In-House Recruitment Director

FLAMINGO RECRUITMENT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Singapore is seeking a Recruitment Director to lead the talent acquisition efforts across 10 countries. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mid-senior level hiring, extensive headhunting skills, and experience building recruitment teams from scratch. You will oversee full-cycle recruitment, establish key metrics, and partner with business leaders to meet talent needs. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the recruitment strategy and drive growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in recruitment or headhunting, multinational hiring preferred.
• At least 3 years of recruitment team leadership experience.
• Solid understanding of APAC recruitment trends.

Responsibilities

• Oversee full-cycle recruitment across multiple countries.
• Direct candidate sourcing, interviewing, and selection.
• Build and lead a recruitment team from the ground up.

Skills

Mid-senior level recruitment

Technical positions hiring

Headhunting

Team leadership

APAC market knowledge

Job description

Overview

The Recruitment Director is responsible for leading mid-to-senior level and critical talent acquisition across 10 countries globally, while building a high-performing recruitment team in Singapore. This role ensures strong hiring delivery, talent quality, and strategic growth of the company’s global recruitment capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee full-cycle recruitment across 10 countries, focusing on mid-senior level roles, technical positions, and other business-critical hires.
• Directly participate in candidate sourcing, interviewing, and selection, providing strategic recommendations to optimize hiring outcomes.
• Utilize LinkedIn, internal databases, industry networks, and social platforms to identify and attract high-calibre candidates.
• Partner closely with HRBPs and hiring managers across different markets to understand talent needs and market dynamics.
• Lead executive-search style recruitment, including proactive headhunting, talent mapping, and building strong talent pipelines.
• Manage external recruitment agencies, ensuring high performance and quality of delivery.
• Establish and build a new recruitment team in Singapore from the ground up, including hiring, training, KPI design, workflow setup, and performance management.
• Lead the team in delivering regional and global recruitment projects, ensuring efficiency, data transparency, and quality of hires.
• Develop and monitor key recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-hire, offer acceptance rate, pipeline development) to drive continuous improvement and accountability.

Requirements:

• Singaporean or Singapore PR.
• 5–10 years of experience in recruitment or headhunting, with multinational hiring experience preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience leading a recruitment team, with a proven ability to build and scale teams from scratch.
• Strong headhunting capabilities, able to independently identify and engage mid-senior level talent.
• Solid understanding of APAC or multi-country recruitment trends and talent landscapes; comfortable working across multiple markets and time zones.
• Highly proactive, commercially aware, and able to accurately understand business and hiring needs.

Flamingo Recruitment Pte Ltd EA License : 21C0588