes to ensure fairness and consistency.
  
• Support performance improvement initiatives where required.
  

• Design leadership competency frameworks.
  
• Develop executive coaching and mentoring programmes.
  
• Support organisational change and transformation initiatives.
  
• Facilitate culture-building and employee engagement programmes.
  
• Partner with HR Business Partners on organisation design and capability enhancement.
  

• Establish talent metrics and dashboards.
  
• Analyse recruitment, learning and retention data to drive decision-making.
  
• Monitor key indicators including:
  
• Time-to-fill
  
• Cost-per-hire
  
• Quality of hire
  
• Training effectiveness
  
• Internal promotion rate
  
• Employee retention
  
• Leadership pipeline health
  

• Develop and maintain talent management policies and procedures.
  
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and HR best practices.
  
• Manage talent-related budgets effectively.
  
• Benchmark talent practices against industry standards.
  

• Lead and develop the Talent Management team.
  
• Coach and mentor team members to build internal capability.
  
• Foster collaboration across HR functions and business units.
  
• Manage external vendors, consultants and training partners.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or related discipline.
  
• Master's Degree or MBA is an advantage.
  
• Professional HR certifications (e.g. SHRM-SCP, CIPD, AHRI, IHRP) are desirable.
  
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• Minimum 10–15 years of progressive HR experience.
  
• At least 5 years in a senior Talent Management, Learning & Development or HR leadership role.
  
• Proven experience leading Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development functions.
  
• Experience designing leadership development and succession planning programmes.
  
• Experience supporting organisational transformation and change initiatives.
  
• Exposure to HRIS and Learning Management Systems.