Assistant Manager/ Manager, Working Professionals

SGInnovate; Singapore; On-site; SGD 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SGInnovate in Singapore is seeking a Talent Recruitment professional to collaborate with founders and hiring managers, identifying deep tech recruitment needs and expanding the network of startup partners. You will manage end-to-end recruitment processes, building strong relationships with key decision-makers and driving data-driven improvements.

The role emphasizes sourcing, analytics, and proactive engagement with startup communities, with a focus on fast-paced execution and meaningful impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university.
• Minimum 2 years of experience within startups.
• 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 that could benefit from our programmes and initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong 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 key performance indicators 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 locations. Some examples of activities include networking events, talks and career fair
• Other duties as assigned to ensure team success.

Skills

Startup experience

Data analytics

Recruitment

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

SGInnovate is a Deep Tech ecosystem builder and investor, backed by the Singapore Government. Our expertise and approach combine 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.

Introduction of the team:

Great talents are needed for startups to grow. The Working Professionals team designs and implements strategies targeted at addressing talent challenges faced by deep tech startups. We have a range of engagement activities which we organise and execute to bring talent and startups together. These aim to build meaningful and long-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 - from pipeline building strategies to leadership capability development programmes. Think of us as the HR Strategists for young tech startups.

If you enjoy strategic HR, take satisfaction in helping talent reach their next potential and love the buzz of tech startups, come talk to us.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with founders and hiring managers to understand specific talent needs
• Proactively identify and source potential new deep tech companies that could benefit from our programmes and initiatives
• Build and maintain strong 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 key performance indicators 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 locations. Some examples of activities include networking events, talks and career fair
• Other duties as assigned to ensure team success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university with minimum 2 years of experience within startups
• Passion and interest in startups and emerging technologies
• Strong attention to detail and the 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

It will be advantageous if you have:

• Prior experience in tech recruitment (eg.: AI, ML, software engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biotech research, etc)
• Basic knowledge of the tech industry
• Experience working in a venture capital firm and gain exposure to the startup scene in Singapore
• Experience working in a startup in Singapore

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