Recruitment Lead

About the role

OSW Group, a global ecosystem of businesses focused on renewable energy, AI software, energy finance and digital infrastructure, is looking for a Recruitment Lead based in Singapore. The role is accountable for talent acquisition across the Group and will establish and lead the recruitment function, including a single hiring process, recruitment on Rippling's Recruiting module and a growing recruitment team. It combines strategic leadership with hands-on delivery of senior, specialist and new-market searches.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a Group talent acquisition strategy and a single end-to-end recruitment process, from requisition to onboarding, and define roles for hiring managers, HR Business Partners, People Operations and the recruitment team.
• Lead the configuration and rollout of the Rippling Recruiting module, move open roles and candidate pipelines onto it, and use its automation and reporting to streamline screening, interviews, offers and candidate communication.
• Hire, lead and develop a recruitment team, set objectives and performance standards, and lead a regional team across time zones.
• Personally lead executive, senior and hard-to-fill searches, and recruit for new-market entries, coordinating with People Operations on entity, employer-of-record and immigration requirements.
• Oversee high-volume recruitment for OSW Distribution and support the CEO of Distribution in filling roles quickly.
• Build direct sourcing, talent pipelines and employee referral programmes; manage a preferred supplier panel and recruitment spend within budget; develop the employer value proposition and careers site.
• Introduce structured interviews, scorecards and consistent offer practices, train hiring managers, and ensure compliance with local employment law in each market.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 8 years of talent acquisition experience, including 3+ years leading an in-house or regional recruitment function.
• Proven track record of building or transforming a recruitment function, process, systems and team.
• Experience recruiting across multiple Asian Pacific countries and at least one of Europe, the UK or the Americas.
• Strong experience in high-volume and senior or specialist recruitment, and in hiring, leading and developing recruiters in other countries.
• Commercial experience managing recruitment agencies, including negotiating terms and reducing spend.

Required skills

• Desirable: hands-on experience with Rippling, particularly the Recruiting module.
• Desirable: experience in a founder-led, private equity-backed or multi-business group, and in distribution, logistics, energy or technology sectors.
• Desirable: experience supporting market entry, including employer-of-record hiring and work visas.
• Desirable: proficiency in Mandarin or another language used in OSW's markets.