Director Solution Architecture APAC

Job Description

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Are you ready to be a part of an organizational transformation SHL is hiring a Director Solution Architecture based in Singapore. The Director of Solution Architecture will be accountable for the quality, consistency, and commercial effectiveness of SHL's pre-sales solution architecture across APAC regions.

The Director of Solution Architecture will lead a team of Solution Architects guiding enterprise accounts, ensuring SHL's SaaS talent solutions are positioned as scalable, differentiated, and deployable.

Operating as a senior presales leader and recommended advisor, the role balances strategic leadership, hands-on deal engagement, and development, while acting as a critical bridge between Sales, Marketing, Product, and Delivery. The role ensures that what is sold can be successfully implemented, scaled, and expanded, protecting both customer outcomes and SHL's commercial integrity.

An excellent benefits package is offered in a culture where career development, with ongoing manager guidance, collaboration, flexibility, diversity and inclusivity are all intrinsic to our culture. There is a huge investment in SHL currently so there's no better time to become a part of something transformational. Hybrid working is available.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Singapore without sponsorship/restrictions.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead and develop the Solution Architecture function across Asia Pac including India, Australia and Southeast Asia markets, setting clear expectations, standards, and ways of working.
• Own the solution quality bar across all presale's engagements
• Partner with Product and Engineering to shape roadmap prioritization based on market customer needs.
• Strategic Deal Engagement & Lead or assist complex discoveries with C-suite, HR, TA, IT, and Procurement stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience to solution AI-powered products, including familiarity with model governance, accountable AI frameworks, and the knowledge of how to lead credible AI buying conversations with enterprise customers (CHROs, IT, Procurement).
• Fluency in skills-based organisation trends and the evolving skills infrastructure landscape including how experience taxonomies, ontologies, and talent intelligence platforms are reshaping enterprise HR strategy.
• Broad exposure to the HR Tech or Talent Tech ecosystem, with the experience to position solutions within a customer's wider HCM and talent architecture.
• Proven success influencing and scaling high-performing presales or solution consulting teams across varying seniority levels.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management capability, including experience navigating IT, Security, and AI governance stakeholders alongside HR and TA buyers.
• Comfortable operating across markets with different enterprise maturity, commercial norms, and stakeholder culture, particularly within the APAC region.
  
  

What we are looking for from you:

• Familiarity with major HCM and talent ecosystems or similar platforms.
• Experience influencing product strategy and roadmap outcomes based on enterprise customers and market signal.
• Background in people analytics, talent intelligence, or assessment including awareness of how psychometric and behavioral data is evolving within AI-driven talent platforms.
• Experience working across global or multi-regional enterprise markets, with APAC exposure particularly valued.
• Knowledge of emerging AI regulation and data governance frameworks relevant to enterprise HR technology procurement.
  
  

Get in touch:

Find out how this one-off opportunity can help you to achieve your career goals by making an application to our knowledgeable and friendly Talent Acquisition team. Choose a new path with SHL.

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About Us

• We unlock the possibilities of businesses through the power of people, science and technology.
• We started this industry of people insight more than 40 years ago and continue to lead the market with powerhouse product launches, ground-breaking science and business transformation.
• When you inspire and transform people's lives, you will experience the greatest business outcomes possible. SHL's products insights, experiences, and services can help achieve growth at scale.
  
  

What SHL Can Offer You

Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility are key threads in the fabric of SHL's business and culture (find out more about DEI and accessibility at SHL )

• Employee benefits package that takes care of you and your family.
• Support, coaching, and on-the-job development to achieve career success
• A fun and flexible workplace where you'll be inspired to do your best work (find out more LifeAtSHL )
• The ability to transform workplaces around the world for others.
  
  

SHL is an equal opportunity employer. We support and encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. We can, and do make adjustments to make sure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible.