Senior Recruiter R&D

Duties & Responsibilities: - Act as a trusted recruiting partner for hiring managers, business leaders, and key stakeholders in Singapore and internationally. - Deeply understand business priorities, hiring plans, and role requirements, and translate them into effective recruiting strategies. - Manage end-to-end recruitment for R&D and technical roles, including Software Engineers, AI/ML Engineers, Data Scientists, Quantum-related roles, Research Scientists, Product Managers, Product Designers, QA Engineers, and other technology positions. - Manage recruitment for non-R&D roles, including Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations, Administration, and other business functions. - Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for critical and niche roles in Singapore and the wider APAC market. - Use a variety of sourcing channels, including LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, professional communities, referrals, networking, academic/research networks, and direct outreach. - Conduct structured competency-based and behavioural interviews using the STAR method to assess skills, motivation, culture fit, and long-term potential. - Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. - Partner with hiring managers to calibrate role requirements, define selection criteria, provide market insights, and support hiring decisions. - Collect, analyse, and improve recruiting metrics, including pipeline conversion, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rate, and hiring funnel quality. - Support offer preparation and negotiation in cooperation with HR, Finance, and hiring stakeholders. - Monitor recruitment-related costs and ensure efficient use of sourcing channels, job boards, agencies, and other hiring resources. - Contribute to employer branding initiatives in Singapore and APAC. - Participate in additional HR and Talent Acquisition projects, such as referral programs, recruitment process improvement, internal communications, and talent market mapping. - Support the development of scalable recruitment practices for the Singapore hub. Qualifications & Experience: - 5+ years of proven in-house recruitment experience, preferably in fast-growing, international, technology, deep-tech, R&D, or education-related organisations. - Strong experience hiring for both technical/R&D and non-technical roles. - Experience with international hiring and talent markets; experience in Singapore and/or APAC is a strong advantage. - Proven ability to source and engage passive candidates for complex and niche roles. - Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work confidently with hiring managers and senior leaders. - Ability to manage multiple roles and stakeholders in parallel while maintaining quality and speed. - Experience conducting structured competency-based and behavioural interviews using the STAR method. - Strong understanding of recruiting metrics and ability to use data to improve hiring outcomes. - Confident Excel or Google Sheets skills for recruitment analytics, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIF, COUNTIF, and Pivot Tables. - Basic understanding of HR administration, offer processes, and local employment practices; knowledge of Singapore employment regulations is a strong plus. - Ability to understand and explain compensation structures, including fixed and variable components. - Fluent English is required; additional languages are a plus. - Proactive mindset, strong ownership, and readiness to take responsibility for critical hiring priorities. - Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment with a high level of urgency. - Strong professional curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset. - Hands-on experience with Greenhouse, BambooHR, Microsoft 365/Outlook, Zoom, and collaboration tools is a plus.