# Principal Recruiter, APJ

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Recruiting
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Talent Acquisition, Full-Cycle Recruiting, Go-To-Market Recruiting, Executive Search, Talent Sourcing, Talent Mapping, Market Intelligence, Recruiting Data, SaaS, Stakeholder Management
**Posted:** 2026-09-02

> Principal Recruiter serving as the first Singapore-based Talent Acquisition partner, owning APJ Go-to-Market hiring and complex senior searches. The role advises regional executives, builds talent networks, and uses market intelligence to shape hiring strategy.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with APJ leadership to translate business priorities into talent strategies and hiring outcomes.
- Own full-cycle hiring across APJ, predominantly for Go-to-Market roles, while supporting other priority functions as business needs evolve.
- Lead senior and executive searches, including market mapping, talent pipelining, candidate engagement, assessment, and close.
- Build talent intelligence and networks across Singapore and APJ to identify candidates proactively.
- Use market intelligence, recruiting data, and expertise to advise and constructively challenge senior leaders.
- Improve recruiting processes by removing friction, increasing quality, and accelerating hiring.

## Requirements
- Significant hands-on recruiting experience in a high-growth technology or SaaS environment.
- Deep knowledge of Go-to-Market talent across APJ and the Singapore market.
- Passion for technology and technical aptitude to articulate the company opportunity clearly.
- Ability to work from the Singapore office 2–3 days per week.
- Experience owning full-cycle hiring across multiple levels, including complex senior and executive searches.
- Experience partnering with senior executives, regional general managers, vice presidents, and functional leaders.
- Exceptional sourcing, talent mapping, and market intelligence capabilities.
- Ability to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders using data and market insight.
- Experience operating across countries, cultures, and time zones in a global organization.
- Strong ownership, curiosity, bias toward action, communication, relationship-building, judgment, and discretion.

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