Senior Executive Recruiter, APJC, Global Specialty Recruiting

AMAZON WEB SERVICES SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

AMAZON WEB SERVICES SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking an Executive Recruiter based in Singapore to identify and recruit transformational leadership across APAC, Japan, and China. You will partner with senior leaders to build leadership foundations enabling Amazon to scale across all functions and geographies.

In this high-visibility role, you will own searches where playbooks don’t exist, influencing senior leaders and delivering bar-raising hires across multiple business units, including

Qualifications

• 5+ years advising and influencing executive leadership
• 5+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with focus on passive engineering candidates in a high tech market
• Experience advising and influencing executive leadership
• Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines
• Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team
• Experience managing multiple searches, projects and client relationships
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted talent advisor to Directors and VPs across APJC—educating and challenging leaders on the external landscape and using assessment skills to drive hiring decisions
• Define and execute recruiting strategies for critical confidential leadership roles with broad cross-organizational impact
• Partner with PXT and business leaders to align on talent priorities and deliver bar-raising hires
• Identify and engage world-class passive talent through creative, research-driven sourcing
• Build robust executive talent networks across APJC through deep industry knowledge and long-term relationship investment
• Own the end-to-end search lifecycle—from strategy through assessment, debriefs, references, and offer negotiation
• Lead strategic client conversations with data-driven market intelligence and candid counsel
• Operate with independence and discretion on ambiguous searches, shaping the approach from inception

Skills

Executive recruitment

Executive leadership advisory

Passive candidate sourcing

Talent pipeline development

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Recruiting for leadership roles

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Shape the future of Amazon's leadership across Asia Pacific, Japan, and China by identifying and recruiting transformational talent who will drive innovation across our most ambitious initiatives. As an Executive Recruiter based in Singapore, you'll partner directly with senior leaders to build the leadership foundation that enables Amazon to scale and evolve across all business functions and geographies.

Your work spans multiple business units and functions including AWS, Prime Video (inc. Studios), Stores, Operations, Transportation, Prime Video, Devices, Amazon Leo and all functions (inc. Corporate Affairs, Legal and HR). You will be focused on raising our hiring bar and ensuring that every leader we bring into Amazon has the potential to make a meaningful impact.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact position for a seasoned executive search professional who thrives on complexity, operates with discretion, and brings the gravitas to advise Amazon's most senior leaders on their most critical hiring decisions.

What Makes This Role Exceptional

Scope & Visibility: Your hires will be felt at the highest levels across Amazon's full portfolio in APJC, EMEA and North America.

Stakeholder Partnership: You'll influence and advise Amazon's most senior leaders — a strategic partner, not an order-taker.

Autonomy & Impact: You'll own searches where playbooks don't exist and your judgement matters.

Regional Complexity: Navigate multiple markets, cultures, and fiercely competitive talent landscapes with sophistication.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as the trusted talent advisor to Directors and VPs across APJC — educating and challenging leaders on the external landscape. You'll use your highly effective assessment skills drive effective and impactful hiring decisions.
• Define and execute recruiting strategies for critical, often confidential leadership roles with broad cross-organizational impact.
• Partner deeply with PXT and business leaders to align on talent priorities and deliver bar-raising hires.
• Identify and engage world-class passive talent through creative, research-driven sourcing — building pipelines where none exist.
• Build robust executive talent networks across APJC through deep industry knowledge and long-term relationship investment.
• Own the end-to-end search lifecycle — from strategy through assessment, debriefs, references, and offer negotiation.
• Lead strategic client conversations with data-driven market intelligence and candid counsel.
• Operate with independence and discretion on ambiguous searches, shaping the approach from inception.

Basic qualifications

• 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
• 5+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high tech market experience
• Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership
• Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high-tech market
• Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines
• Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years of performing team building, coaching and managing experience
• Experience in performing team building, coaching, and managing
• Experience recruiting passive candidates who are the most senior experts in their field
• Experience with executive recruiting in either a blue-chip, global in-house executive search team, or a top executive search firm
• Experience working with recruiting and people-related tools, CRM systems, and complex spreadsheets