Talent Acquisition Lead, Technology & Operations

Kerry Consulting; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Singapore is seeking an accomplished Talent Acquisition Lead to spearhead recruitment across Technology and Operations, supporting a substantial hiring agenda and the development of emerging capabilities.

Responsibilities include leading a team, partnering with senior leaders, and driving scalable talent strategies to support transformation and growth. The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Experience leading recruitment in large, complex organisations, preferably banking/financial services.
• Deep technology recruitment expertise with broad commercial and corporate hiring exposure.
• Proven ability to partner with C-suite executives and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of talent acquisition professionals and partner with senior Technology and Operations leaders.
• Develop and execute recruitment strategies to support transformation and scale hiring.
• Advise executives on hiring trends, strengthen sourcing, and use data to drive outcomes.

Skills

Talent acquisition leadership

Stakeholder management

Technology recruitment

People leadership

Job description

• Significant Growth and Emerging Tech Capabilities Hiring
• Partner Senior Leaders on Strategic Hiring

Our client is a highly respected financial institution with a strong brand and market-leading position. With a robust financial foundation and significant investment in technology modernisation and digital transformation, the bank is strengthening its capabilities to support sustainable growth. It is seeking an accomplished Talent Acquisition Lead to spearhead recruitment across its Technology and Operations functions, supporting a substantial hiring agenda and the development of emerging capabilities.

Responsibilities

Leading a team of talent acquisition professionals, you will partner closely with senior Technology and Operations leaders to develop and execute recruitment strategies that support the bank's transformation and workforce priorities. A key focus will be driving hiring at scale across critical technology disciplines, identifying emerging skills and building talent pipelines to support evolving business needs. You will advise senior executives on hiring strategies and talent market trends, strengthen sourcing capabilities and recruitment effectiveness, and leverage data and insights to drive hiring outcomes. You will also play an active role in enhancing the broader talent acquisition function, introducing innovative approaches and scalable practices to support the bank's longer-term talent agenda.

Requirements

You are an accomplished Talent Acquisition leader with a strong track record of leading recruitment teams within large, complex organisations, ideally in banking or financial services. Candidates from other sectors with deep technology recruitment expertise combined with broader commercial and corporate hiring exposure will also be considered. You bring proven experience partnering C-suite executives and senior business leaders, leading substantial hiring initiatives and developing talent strategies to support transformation and emerging capability needs. Commercially astute, forward-thinking and execution-focused, you possess strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the potential to take on broader talent acquisition leadership responsibilities.