The Talent Lever Hiring! Full Time Head of Human Resources in Federal Territory - Ricebowl

Chief People Officer

Are you ready to scale globally and establish world-class people strategy? The Talent Lever's client is a high-growth scale-up reinventing an entire industry and seeking an exceptional Chief People Officer based in Kuala Lumpur.

About the Role

This Chief People Officer role is critical to the organization's next phase of growth and scale. You'll set and own the people and culture strategy for the organisation. You'll sit on the leadership team as a peer who shapes the business, not just supports it. You'll build the systems, the bench and the standard that let the company scale well.

What You'll Own

• Set and own people and culture strategy for the whole organisation
• Sit on leadership team as a peer who shapes the business
• Build systems, bench and standard for scaling

What You'll Bring

• 15+ years in HR including time at VP level with full-function ownership
• Set and led people strategy across full employee lifecycle at scale
• Strong org design, leadership development, succession planning and total rewards
• Led through change: restructuring, M&A integration, rapid scaling or transformation
• Board-ready: hold commercial conversation and present people strategy as business strategy
• Deep grounding in Singapore and regional employment law and corporate governance
• Build and develop senior HR teams, grow leaders

You'll Thrive Here If

• Operated at HR Director/VP level with full ownership
• Lead from values and judgment, not fear and process
• Want board that treats people strategy as business strategy

Compensation: Competitive and senior, reflecting true executive mandate.