Principal Recruiter

VOON & ASSOCIATES CONSULTANCY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Principal Recruiter to become our first Talent Acquisition partner in Singapore. You will lead critical hiring across APJ, partnering with our General Manager and senior leaders, and own Go-to-Market and executive searches.

You will shape talent strategy, build networks, and influence leaders with market intelligence. This senior individual contributor role reports to the APJ GTM Senior Director.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on recruiting experience within a high-growth technology or SaaS environment, with deep GTM talent knowledge across APJ and Singapore.
• Strong ability to partner with senior executives and translate business priorities into talent strategies.
• Proven track record of owning complex senior and executive searches and building talent pipelines.
• Comfortable presenting market intelligence to influence leadership decisions and hiring priorities.
• Willingness to be on-site in Singapore 2–3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Partner with APJ leadership to translate business priorities into talent strategies and hiring outcomes.
• Own critical APJ hiring across GTM and other priority functions end-to-end.
• Lead high-impact, senior and executive searches with market mapping and engagement.
• Build deep talent intelligence and networks across Singapore and APJ.
• Use data and recruiting expertise to challenge assumptions and inform leadership decisions.
• Drive improvements in hiring quality and speed while aligning with global teams.

Skills

GTM recruiting

Executive search

Senior stakeholder management

Talent mapping

Market intelligence

Data-driven recruiting

Cross-functional collaboration

Global/APJ experience

Job description

We’re looking for an exceptional Principal Recruiter to become our first Talent Acquisition partner based on the ground in Singapore. This is a senior individual contributor role, you will partner closely with our APJ General Manager and senior leadership team, leading critical hiring across the region. Your primary focus will be Go-to-Market, owning searches across all levels, from individual contributors through to senior and executive hiring. As business priorities evolve, you’ll also support critical hiring across other functions and areas of the business.

This role goes beyond running an excellent recruiting process.

You’ll be a trusted talent advisor who understands the APJ market, can influence and challenge senior leaders, brings data and market intelligence to decisions, and remains exceptional at the craft of finding and engaging great talent.

You’ll be our first recruiter in Singapore, but you won’t be building alone. You’ll be part of an established APJ and global Talent Acquisition team, with the opportunity to shape how we recruit and compete for talent across the region. The position reports into the Senior Director, EMEA, APJ GTM based in the UK.

What you’ll do

• Partner with APJ leadership. Work directly with our APJ General Manager and senior leaders to translate business priorities into talent strategies and hiring outcomes.
• Own critical hiring across APJ. Lead full-cycle searches across all levels, predominantly within Go-to-Market, while flexing into other priority functions and business areas as needs evolve.
• Lead complex and senior searches. Personally own high-impact, senior and executive searches, including talent pipelining, from market mapping and engagement through assessment and close. Your scope of responsibility will include entry level through to senior searches dependent on business needs.
• Build the market, not just the pipeline. Develop deep talent intelligence and networks across Singapore and APJ, identifying and engaging exceptional talent ahead of immediate hiring needs.
• Bring insight and influence. Use market intelligence, data and recruiting expertise to challenge assumptions, shape decisions and help leaders understand where and how we can win for talent.
• Raise the bar. Continually improve how we hire, removing friction, increasing quality and moving with urgency while partnering closely with our APJ and global teams

What you’ll bring

• Significant hands-on recruiting experience within a high-growth technology or SaaS environment, with deep knowledge of GTM talent across APJ and the Singapore market.
• Passion for technology and a technical aptitude to be able to clearly articulate the opportunity we have.
• Ability to be present in our SG office 2-3 days per week to collaborate with leadership, meet candidates and enjoy time with colleagues.
• Experience owning full-cycle hiring across multiple levels, alongside a strong track record of personally delivering complex senior and executive searches.
• Experience partnering directly with senior executives, including regional GMs, VPs and functional leaders.
• Exceptional sourcing, talent mapping and market intelligence capability, with the ability to build and engage talent pools proactively.
• The confidence and judgement to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders, backed by data, market insight and recruiting expertise.
• The versatility to move across functions and talent profiles as business priorities change.
• Experience operating successfully across countries, cultures and time zones in a global organisation.
• A builder mindset with high ownership, curiosity and a bias towards action.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to operate with pace, judgement and discretion

This is an opportunity to stay close to the craft of recruiting while operating as a senior talent advisor to the business, with the autonomy to build and the opportunity to influence at the highest levels of our APJ organisation.

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