Vice President - Learning and Transformation

OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. Since our incorporation, we have been enabling people and communities to realise their aspirations. This is our purpose.

As the second-largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets, we hold one of the world’s highest credit ratings: Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Our commitment to excellence has earned us numerous industry accolades, reinforcing our reputation as one of Singapore’s best banks.

With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented by a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. As One Group, we support your ambitions across borders with our deep local knowledge – be it growing your personal wealth or capturing business opportunities – for now, and beyond.

OCBC offers private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.

Great Eastern Holdings, our insurance subsidiary, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.

Lion Global Investors, our asset management subsidiary, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia.

The Group has over 400 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions.

Your Opportunity Starts Here.

A visionary Learning and Development contributor to oversee key aspects of talent management and workforce transformation strategies at the Bank, including but not limited to annual talent review, leadership development, performance management, graduate talent programme and MOBI. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing talent and workforce transformation strategies, monitoring and measuring their impacts, and ensuring alignment with Group’s people priorities.

What you do

• Lead the Bank and partner with senior leaders and HR Business Partners to drive the annual talent review and succession planning exercise at both divisional and entity levels
• Collaborate with Group, HRBPs and internal stakeholders to orchestrate and execute holistic learning strategies and initiatives to propel our people capabilities, foster lifelong learning for a more future ready workforce and support business growth
• Play a leadership role to curate and guide all talent and development-related communications
• Design learning strategic learning approach, partnering with Group and leveraging industry best practices to develop bespoke talent development interventions and learning solutions that drive lasting impacts
• Be the trusted Business Learning Partner of internal stakeholders and HR on talent and leadership development, performance management approaches as well as learning strategy
• Establish innovative metrics to monitor and measure the effectiveness of learning and initiatives
• Lead the push to develop best-in-class learning and talent analytics and insights
• Operationalise and manage an appropriate governance and control framework and ensure they comply with legal and regulatory requirements
• Source, select and partner with external vendors to provide bespoke learning initiatives for the Bank. Hands-on experience in vendor management is required
• Lead / participate in ad-hoc projects as assigned

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree in any disciplines, preferably in Human Resources, Psychology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years' relevant experience within HR function such as Talent Management and Learning & Development is essential. (Candidate with less experience will be considered as AVP, Learning and Transformation)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, strong problem-solving skill and highly attentive to details
• Reliable and self-motivated who is able to work independently and under pressure
• Analytical thinking and proven track record in managing stakeholders at multiple levels
• Familiarity with frameworks related to talent management and organisational development, experience in leading HR initiatives or projects is preferred

What we offer:

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers