VP, Learning and Development

As part of Human Capital Management Asia Pacific (HCMAP) department, the Learning and Development Asia (LDA) unit  aims to foster an inclusive and continuous culture of self-learning and personal growth in SMBC. LDA provides learning opportunities and solutions to all employees in SMBC Asia Pacific, acts as a learning partner for business as well drives various learning and development initiatives within Asia Pacific.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides learning opportunities to foster and develop the professional competencies of employees in APAC
• Facilitates and executes strategic learning and development initiatives that will accelerate SMBC’s competitive advantage
• Creates new training platforms/ framework/ contents/ delivery to facilitate the knowledge transfer in SMBC
• Conceptualises, designs and delivers learning solutions as part of the Training Needs Analysis cycle or in response to ad-hoc and bespoke requests from stakeholders
• Acts as program person-in-charge (PIC) and be accountable for courses assigned, to ensure quality, effectiveness and relevancy to employees' needs and business' priorities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in learning design, delivery and evaluation of solutions and programmes in a mid to large scale regional set-up, working experience in financial services industry will be highly preferred
• Experience in designing and implementing corporate-wide initiatives and diverse learning solutions to build sustainable and future-ready employees
• Ability to perform analysis and identify metrics to track learning utilization and other relevant outcomes and impact
• Experience in review of existing curriculum and initiatives to instill a self-directed learning culture
• Possess strong analytical and project management skills to manage and execute organization-wide learning initiatives and programmes
• Possess excellent facilitation and communication skills as well as strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work as a team player with a can-do attitude
• Experience in coaching, employee engagement and culture change and profiling tools will be advantageous