Associate Director – Technology Search

TENTEN Partners; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Uncapped commissions

Annual leave

Medical & dental

Flexible working

LinkedIn Recruiter Pro

AI CRM/ATS tools

Marketing support

Coaching & development

Training days

Client events

Regional exposure

Job summary

TENTEN Partners in Singapore is seeking an experienced technology recruitment professional to grow our established search practice across Singapore and the wider APAC region. This role offers autonomy, high earning potential and the freedom to build meaningful client relationships.

As Associate Director, you will drive senior tech hiring within financial services and related sectors, stay hands-on, and shape a sustainable market and strategic client portfolio across APAC.

Qualifications

• Seasoned search professional with strong reputation among clients and candidates.
• Established network of CTOs, CIOs and Heads of Technology, particularly within APAC.
• Proven business developer who brings talent solutions and market insight.
• Natural team player who earns respect and develops people around them.
• Portfolio value and ability to build trusted relationships and repeatable revenue are important.

Responsibilities

• Develop and expand relationships with senior technology, Talent Acquisition and HR stakeholders.
• Win new mandates and/or grow revenue across established client accounts.
• Lead mid-to-senior, leadership and executive technology searches.
• Advise clients on talent availability, remuneration, market movements and competitor activity.
• Build a strong network across Technology, Data and AI, Cyber Security, Cloud, Engineering and Digital Transformation.
• Identify opportunities through candidate intelligence, referrals and market insight.
• Partner with colleagues across practices and regions, sharing opportunities according to expertise.
• Support and mentor consultants while remaining accountable for your own commercial performance.
• Contribute to TENTEN’s market visibility through client events, content and thought leadership.
• Maintain high standards of candidate care, client delivery, CRM discipline and recruitment compliance.

Job description

Build a specialist practice - not just a recruitment desk

TENTEN Partners is looking for an experienced technology recruitment professional to help grow our established search practice across Singapore and the wider APAC region.

This is an opportunity for a high-performing recruiter who wants greater autonomy, excellent earning potential and the freedom to build meaningful client relationships - without the bureaucracy, rigid hierarchy or activity-based micromanagement found in many larger agencies.

You may be particularly strong at opening new client relationships, developing strategic accounts or leading complex searches. We do not expect every Associate Director to have exactly the same commercial style. What matters is your ability to create sustainable revenue, deliver high-quality work and contribute positively to the wider business.

About TENTEN Partners

TENTEN is a specialist search firm headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Hong Kong and Dubai.

We recruit mid-to-senior and executive talent across Digital, Technology, Transformation, Data & AI, Cyber Security, and Finance, Risk & Compliance.

Our clients include leading financial institutions, consulting firms, technology businesses and multinational organisations across Asia and the Middle East.

We work across contingent permanent recruitment, executive and retained search, and interim solutions. Our reputation has been built on specialist market knowledge, honest advice and long-term relationships, not CV volume.

The opportunity

As an Associate Director, you will help drive and expand TENTEN’s Technology Search Practice, with a particular focus on senior technology hiring within financial services and related sectors across APAC.

You will remain commercially hands-on while building a sustainable market, strategic client portfolio and network.

Depending on your strengths, your contribution may be weighted towards new-business development, strategic account growth or specialist search leadership.

You will:

• Develop and expand relationships with senior technology, Talent Acquisition and HR stakeholders.
• Win new mandates and/or grow revenue across established client accounts.
• Lead mid-to-senior, leadership and executive technology searches.
• Advise clients on talent availability, remuneration, market movements and competitor activity.
• Build a strong network across Technology, Data and AI, Cyber Security, Cloud, Engineering and Digital Transformation.
• Identify opportunities through candidate intelligence, referrals and market insight.
• Partner with colleagues across practices and regions, sharing opportunities according to expertise.
• Support and mentor consultants while remaining accountable for your own commercial performance.
• Contribute to TENTEN’s market visibility through client events, content and thought leadership.
• Maintain high standards of candidate care, client delivery, CRM discipline and recruitment compliance.

Who we are looking for

• A seasoned search professional with a strong reputation among both clients and candidates, ready for the next stage of growth.
• Strong market knowledge and an established network of CTOs, CIOs and Heads of Technology, particularly within financial services across APAC.
• A proven business developer who brings talent solutions and market insight that add real value to new and existing clients.
• A natural team player who earns respect and is committed to developing the people around them.
• An established portfolio is valuable, but we are equally interested in recruiters who can demonstrate how they have built trusted relationships, expanded accounts and created repeatable revenue.

What working at TENTEN is like

TENTEN is a focused, professional working environment.

We are not a heavily structured or hierarchical recruitment business, and we do not manage consultants through arbitrary call or CV targets. We trust experienced people to manage their market and remain accountable for their pipeline and results.

Our consultants work flexibly between our WeWork office, home, client meetings and the wider market. The office is often quiet and focused rather than a noisy sales floor.

Collaboration is central to how we work. The colleague with the strongest relationship or specialist knowledge may lead an assignment regardless of title. Success is shared and celebrated, but TENTEN is not built around a forced social or “party agency” culture.

Whatweoffer

• Highlycompetitivebasesalary.
• Market-leading,uncappedcommissionstructure.
• 25days’annualleave.
• Medicalanddentalcover.
• FlexibleworkingandamodernWeWorkofficeinSingapore’sCBD.
• LinkedInRecruiterProfessionalandadvancedrecruitmenttechnology.
• AI-supportedCRM/ATSandrecruitmenttools.
• Marketingsupportforcontent,eventsandpersonalbranddevelopment.
• Regularcoachingandprofessionaldevelopmentsessions.
• Threepaidtrainingorstudydayseachyear.
• Quarterlyclienteventsinpartnershipwithindustryexperts.
• Monthlyinformalsocialsandquarterlytop-performerlunches.
• RegionalexposureacrossAsiaandtheMiddleEast.
• Acredibleplatformfromwhichtobuildaspecialistpracticeandlong-termcareer.

TENTEN has high standards for progression. Titles are not awarded on billings alone: quality, market credibility, collaboration, professional conduct and contribution to the firm all matter. In return, strong performers have the opportunity to earn exceptionally well and work with considerable autonomy.