Talent Acquisition Specialist - eCommerce - Singapore (Third-party Associate)

Role overview

This position sits within the e-commerce talent acquisition team supporting the SEA market. The team is focused on helping build a modern, secure, and intuitive commerce ecosystem for users in a fast-growing and highly competitive digital space. The role offers exposure to domestic and international stakeholders and contributes to ongoing business growth and expansion.

Key responsibilities

• Lead sourcing efforts for several complex searches and identify, engage, and nurture technical talent across different seniority levels.
• Work closely with recruiters, coordinators, sourcers, and hiring managers at every stage of hiring so recruitment efforts align with business goals.
• Build a strong understanding of the business and maintain productive relationships with HR, hiring managers, and outside partners.
• Design and improve sourcing approaches, launch new initiatives, and refine existing workflows to make recruiting more effective and efficient.
• Analyze large amounts of data, convert findings into practical market intelligence, and present timely insights that help business leaders make better decisions.
• Create a positive candidate journey and represent TikTok as an attractive employer to potential candidates.

Minimum qualifications

• Hands-on experience using sourcing and research tools and methods, including Boolean searches, LinkedIn, and other alternative approaches to identify passive candidates in the internet industry.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability, with the capacity to interpret large datasets and support business strategy.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the confidence to interact effectively across all levels of the organization and with external stakeholders.
• Prior experience partnering with recruiters, hiring teams, and external partners across multiple offices.
• Ability to perform well in a fast-moving environment while managing several priorities and tasks at once.

Preferred experience

Preference will be given to candidates with at least 2 years of comparable sourcing experience in a high-volume setting, either in a search firm or an in-house recruiting team.

Employment arrangement

This is a 12-month temporary assignment handled by a third-party agency. The agency will be the employer of record, even though the work may be performed at TikTok. Payroll and benefits will be managed by the agency. By applying, candidates agree that their application details may be processed and retained for recruitment purposes and shared with the agency in line with TikTok's applicant privacy notice.

About the company

TikTok is a global short-form video platform with headquarters in Los Angeles and Singapore, and offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. The company emphasizes creativity, inclusion, curiosity, humility, resilience, and an “Always Day 1” mindset, and aims to inspire creativity and bring joy for its users and communities.

Diversity and inclusion

TikTok states that it is committed to an inclusive workplace where people are valued for their skills, experiences, and perspectives, and where a wide range of voices is represented.