Talent Acquisition Partner (fixed term contract)
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
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Job Summary
Who are we
iPiD empowers financial institutions payment service providers and enterprises with a single global API for Know Your Payee (KYP) verificationreducing fraud reducing costs staying compliant and streamlining cross-border payments globally.
We are a fast-growing fintech startup founded by a global team of industry veterans from iconic organizations like SWIFT and Thomson Reuters. Supported by leading investors such as Monks Hill Ventures Jungle Ventures and Saison Capital and guided by an advisory team featuring C-suite leaders from Microsoft Commonwealth Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our team combines global expertise with local insights; we are present across key citiesincluding Singapore Hanoi Kuala Lumpur Mumbai Amsterdam Brussels Paris London New York and Dubai.
What are we looking for
Were looking for a driven and outcome-focused Talent Acquisition Partner to support our hiring needs on a 6month fixed term contract with potential for this role youll play a hands-on part in delivering highvelocity endtoend recruitment across a variety of roles partnering closely with hiring managers to secure highquality talent in a competitive market.
Youll take ownership of the full recruitment lifecycle from proactive sourcing and headhunting to offer management and preboarding with a strong emphasis on direct sourcing data discipline and candidate experience. This role is wellsuited for someone who thrives in a fastpaced highgrowth environment is comfortable managing multiple concurrent requisitions and brings strong stakeholder management and closing skills.
This is a fixed term contract role (6 months) reporting to the Director of Operations based in KL Eco City (hybrid)
Requirements
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead high-velocity end-to-end hiring using a modern tech stack combining precision sourcing with strong closing skills to secure top talent quickly.
- Execute advancedheadhuntingstrategies to ensure60% of hires come from direct outreach.
- Optimizereferral programs and manage agency partnerships for niche or hard-to-fill roles ensuring cost-effective and targeted recruitment outcomes
- Collaboratewith hiring managersto define job descriptions build structured interview scorecards andprovidedata-driven market insights that shape hiring decisions and workforce planning.
- Pre-boarding & Onboarding:Manage the critical notice-period engagement to minimize candidate drop-offs ensuring a seamless handover to People Operations and a positive Day 1 experience.
- Maintain 100% data hygiene inATS (Workable)leveragingAI sourcing tools to rediscover silver-medal talent.
- Opportunity to expand into adjacent People functions such as employee engagement and employer brandingleveragingrecruitmentexpertisein storytelling analytics and stakeholder partnership.
Requirements:
- Proventrack recordofin-house recruitmentexperiencefinding passive talent without relying on inbound applications
- Skilled at handling multiple concurrent requisitionsacross differentjurisdictionswhilemaintainingquality and speed.
- Ability to track and report on funnel metrics (e.g. Sourced-to-Interview conversion) to justify ROI
- Goodatoffering and negotiationand managing notice periods in competitive markets
- Deep understandingand hands-on usage ofATS workflows
- Driven to expandexpertiseinto adjacent areas such as employee engagement employer branding and broader People initiatives contributing to long-term organizational culture and talent strategy
- Exceptional English verbal and written skills for high-conversion outreach messaging
- Excellent stakeholder managementin a high growth international environment
- Strong integrity and a sense of ownership taking full accountability for tasks and outcomes;passion to hassle
- Detail-oriented highly organized and calm under pressure
- Ability tosprintindependently andactas areliableteam member
Benefits
What do we offer
You will work with a team of world-class fintech and payments veterans to shape up the future of payments and will also have:
- Excellent growth opportunities in global payment services technology
- Flexible and collaborative work environment
- Competitive salary
- Laptop and accessories
Working in accordance with applicable laws iPiD prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis including but not limited to: race color religion sex (including pregnancy lactation childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity age national origin or ancestry citizenship status physical or mental disability genetic information (including testing and characteristics) veteran status uniformed service member status or any other status protected by national or local laws of the jurisdiction in which the applicant resides.
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To protect the interests of all parties iPiD does not accept unsolicited resumes from a third party agency or search firm recruiters. Any unsolicited resumes sent to any iPiD employee regardless of the means of transmission will become the sole property of iPiD. We will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
About Company
iPiD envisions a world where sending money internationally is as easy as it is locally, without worrying your money is sent to the wrong account or mis-directed by the payment services provider. We achieve this by providing pre-payment data verification services for the financial serv ... View more