Patricia Tan

Workforce & Organisation Transformation | Talent & Performance Management | Organisation Development | People and Change

Australia

About

Patricia is an experienced management consultant in managing large scale transformation programmes, and complex network of stakeholders. She strives to build meaningful client relationships through solving key organisational and people problems. She believes in acting as a trusted advisor to her clients by bringing value through talents in organisations. Her experiences with the government to consulting with global and multinational corporations, includes but not limited to – organization restructuring and transformation; talent strategy and development; workforce analytics; strategic change management

Experience

  • Workforce Architect & Enterprise Growth Advisor at Polynize
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Co-lead go-to-market strategy and strategic alliances at the intersection of cognitive engineering and organisational design with Polynize founders. Shape business case for AI-Human workforce while architecting the hybrid workflows, decision-making hierarchies, and agentic frameworks required to embed AI into an enterprise's operational fabric. Through human-centric change management and operating model evolution, drive high-impact discovery and pilots to deliver sustainable business transformation.

  • Workforce Transformation Lead (Salesforce) at NTT DATA
    Nov 2025 - May 2026 · 7 mos

  • Principal at Korn Ferry
    Apr 2022 - Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Partner with C-suite executives to align on strategic visions. Collaborated with senior leadership to align talent strategies with business objectives and drive organizational change. • Design organization structures, conduct span control analysis, and workforce analysis across industries – insurance, industrial & technology, financial services • Improve client’s performance management framework within their broader talent management strategy. This resulted in improved accountability and employee development, which contributed to a significant reduction in workplace safety incidents. • Manage and lead complex organizational change within a global matrix structure, successfully streamlining roles and responsibilities and enhancing leadership and learning & development programs - Organisation and Talent Strategy; Organisation Design - Performance Management - HR Transformation - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Change management and Culture Change - Innovation Coaching

  • PwC Singapore (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Manager - Transformation Assurance
      Jul 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Manager - Transformation Assurance
      May 2017 - Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      - Focusing on workforce transformation - Managing large scale technology transformation programmes (e.g., ITaaSO, Global Business Services, Automation) - Helping organisations to structure and integrate organisation and people success measures to its workforce of the future strategy - Providing pragmatic client solutions as their people and organisations enter into transformation stage, and as they transition into daily operating environment - Building effective relationship with client leadership team to provide hands-on partnership and solve practical problems in relation to transformation programme outcomes

  • Co-Founder at NexGen Impact (Social Impact Project)
    Jun 2016 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    NexGen Impact (NGI) aims to promote collective impact as a force for the betterment of the society. NGI seeks to address skills gaps amongst 18-24 years olds in Malaysia by breaking the stereotype that academic results supersedes practical skills. We aim to accomplish this mission by developing professional capabilities of millennials in Malaysia and the region to lead projects addressing organisational issues; and talent match these millennials with partner organisations.