Regional Head of HR Services and Payroll MEA

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Regional Head of HR Services & Payroll, you will lead a high-performing, multicultural team to deliver seamless, compliant, and future-ready HR and payroll services across the region. You will champion transformation, drive process harmonization and successful regional implementation of global HR strategies with strong focus on operational stability and service delivery for the region. Your leadership will be pivotal in fostering operational excellence, supporting organizational change, and building a resilient HR service and payroll ecosystem. This is a kind of swiss army knife for various topics in HR & payroll services who oversees end-to-end HR and payroll service delivery, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance through a network of internal teams and external partners, owning performance and compliance.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Shape and execute the regional HR Services and Payroll strategy, aligning with global objectives and local business needs.
• Lead transformation initiatives, including process standardization and harmonization, digital enablement, and continuous improvement, to future-proof HR operations
• Act as a change agent, collaborating with senior leaders to drive adoption of new HR operating models and technologies (e.g., Workday, ServiceNow).
• Develop and monitor performance dashboards, KPIs, and SLAs, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Manage provider relationships, ensuring quality, compliance, and continuous improvement in outsourced and shared service environments.
• Build strong partnerships with HR, Finance, IT, Benefits, Tax, and external vendors to streamline processes and deliver integrated solutions.
• Manage escalation and resolution for complex queries from various channels including HR, managers, and employees
• Support global HR transformation projects, providing regional expertise, ensuring regional requirements and expertise are embedded in global rollouts.
• Lead, coach, and develop a diverse team of HR service and payroll professionals, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and innovation.
• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and champion talent development and succession planning within the HR function.
  
  

What You Bring

• 15+ years of total experience with at least 10+ years of experience in HR Services, Payroll operations, and business process outsourcing, ideally in a shared services/global environment.
• Proven track record in leading teams for multiple years and delivering complex change and improvement projects.
• Proactive, self-driven approach with a strategic mindset.
• Strong HR IT acumen (Workday HCM, ServiceNow preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to manage vendor ecosystems and drive service excellence.
• Exceptional problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, multicultural, and matrixed organization.
• Degree in Administration with HR, HR/IT, or Business Information Systems is desirable but not essential.
  
  

About The Team

Who is Siemens Energy

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 100,000 dedicated employees, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

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Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• All employees are automatically covered under Medical Insurance. Company-paid considerable family floater cover covering employee, spouse, and 2 dependent children up to 25 years of age.
• Flexi Pay empowers employees with the choice to customize the amount in selected salary components within a defined range, thereby optimizing tax benefits. Accordingly, each employee can determine the best possible net income from the same fixed individual base pay on a monthly basis.
• Opportunities to work with a global team and lead innovative digital transformation initiatives.
• Opportunities for professional and personal development through the Siemens Energy Learning Platform.
  
  

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