Head of Talent Acquisition & Pipeline Growth

Businesslist; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Businesslist is seeking a strategic and hands-on Talent Acquisition Leader in Kuala Lumpur to drive end-to-end recruitment, build pipelines, and lead a high-performing TA team. You will partner with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into effective hiring strategies and ensure a strong employer brand.

You will oversee workforce planning, sourcing, assessment, offers, and onboarding while leveraging data to improve hiring outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 7–10 years of progressive Talent Acquisition or recruitment experience, with demonstrated experience leading or developing a team.
• Strong experience managing end-to-end recruitment, ideally across multiple functions and levels of seniority.
• Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders and translate business requirements into practical hiring strategies.
• Strong knowledge of direct sourcing, talent mapping, market intelligence, pipeline development, and candidate assessment.
• Experience using recruitment data and analytics to identify hiring challenges and improve recruitment effectiveness.
• Strong understanding of employer branding and contemporary talent attraction strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Commercially minded, analytical, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced and changing business environment.
• Strong people leadership skills with a passion for coaching and developing others.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from workforce planning and sourcing through assessment, offer management, and onboarding coordination.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical, specialist, and leadership positions through market mapping, direct sourcing, networking, and strategic talent engagement.
• Drive employer branding and talent attraction initiatives across digital platforms, recruitment campaigns, career events, and external partnerships.
• Develop partnerships with universities, professional associations, and relevant talent networks to strengthen pipelines for early-career and professional talent.
• Provide strategic direction for internship, graduate, apprenticeship, and management trainee programmes, where applicable.
• Monitor recruitment performance through metrics such as time-to-fill, source effectiveness, candidate conversion, offer acceptance, hiring quality, and recruitment costs.
• Analyse talent-market trends, candidate availability, compensation movements, and competitor activity to provide actionable insights to business stakeholders.
• Continuously improve recruitment processes, assessment practices, candidate experience, and adoption of relevant recruitment technologies.
• Ensure recruitment activities are conducted in accordance with company policies, governance standards, and applicable employment requirements.
• Champion fair and inclusive hiring practices and support the organisation in building diverse talent pipelines.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Recruitment

Stakeholder management

Direct sourcing

Talent mapping

Market intelligence

Pipeline development

Candidate assessment

Employer branding

Data analytics

Leadership

English

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR / Business Admin / Psychology

Job description

Businesslist is seeking a strategic and hands-on Talent Acquisition Leader in Kuala Lumpur to drive end-to-end recruitment, build pipelines, and lead a high-performing TA team. You will partner with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into effective hiring strategies and ensure a strong employer brand.

You will oversee workforce planning, sourcing, assessment, offers, and onboarding while leveraging data to improve hiring outcomes in a fast-paced environment.