Talent Management Business Partner, East Asia&India

Date: Sep 12, 2025

Location: 01, SG, 609935

Company: Gates Corporation

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

•    Act as a trusted advisor to regional leadership teams, aligning talent strategies with business goals and regional priorities.
•    Drive the deployment of global talent development programs, tailoring them to the regional context to maximize engagement and impact. Proactively recommend additional region-specific tools and initiatives.
•    Lead regional succession planning efforts, identifying and developing high-potential talent and ensuring robust leadership pipelines.
•    Champion the performance management process, providing guidance and support to ensure consistency, fairness, and effectiveness.
•    Partner with HR and business leaders to assess organizational capabilities, identify gaps, and implement solutions to enhance team performance and agility.
•    Support change initiatives by providing expertise in communication, training, and stakeholder engagement.
•    Leverage talent analytics to inform decisions, track progress, and measure the effectiveness of talent initiatives.
•    Work closely with global and regional HR colleagues to ensure alignment and integration of talent practices across the organization.

Keys to Success

•    Interprets internal and external business issues and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
•    Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions
•    Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
•    Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by department objectives
•    Communicates complex concepts; anticipates potential objections and influences others to adopt a different point of view

Supervisory Responsibilities

•    No supervisory responsibilities 
•    Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized area and general knowledge of related areas
•    May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
•    Leads others to solve complex problems; uses analytical thinking, tools and judgement to identify innovative solutions

Requirements and Preferred Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
  • 8-10 years of progressive experience in talent management, organizational development, or HR business partnering.
  • Experience working with multi-country responsibilities and able to operate in a matrixed organization
  • Strong understanding of talent development frameworks, leadership assessment tools, and performance management systems.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency in HRIS and talent management systems; experience with data analytics tools is a plus.
  • Certification in coaching, change management, or leadership development (e.g., ICF, Prosci, Korn Ferry, Hogan) is a plus 
  • Demonstrated success in driving talent initiatives across diverse cultural and business environments.
  • Fluent in English