Talent Acquisition Business Partner

This is a 12-month contract role under Optimum Solutions. This role supports our client, a leading Southeast Asian superapp that offers a wide range of services, including mobility, food delivery, and digital payments. Responsibilities: - Manage the end-to-end candidate lifecycle while mapping market intelligence across the external talent landscape. - Apply strategic talent identification frameworks to assess and differentiate talent profiles. - Use advanced sourcing methodologies to identify talent for specialized roles and build sustainable talent pipelines. - Lead regular, data-driven discussions with hiring managers to calibrate talent requirements and refine search strategies using market-density data. - Maintain high hiring standards through structured feedback loops and rigorous interview processes. - Help plan and implement campus hiring and engagement, employer branding and recruitment marketing programmes. - Leverage Generative AI for research, ideation and data analysis to enhance candidate ranking and streamline scheduling - Own stakeholder management by acting as a Strategic Talent Advisor to deeply understand business needs, consulting and partnering with Hiring Managers and Business leaders to define and secure the right talent. Qualifications: - 7+ years of relevant full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in an in-house environment, across Technology and/or Corporate functions. - Strategic stakeholder management — demonstrated ability to act as a Talent Advisor, consulting with Hiring Managers and senior business leaders to define talent needs and influence hiring decisions - Advanced sourcing capability — hands-on expertise in headhunting for specialized/niche roles using Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other direct-search methodologies - Talent mapping & market intelligence — Ability to structure and map external talent landscapes across complex markets. - Data literacy — ability to translate recruiting data and market density signals into actionable search strategies and hiring recommendations - AI & digital fluency — working experience with GenAI or productivity tools to enhance research, candidate ranking, or workflow efficiency Nice-to-Have - Campus hiring & employer branding exposure — experience planning or executing campus programmes, recruitment marketing, or EB initiatives - Pipeline taxonomy & CRM discipline — experience maintaining talent databases with skill-based tagging and structured pipeline hygiene (e.g. Beamery, Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters) - Experience hiring in Southeast Asian markets — familiarity with talent supply dynamics across SG, MY, ID, TH, VN or PH - Tech sector depth — prior coverage of software engineering, product, data, or platform roles (vs. corporate-only background)