Financial Technology Talent Acquisition Lead (USA)

Summary : Sciente Group is a multi-award winning, ISO9001 / Great Place to Work certified, Singapore headquartered technology focused organisation with business interest in Singapore (HQ), USA, Malaysia, Philippines and India.Currently, we are expanding our USA financial tech talent acquisition team to support our FSIG USA business growth of business technology consulting, DATA & AI solutions, and tech talent services within financial services and insurance industries.Our mission : Delighted clients & community.Our employee value proposition : Learning & Development, Career Growth and Sincere & Approachable leadership.Therefore we promise a stable long-term career growth for you.What is expected from this role to start with?- Start as a hands-on lead and grow the Team as business grows within a few months;- Manage and govern the team for an end-to-end talent acquisition process for various types of engangements e.g. perm, contract, contract to hire, SOW based etc.- Manage the team members to ensure that they follow a consultative approach to understand the on-site IT job role requirements & expectations of banking & financial services clients;- Understand various financial technologies involved in the role and how it works;- Derive an effective sourcing strategy to reach out to right group of tech talents within the USA country of job role;- Understand the matching skills / capabilities / aspirations of the tech talents;- Guide talents for their career progression in a consultative manner (candidate management);- Work closely with business development managers;- Present the right talent profiles to the clients;- Own-up and build good rapport / relationship with the clients and shortlisted candidates through out the process;- Manage shortlisted candidates proactively with a consultative approach;- Facilitate the matching / hiring process for the client to hire the right talents, bingo! That's what is expected from this role;- New client acquisition : any responsibilities related to new client acquisition shall be most welcome;- Result Orientation : Your sincere efforts towards talents' success, client and community delight to have a meaningful career.Who shall fit-in the best for this role?- Relevant work experience of at least 10 years in executive search or IT talent acquisition or tech recruitment shall be needed;- At least 5 years of proven track record in financial technology or Data & AI talent recruitment for banking and / or insurance clients is a must;- Good understanding of various platforms being used within financial services and / or insurance industries shall be required;- Team management experience is needed;- Experience or aptitude for new client acquisition shall be preferred;- Understanding of various employment types e.g. C2C, 1099, C2H, W2 etc. and work authorisations e.g. GC holder, H1-B etc. is a must;- Communication, inter-personal skills, meticulous and result-orientation are the most important attributes for this role;- Having a mind-set of delivering value to make candidates / clients succeed and commitment to the purpose of the role;- Willingness to work in USA business hours;- Positive attitude to put-in efforts to achieve the desired goals shall make you a good fit for this role;- Education in engineering or computer science related discipline shall be highly desired;- This being a techno-functional specialised role, ability to keep learning is one of the key success factors for this role.Should you be interested in this opportunity, please send in your updated resume to at the earliest. To know more, please visit shortlisted candidates meeting mandatory pre-requisites shall be notified.When you apply, you voluntarily consent to the disclosure, collection and use of your personal data for employment / recruitment and related purposes in accordance with the SCIENTE Group Privacy Policy, a copy of which is published at SCIENTE’s website ( is assured, and only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interviews.