AM/ M Working Professionals

SGInnovate; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SGInnovate in Singapore seeks a Working Professionals HR partner to collaborate with founders and hiring managers to understand talent needs and build recruitment networks across deep tech startups.

You will manage full-cycle recruitment, track KPIs, provide data-driven insights, and partner with Marketing for employer branding; prior tech recruitment and venture capital exposure is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university.
• Passion and interest in startups and emerging technologies.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to prioritise competing demands.
• Team player who can adapt to a fast-paced environment quickly.
• Strong problem-solving, data analytics and reporting skills.
• High sense of urgency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with founders and hiring managers to understand specific talent needs.
• Proactively identify and source potential new deep-tech companies for our programmes and initiatives.
• Build and maintain partnerships with these companies to expand the recruitment network and generate new opportunities.
• Identify and build relationships with key decision-makers, clusters and talent pools within the deep-tech space (e.g., founders, programme alumni, etc.).
• Manage the full recruitment process, ensuring effective and efficient placement of hires.
• Track KPIs and use data to identify trends, gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate data into practical insights and regularly provide clear, data-driven updates to the team and relevant stakeholders.
• Regularly manage pipeline activity and maintain data integrity, proactively sharing data-centric updates within the Working Professionals Team.
• Leverage and maintain data report and performance metrics to drive improvements as needed.
• Collaborate with Marketing team to deliver marketing campaigns targeting companies for recruitment purposes (e.g., employer branding initiatives).
• Represent Working Professionals Engagement team in executing key activities (events and projects) held at our offices and at external allocations.
• Other duties as assigned to ensure team success.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

HR strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

About SGInnovate:

SGInnovate is a Deep Tech ecosystem builder and investor, backed by the Singapore Government. Our expertise and approach combines investments, talent development and community-building to catalyse the translation of emerging technologies into tomorrow’s opportunities. Through our flagship Deep Tech Central platform, we connect individuals, founders and companies to specialised resources and opportunities across all technological domains and stages of growth. Our portfolio of emerging tech startups comprises some of the most promising companies leading the commercialisation of research developed from Singapore’s RIE ecosystem. Connect with us at www.sginnovate.com.

Introductionoftheteam:

Greattalentsareneededforstartupstogrow.TheWorkingProfessionalsteamdesignsandimplementsstrategiestargetedataddressingtalentchallengesfaced bydeeptechstartups.Wehavearangeofengagementactivitieswhichweorganiseandexecutetobringtalentandstartupstogether.Theseaimtobuildmeaningfulandlong-term connections in the ecosystem. Our work involves a lot of creativity, thoroughness, and perseverance as we have a myriad of activities going on daily - frompipelinebuildingstrategiestoleadershipcapabilitydevelopmentprogrammes.ThinkofusastheHRStrategistsforyoungtechstartups.

IfyouenjoystrategicHR,takesatisfactioninhelpingtalentreachtheirnextpotentialandlovethebuzzoftechstartups,cometalktous.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratewithfoundersandhiringmanagerstounderstandspecifictalentneeds
• Proactivelyidentifyandsourcepotentialnewdeeptechcompaniesthatcouldbenefitfromourprogrammesandinitiatives
• Buildandmaintainstrongpartnershipswiththesecompaniestoexpandtherecruitmentnetworkandgeneratenewopportunities
• Identifyandbuildrelationshipswithkeydecision-makers,clustersandtalentpoolswithinthedeeptechspace(e.g.,founders,programmealumnietc)
• Managethefullrecruitmentprocess,ensuringeffectiveandefficientplacementofhires
• Trackkeyperformanceindicatorsandusedatatoidentifytrends,gapsandopportunitiesforimprovement
• Translatedataintopracticalinsightsandregularlyprovideclear,data-drivenupdatestotheteamandrelevantstakeholders
• Regularlymanagepipelineactivityandmaintaindataintegrity,proactivelysharingdata-centricupdateswithintheWorkingProfessionalsTeam
• Leverageandmaintaindatareportandperformancemetricstodriveimprovementsasneeded
• CollaboratewithMarketingteamtodelivermarketingcampaignstargetingcompaniesforrecruitmentpurposes(e.g.employerbrandinginitiatives)
• RepresentWorkingProfessionalsEngagementteaminexecutingkeyactivities(eventsandprojects)heldatourofficesandatexternallocations.Someexamplesofactivitiesincludenetworkingevents,talksandcareerfair
• Otherdutiesasassignedtoensureteamsuccess.

Requirements

• Bachelor’sdegreefromarecogniseduniversitywithminimum2yearsofexperiencewithinstartups
• Passionandinterestinstartupsandemergingtechnologies
• Strongattentiontodetailandtheabilitytoprioritisecompetingdemands
• Teamplayerwhocanadapttoafast-pacedenvironmentquickly
• Strongproblem-solving,dataanalyticsandreportingskills
• Highsenseofurgency

Itwillbeadvantageousifyouhave:

• Priorexperienceintechrecruitment(eg.:AI,ML,softwareengineering,chemicalengineering,mechanicalengineering,biotechresearch,etc)
• Basicknowledgeofthetechindustry
• ExperienceworkinginaventurecapitalfirmandgainexposuretothestartupsceneinSingapore
• ExperienceworkinginastartupinSingapore

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