Talent Acquisition Lead

Job description

Join Spotify’s Talent Acquisition team and help us find and engage the people who will shape what comes next. As a Talent Acquisition Lead, you’ll partner closely with leaders and teams across JAPAC & SAMEA to understand their talent needs, proactively build thoughtful hiring strategies, and create an engaging experience for candidates and internal partners. You’ll be a trusted talent partner to the business, bringing strong stakeholder management, recruiting expertise, mentorship and market insight to hiring decisions. You’ll balance strategic partnership with hands-on execution, helping teams make clear, informed decisions while keeping the candidate experience at the heart of what we do. ### What You'll Do - Partner closely with hiring managers and senior stakeholders to understand their business priorities and translate them into effective hiring strategies. - Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, using data, market knowledge, and sound judgment to influence hiring decisions. - Advise hiring teams on talent mapping, market dynamics, candidate expectations, and recruiting best practices. - Use talent insights to proactively identify opportunities and continuously improve how we hire, partnering with our Talent Intelligence lead as needed. - Manage recruiters across the JAPAC/SAMEA Talent Acquisition team, sharing expertise, providing coaching, and helping raise the bar for how we work together. - Collaborate with global Talent Acquisition colleagues and cross-functional partners across Spotify, sharing knowledge and contributing to broader talent initiatives. - Partner with our Talent Intelligence Lead to leverage market insights and shape targeted hiring strategies and proactive recruitment efforts for niche skills. - Own end-to-end recruitment for roles across your area, from intake and talent mapping through interviews, offer, and close. - Create an inclusive, consistent, and engaging candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey. ### Who You Are - You have experience managing end-to-end recruitment in a fast-moving, complex organization. - You build trusted relationships with hiring managers and senior stakeholders and are comfortable constructively challenging thinking and processes when it leads to better hiring decisions. - You can translate business priorities into clear and practical talent strategies. - You communicate with clarity and empathy and can adapt your approach to different audiences and situations. - You know how to manage competing priorities while maintaining a thoughtful and high-quality stakeholder experience. - You use data, market insight, and human judgment to anticipate needs, inform decisions and influence. - You care deeply about equitable and inclusive hiring and look for ways to build fairness into recruiting processes. - You are collaborative, curious, and comfortable navigating change and ambiguity. ### Where You'll Be - This role is based in Singapore. - We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best ! There will be some in-person meetings but it still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come to the office 3 times per week.