Talent Acquisition Team Lead
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Department: Human Resources – Talent Acquisition
ABOUT CHICILON MEDIA
Chicilon Media is Vietnam's leading Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) media company with nearly 20 years of market leadership. Operating more than 40,000 digital screens across office buildings, supermarkets, and airports, we reach over 40 million urban consumers daily.
As Chicilon accelerates its transformation into a Retail Smart Media and technology-driven business, we are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Team Lead to build high-performing teams, strengthen recruitment capability, and partner closely with business leaders in attracting top talent.
YOUR ROLE
As the Talent Acquisition Team Lead, you will lead the Ho Chi Minh recruitment team while remaining hands-on in recruiting critical positions. This role requires a strong headhunting mindset, excellent market intelligence, and the ability to coach recruiters while partnering with hiring managers to deliver high-quality talent.
You will play a key role in building recruitment strategies, improving hiring effectiveness, and driving recruitment excellence through data, technology, and AI-enabled tools.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead and coach a Talent Acquisition team of 1–2 recruiters, ensuring high recruitment quality, productivity, and professional development.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for mid-level, senior-level, and critical positions, from workforce planning and sourcing to offer negotiation and onboarding.
- Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies using headhunting, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean Search, networking, referrals, and talent mapping to attract high-caliber candidates.
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for leadership, commercial, technology, operations, and other business-critical functions.
- Partner closely with Hiring Managers and Business Leaders to understand hiring needs, provide market intelligence, and recommend effective recruitment strategies.
- Conduct market mapping, competitor analysis, salary benchmarking, and talent landscape research to support strategic workforce planning.
- Monitor and improve recruitment KPIs, including Time-to-Fill, Quality of Hire, Candidate Experience, Offer Acceptance Rate, and Hiring Manager Satisfaction.
- Drive continuous improvement of recruitment processes, employer branding initiatives, interview standards, and recruitment best practices.
- Leverage AI-powered recruitment tools and digital technologies to enhance sourcing efficiency, candidate engagement, recruitment analytics, and operational productivity.
- Prepare regular recruitment reports and hiring insights for management, ensuring recruitment activities align with business growth objectives and organizational priorities.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Marketing, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Executive Search, or Recruitment Consulting.
- Minimum 1–2 years of experience leading, mentoring, or coaching a recruitment team.
- Strong headhunting mindset with proven success in identifying, approaching, and closing passive candidates for mid-to-senior level positions.
- Experience recruiting within service industries, such as Media, Advertising, Digital, Technology, FMCG, Retail, Consulting, or Professional Services.
- Candidates with prior experience in headhunting firms or executive search agencies are highly preferred.
- Strong expertise in talent mapping, market intelligence, salary benchmarking, and recruitment strategy development.
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and consulting skills with the ability to partner effectively with senior hiring managers.
- Proficiency in modern recruitment technologies, including Job Portal, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean Search techniques, and AI-powered sourcing or recruitment tools.
- Strong communication, analytical thinking, ownership, resilience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment. English proficiency is an advantage.
WHY JOIN CHICILON MEDIA
- Join Vietnam's leading Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) media company with ambitious growth plans.
- Lead recruitment for strategic and executive hiring projects across nationwide operations.
- Work directly with senior business leaders and executive management.
- Be part of an AI-enabled Talent Acquisition transformation.
- Clear career progression toward Talent Acquisition Manager or Deputy Director.
- Competitive salary, performance bonus, and attractive employee benefits.
