Head of Legal Compliance

About the CompanyEstablished in 2010 and headquartered in Singapore, BIPO is a leading global payroll and HR solutions provider, supporting businesses in over 170+ countries. We deliver an award-winning, cloud-based HR Management System and Athena BI analytics tool that supports our multi-country payroll outsourcing and Employer of Record (EOR) services. Powered by tech and driven by data, we help companies automate HR processes, ensure compliance, and provide workforce insights. With 50+ offices worldwide, BIPO combines global compliance, local HR expertise, and scalable technology to manage the entire employee lifecycle for global and remote teams.About the RoleWe are looking for a Head of Legal & Compliance to lead our Legal & Compliance function end to end. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will be the company's most senior legal and risk advisor, own the global legal and compliance agenda, and lead a distributed team across Singapore and China. This is a hands-on leadership role: you will set strategy and stay close to the substantive legal and regulatory work.ResponsibilitiesLegalLead all corporate and commercial legal matters across the group, including corporate governance, entity management, board and shareholder matters, and corporate transactions (investment, M&A, joint ventures).Own the commercial contracting framework: draft, review and negotiate client, vendor, partner and channel agreements, and improve templates, playbooks and approval workflows.Manage intellectual property, disputes, and external counsel across jurisdictions, controlling cost and quality.Provide practical, business-focused legal advice to the CEO, leadership team and business units.Support employment and labour matters as they arise (secondary to corporate and commercial work).ComplianceOwn the group compliance framework, covering data privacy, regulatory compliance, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and internal policy.Lead the data privacy program across markets, including Singapore PDPA and GDPR, cross-border data transfer arrangements, consent and notification, data breach response, and oversight of the DPO function.Ensure regulatory compliance for the company's payroll, EOR and HR services across the jurisdictions we operate in, including relevant licensing.Build and maintain risk registers, controls, training and monitoring, and report on legal and compliance risk to leadership.LeadershipLead, develop and integrate the Legal & Compliance team across Singapore and China.Partner with Sales, Product, Finance, HR and Operations as a trusted advisor who enables the business while managing risk.QualificationsQualified lawyer admitted in a common law jurisdiction (Singapore admission preferred).12+ years of post-qualification experience, with a strong mix of in-house and, ideally, private practice.Proven experience leading a legal and/or compliance function and managing teams, ideally across multiple jurisdictions.Solid data privacy and compliance background; hands-on experience building or running a privacy program (PDPA, GDPR). A privacy certification (e.g. CIPP, CIPM) is an advantage.Industry background in technology, SaaS, HR, payroll or fintech is strongly preferred.Fluent in English and Chinese (able to work directly with teams and stakeholders across Asia), with strong international exposure and the judgement to operate across cultures and legal systems.Commercial, pragmatic and comfortable being both a strategic leader and a hands-on practitioner in a fast-moving environment.Required SkillsExperience in a high-growth, pre-IPO or listed company environment.Regional (APAC) or global remit in a prior role.Exposure to employment/labour law across markets.To apply for this role, please contact odelia.yu@biposervice.com.