Emerging Talent Delivery Manager, APAC

About the Role

This role is responsible for the operational delivery of emerging talent programs at Rolls-Royce in APAC, partnering with businesses and outsourced providers to deliver an end-to-end service. The role will manage the recruitment of approximately 80+ interns and graduates and coordinate their program delivery across APAC, with a primary focus on Singapore, India, and China. This position leads the delivery of emerging talent programs across APAC, ensuring alignment with global strategy while adapting to regional market needs. The role reports to the Head of People Services Operations, India, with a dotted reporting line to the Global Head of Emerging Talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Own regional delivery strategy and execution.
• Lead delivery teams and suppliers across multiple countries.
• Partner with business leaders on workforce planning.
• Ensure compliance with regional regulations.
• Drive attraction and pipeline activity.
• Monitor performance, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure consistent learner experience across the region.
• Accountable for executing the emerging talent recruitment process, onboarding, program delivery, and offboarding for the region.
• Regional responsibility for managing relationships with emerging talent suppliers, including demand planning, delivery against service contracts, risk and compliance, governance, commerciality, ROI, improvements, and key performance indicators.
• Regional management of emerging talent training providers, including local universities or apprenticeship trainers.
• Partner with business stakeholders on the execution of emerging talent programs, including managing the operational governance framework, local country processes and legislation, compliant hiring, and effective people data.
• Own the relationship between Rolls-Royce and regional schools (age 14+), colleges, and universities, collaborating with internal and external partners to support STEM activities.
• Understand and contribute to the effective delivery of the emerging talent attraction strategy within the region, including award partnerships, pipeline programs, and diversity partnerships.
• Partner with the global design team to implement critical processes such as recruitment, onboarding, induction, and keep warm.
• Oversight of the delivery of centralized emerging talent learning and mandatory training programs.
• Own the process guiding people partners in the offboarding approach for graduates and interns within the region.
• Identify areas for improvement and implement changes to optimize the overall experience in partnership with the wider emerging talent team.
• Quality assurance of graduate, apprentice, and intern engagements, escalations, and day-to-day program management.
• Ensure the effective delivery of graduate and intern placements, escalations, and day-to-day program management in partnership with local people teams.
• Establish and be responsible for the APAC operational emerging talent governance board, including data management and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws, regulations, and internal policies.
• Actively promote diversity and inclusion initiatives within emerging talent processes, ensuring alignment with the Diversity and Inclusion strategy.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Vendor management skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data and metrics.
• Proven capability in Stakeholder Management at all levels of the organization.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Extensive matrix-working experience.
• Understanding of employment laws, regulations, and local HR practices.

Qualifications

• Experience and a strong understanding of emerging talent delivery, frameworks, processes, and policies.
• Shown success in delivering successful projects within HR, Talent, or Learning.
• Commitment to delivering the best customer experience.
• A passion for emerging talent, talent, and learning.