HRbp, Wrb Singapore and Asean Markets

Job ID: 40183

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Human Resources

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 16 Sept 2025

**Job Summary**
- The Human Resource Business Partner, WRB Singapore and ASEAN Markets is a senior HR leader who thrives on transformational change and works with agility across the Wealth & Retail Banking (WRB) organisation in Singapore & ASEAN Markets. The role holder will report directly to the Head of HR Singapore and ASEAN and will act as the primary HR contact for the Head, WRB Singapore, ASEAN and South Asia. While not directly overseeing South Asia, the role will work in close partnership with WRB HR Lead for South Asia to ensure alignment and seamless delivery of the People agenda.
- The role holder will support the Head, WRB Singapore, ASEAN and South Asia, WRB Heads of various Products/ Segments in ASEAN cluster, the WRB ASEAN Markets Heads and their respective WRB MT members. This role will be the interface between the WRB Business leaders and HR to land the relevant WRB People Priorities in Singapore and WRB ASEAN Markets and contribute to the SG and ASEAN people priorities as part of a collaborative team.
- The role holder will work with agility across the SEA WRB markets and help execute the WRB people priorities with respective Country Heads of HR, WRB HRBPs, WRB Heads of HR and CoEs as the primary. The role holder will also engage the WRB Singapore & ASEAN & SA HRMT, global stakeholders, functional partners, and market stakeholders in support of the above. As an active member of WRB HRLT and Singapore/ASEAN HRMT, the role holder is expected to contribute to strategic decision making, provide HR insight to support WRB business performance and ensure WRB People considerations are embedded in management discussions.
- The role holder will be responsible for embedding business driven operating models, becoming a truly skills-based organisation, embedding value driven talent management, inclusive and ambitious leadership, and culture in service of excellence. The role requires working collaboratively and cross-functionally across WRB Business and HR ecosystem with strong emphasis on building effective relationships with peers and ability to partner with COEs to deliver integrated solutions that refine and execute the WRB People Priorities to meet our Group commitments.
- To be successful in this role, the role holder should demonstrate the skills needed to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and complex environment. The role holder should also possess strong collaboration, influencing, and leadership skills and be able to manage ambiguity, leverage data to drive decision making, have a strong executive presence, constructively challenge stakeholders and partners independently and objectively.

**Strategy**
- Provide strategic HR guidance and partnership to value-seat holders; Head, WRB Singapore, ASEAN & South Asia, WRB Heads of various Products/ Segments in ASEAN cluster, the WRB ASEAN Markets Heads and their respective WRB MT members in delivering business outcomes.
- Be accountable for landing the WRB people priorities in service of the WRB business strategy, across WRB in Singapore and WRB ASEAN Markets working in close partnership with the Country Heads of HR, WRB Heads of HR, CoE’s, Singapore/ASEAN HRMT and WRB HRLT.
- Act as a key member within the WRB HR Leadership team and Singapore/ASEAN HRMT by providing thought leadership and oversight to WRB people work, shaping WRB people discussions, bringing in market and business insights and ensuring alignment in execution in service of business outcomes.
- Actively provide support to the Head HR, Singapore and ASEAN in the Singapore/ ASEAN delivery people plan, execution of the transversals and contributing to key workstreams e.g., Talent, EVP, conduct and culture initiatives.
- Partner effectively with WRB, HRBP India/ WRB HR Lead for South Asia, SA Country Heads of HR, WRB ASEAN Markets Heads of HR, WRB Heads of HR, foster collaboration and ensure joint support to Head, WRB Singapore & ASEAN the WRB leadership teams.
- Identify, prioritise, and develop organisational capabilities and behaviours to build a workforce that is future ready.
- Provide recommendations and HR leadership to the business in change management and organizational transformation initiatives.
- Partner with the relevant WRB Leadership in the markets to drive and enable sustainable business performance.

**Business**
- Bring deep knowledge of the business and broader global HR initiatives to strategically advise and partner the business effectively.
- Maintain strong knowledge of ASEAN WRB Country specific HR regulations and manpower requirements, leveraging this knowledge to shape and support business strategy.
- Effectively partner with, challenge and influence business leaders to deliver business optimal outcomes that balance the right now with longer term horizons, across the people agenda.
- Be a disruptor, driving