Talent Acquisition Lead — Renewables Growth

Solarvest Holdings Bhd; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Solarvest Holdings Bhd is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition lead to shape recruitment strategy and drive end-to-end hiring across engineering, project, finance, sales, and leadership roles. You will build scalable processes, partner with HR and business leaders, and guide junior recruiters to ensure quality hires.

You will actively own the hiring cycle from profiling to onboarding, influence hiring plans, and optimize sourcing channels to meet growth needs in Malaysia.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of talent acquisition or recruitment experience across both technical and non-technical hiring.
• Proven experience managing senior, specialist, or critical hiring through proactive sourcing and direct search.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or guiding recruiters or junior talent acquisition team members.
• Strong hands‑on sourcing experience across LinkedIn, JobStreet, referrals, direct outreach, networking, and other talent channels.
• Experience using ATS or HRMS platforms.
• Strong understanding of Malaysian employment practices and local hiring norms.
• Experience managing the end-to-end recruitment process independently across multiple requisitions.
• Track record of partnering with and influencing hiring managers, including constructively challenging hiring requirements when needed.
• Strong candidate engagement and negotiation skills throughout the hiring process.
• Eligibility to work in Malaysia.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive end-to-end talent acquisition strategy aligned with business growth and workforce planning.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to translate current and future hiring needs into effective recruitment plans.
• Set recruitment priorities, sourcing strategies, hiring timelines, and quality-of-hire expectations.
• Continuously improve recruitment practices, tools, processes, and standards to build a scalable talent acquisition function.
• Coach and guide junior recruiters or talent acquisition team members to strengthen sourcing, candidate management, and execution.
• Personally manage critical, senior, and specialist hiring with targeted sourcing and strong market insight.
• Own the full hiring cycle from intake, job profiling, and sourcing through screening, interviews, offer negotiation, and onboarding handoff.
• Manage hiring across engineering, project, finance, sales, corporate, and leadership roles.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and future-critical positions.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to define clear hiring criteria and refine role requirements where needed.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Senior recruiting

Mentoring recruiters

Sourcing across LinkedIn/JobStreet

ATS/HRMS

Malaysian employment practices

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder partnering

Job description

Solarvest Holdings Bhd is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition lead to shape recruitment strategy and drive end-to-end hiring across engineering, project, finance, sales, and leadership roles. You will build scalable processes, partner with HR and business leaders, and guide junior recruiters to ensure quality hires.

You will actively own the hiring cycle from profiling to onboarding, influence hiring plans, and optimize sourcing channels to meet growth needs in Malaysia.