Recruitment Delivery Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Lead and expand Novara's delivery team based in the Philippines.

• Oversee the daily operations of recruiters and sourcers.

• Enhance candidate quality and expedite the filling process.

• Prioritize tasks, allocate requisitions, and monitor progress.

• Mentor and nurture team members through one-on-ones, feedback sessions, and training.

• Recruit, onboard, and assimilate new team members into the organization.

• Establish performance benchmarks and hold the team accountable.

• Foster a team culture that reflects Novara's core values.

• Manage active client requisition pipelines from initial brief to successful placement.

• Ensure candidates are sourced, screened, and submitted within designated timelines.

• Conduct quality checks on candidate submissions prior to client delivery.

• Oversee candidate experience and maintain effective communication.

• Facilitate weekly standups, pipeline reviews, and hand-offs.

• Optimize the use of Vincere CRM, ensuring data integrity, pipeline transparency, and candidate tracking.

• Develop and refine sourcing playbooks specific to survey, ROV, subsea, and marine inspection specialties.

• Create an internal knowledge repository that includes market maps, competitor analyses, and candidate networks.

• Take direct client briefs when necessary.

• Manage client communications, status updates, submission tracking, and feedback processes.

• Represent Novara with professionalism in all client-facing interactions.

• Provide weekly reports to the CEO regarding pipeline health, submissions, feedback, and potential blockers.

• Proactively identify and flag risks related to clients, candidates, team dynamics, and operations.

• Contribute to strategic decisions regarding team structure, hiring, and process improvements.

• Collaborate directly with the founder/CEO, exercising autonomy and ownership in your role.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in recruitment.

• At least 3 years in a leadership role, such as team lead, senior recruiter, or delivery manager.

• Demonstrated success in managing recruitment teams of at least 2 to 6 people.

• Direct experience in recruitment for offshore energy, oil & gas, marine, subsea, ROV, survey, inspection, or infrastructure sectors is highly preferred.

• Experience working with international clients, not limited to domestic placements in the Philippines.

• Background in contract or freelance recruitment, beyond just permanent placements.

• Strong judgement regarding candidate quality, including CV evaluation and screening calls.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

• Proficient with a modern ATS/CRM; familiarity with Vincere is preferred, but Bullhorn, JobAdder, or Loxo are also acceptable.

• Comfortable utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean sourcing, and industry-specific databases.

• Ability to analyze pipeline metrics and identify performance trends.

• Direct and honest management approach with a willingness to give and receive feedback.

• Proven capability in cultivating team culture and mentoring junior team members.

• High level of personal accountability and ownership of results.

• Ability to work independently.

• Commitment to fairness, directness, and integrity as foundational principles.

• Long-term perspective with a proactive orientation towards action.

• Dedication to exclusive full-time employment with Novara, without external commercial commitments.

• Existing network in offshore energy/marine recruitment in Southeast Asia or Europe is a plus.

• Experience with contract redeployment models is an added advantage.

• Familiarity with international mobility, tax regulations, and offshore contractor compliance is beneficial.

• Previous experience in a lean, founder-led organization is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work opportunity.

• Standard Monday to Friday work schedule.

• Observance of Singapore public holidays.

• Real autonomy and ownership from the very first day.

• Direct insight into business decisions and strategic direction.

• Rapid feedback cycles — minimal layers to navigate.

• A commitment to invest in your professional growth as the business expands.