About the Role
The Senior Recruiter will manage end-to-end recruitment for both R&D and non-R&D positions, partnering closely with hiring managers, business leaders, and HR stakeholders. The role requires strong sourcing capability, excellent stakeholder management, structured interviewing skills, and the ability to support fast-paced hiring in an international environment.
This is an ideal opportunity for a recruiter who enjoys building hiring processes in a scaling environment, working with senior stakeholders, and contributing to the growth of a high-impact AI, quantum, deep-tech, and education ecosystem.
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, helping position Constructor Group as an attractive employer in AI, quantum, deep tech, research, and education.
- 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 Constructor Group’s growing 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.
