Overview
Senior Manager, People & Culture Partner
Date: 26 Aug 2025
Location:
Singapore, Singapore
Company:
Singtel Group
An empowering career at Singtel begins with a Hello. Our purpose, to Empower Every Generation, connects people to the possibilities they need to excel. Every “hello” at Singtel opens doors to new initiatives, growth, and BIG possibilities that takes your career to new heights. So, when you say hello to us, you are really empowered to say…“Hello BIG Possibilities”.
We are seeking a People & Culture (P&C) Partner to work closely with business leaders and COE Teams in shaping and delivering HR strategies that support organisational goals. This role combines strategic partnership with hands-on execution across the employee lifecycle, from workforce planning and performance management to organisational design and remuneration. Acting as a trusted advisor, the P&C Partner drives HR initiatives, resolves challenges, and champions improvements to build a culture of innovation, transformation, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Alignment: Understand the business strategy and collaborate with P&C Leaders to align HR capabilities with organisational goals.
- Strategic Planning: Develop innovative strategies, design project roadmaps, and set priorities for the HR team to support business objectives.
- Business Partnering: Collaborate closely with business leaders to understand priorities, anticipate needs, and co-create HR solutions that drive organisational performance.
- Project Leadership & Execution: Define strategic project requirements, ensure successful implementation of HR initiatives, and directly contribute to key projects in a timely manner, within budget and meet high quality standards.
- Problem Solving: Apply critical and lateral thinking to address complex HR challenges and escalate issues when necessary.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Adopt a customer-centric approach to engage, influence, and inspire stakeholders in delivering HR solutions.
- Employee Lifecycle Management: Address and resolve issues across the employee lifecycle, including non-automated or non-self-service processes.
- Multi-Initiative Delivery: Manage multiple, concurrent initiatives across HR functional areas effectively and efficiently.
- Collaboration & Best Practices: Build strong partnerships with business leaders and COEs, promoting transformation and sharing HR best practices.
- Coaching & Advisory: Guide and coach people managers on HR matters, serving as a trusted advisor and HR partner.
- Ownership & Accountability: Take ownership of specific projects or initiatives as assigned by the Senior Director, P&C.
The ideal candidate should have/be:
- Relevant tertiary qualification, with IHRP certification preferred.
- At least 10 years of experience in HR.
- Strong knowledge of core HR competencies, including strategic workforce planning, performance management, and remuneration practices.
- Proficiency in numerical analysis, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, align insights with business priorities, and present recommendations to diverse stakeholders.
- Proven track record in establishing, implementing, and executing operational processes.
- Up-to-date knowledge of HR practices, systems, and technologies.
- Practical understanding of regional labour laws.
About Singtel
Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel has 140 years of operating experience and played a pivotal role in the country’s development as a major communications hub. Optus, our subsidiary in Australia, is a leader in integrated telecommunications, constantly raising the bar in innovative products and services.
We are also strategically invested in leading companies in Asia and Africa, including Bharti Airtel (India, South Asia and Africa), Telkomsel (Indonesia), Globe Telecom (the Philippines) and Advanced Info Service (Thailand). We work closely with our associates, leveraging our scale in networks, customer reach and extensive operational experience to lead and shape the communications industry.
Together, the Group serves over 700 million mobile customers around world. Singtel is one of the largest listed Singapore companies on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation.
The Group has a vast network of offices throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, and employs more than 23,000 staff worldwide.