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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hybrid
The original mission of BJAK is we believe people deserve smarter ways to plan, save and grow their money. This is the origin of our name.
Started in 2019, we built the first mobile-first, insurance platform, enabling insurance to be accessible online by millions in the region. Today, its the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia.
Today, we are expanding ways to help people in the region — this includes spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more. Our mission is help people get more from their money every day.
We have teams working around the world, with over 20 nationalities from our offices and remotely, who truly enjoys their work. We are looking for the most talented and driven people we can find. We are looking for people who work for their passion, not counting hours. Who loves building great next-generation products, not status quo. Who cares about redefining how everyone around us can get the best financial applications, not for an exclusive few.
We are looking for a Lead Recruiter (Corporate Functions) to lead hiring across Operations, Finance, Marketing, Creative, HR, Legal, Strategy, CEO Office, and other corporate functions globally.
This role combines hands-on recruitment execution with leadership responsibilities. You will partner closely with business leaders to attract high-impact talent, drive hiring strategy, and help build a scalable Talent Acquisition function capable of supporting BJAK’s rapid global growth.
You will play a critical role in shaping the organization by hiring exceptional talent while mentoring junior recruiters and establishing recruiting best practices across the business.
Own the end-to-end recruitment process for business and corporate functions globally, including Operations, Finance, Marketing, Creative, HR, Legal, CEO Office, and other key functions.
Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders to define hiring priorities, organizational needs, role requirements, and workforce planning strategies.
Act as a trusted talent advisor by providing market intelligence, compensation insights, hiring recommendations, and talent market trends.
Lead recruitment efforts for senior, niche, confidential, and business-critical positions across multiple regions.
Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to attract high-caliber passive candidates in competitive talent markets.
Build and maintain strong talent pipelines across key business functions to support both current and future hiring needs.
Conduct talent mapping exercises across target companies, industries, and markets.
Develop strong understanding of global labor markets, compensation trends, and talent availability across multiple countries.
Mentor and support junior recruiters, helping improve sourcing effectiveness, candidate assessment quality, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Establish recruiting best practices, interview calibration standards, sourcing frameworks, and hiring processes across business functions.
Review recruitment performance, pipeline quality, and hiring outcomes to identify opportunities for improvement.
Support the development and scaling of the global Talent Acquisition team.
Maintain accurate ATS data, candidate records, and recruitment reporting.
Track recruitment metrics including pipeline health, time-to-hire, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rates, and hiring quality.
Ensure a professional, positive, and consistent candidate experience across all recruitment stages.
Support compliance with local labor regulations and recruitment best practices across multiple regions.
5-8 years of full-cycle recruitment experience across multiple business and corporate functions.
Proven success recruiting for functions such as Operations, Finance, Marketing, Creative, HR, Legal, Strategy, Consulting, CEO Office, or other business-critical roles.
Demonstrated ability to hire senior, niche, and difficult-to-fill positions across multiple markets.
Strong expertise in sourcing passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, talent mapping, referrals, and other advanced sourcing techniques.
Experience managing multiple high-priority requisitions simultaneously while maintaining quality and speed.
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence hiring decisions and challenge hiring assumptions when necessary.
Experience partnering with senior leaders on hiring strategy, organizational design discussions, and workforce planning initiatives.
Experience mentoring, coaching, or guiding junior recruiters is highly preferred.
Familiarity with global hiring practices, compensation structures, and recruitment across multiple countries.
Strong proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment analytics.
Excellent communication, project management, and relationship-building skills.
Experience in high-growth technology companies, startups, internet businesses, consulting firms, or fast-scaling organizations is strongly preferred.
Consistently delivers high-quality hires across multiple business functions and regions.
Builds sustainable talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill business roles.
Becomes a trusted advisor to business leaders and hiring managers.
Improves recruitment efficiency, hiring quality, and candidate experience.
Successfully develops junior recruiters and contributes to building a scalable Talent Acquisition function.
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities, ambitious hiring goals, and a high degree of ownership.
Above-market remuneration.
Fast-track career growth and leadership opportunities.
High ownership, autonomy, and direct impact on business growth.
Exposure to global hiring across multiple countries and functions.
Opportunity to work directly with senior leadership on critical business hiring initiatives.
Flat organization where ideas and execution matter more than titles.
Meaningful work that directly contributes to building and scaling world-class teams.