Senior/Lead Talent Acquisition Partner - APAC

About Power Integrations

Power Integrations is seeking an experienced and highly consultative Senior/Lead Talent Acquisition Partner to lead recruiting efforts across the APAC region.

This role serves as the primary talent acquisition partner to hiring managers and business leaders, driving end-to-end recruitment strategy and execution for technical, engineering, semiconductor, and business-critical positions. The successful candidate will combine strong full-cycle recruiting expertise with a strategic mindset, influencing hiring decisions, providing market intelligence, and helping leaders attract and secure top talent in competitive markets.

This is not a recruiting operations or coordination role. The position is focused on full-cycle recruiting, talent acquisition strategy, stakeholder partnership, and hiring outcomes across APAC.

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Key Responsibilities

Regional Talent Acquisition Leadership

- Lead recruiting activities across the APAC region, supporting hiring managers and leadership teams in multiple countries.
- Develop and execute recruiting strategies aligned with business objectives and workforce plans.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers regarding market conditions, hiring strategies, candidate availability, compensation trends, and talent landscape insights.
- Drive consistency and excellence in recruiting processes across the region.

Full-Cycle Recruiting

- Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle from intake through offer acceptance.
- Partner closely with hiring managers to define hiring requirements, candidate profiles, interview processes, and selection criteria.
- Drive efficient hiring processes while ensuring an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
- Maintain ownership and accountability for requisition management, candidate pipelines, interview coordination, offer management, and hiring outcomes.

Technical Talent Identification and Sourcing

- Recruit for highly technical positions including:

·   Semiconductor Engineering

·   Analog and Mixed Signal Design Engineering

·   Power Electronics Engineering

·   Applications Engineering

·   Product Engineering

·   Manufacturing Engineering

·   Software Engineering

·   Technical Operations

·   Corporate and Commercial Functions

- Develop proactive talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions.
- Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, market research, networking, referrals, industry associations, and advanced sourcing methodologies to identify passive talent.

Business Partnership and Stakeholder Influence

- Establish strong partnerships with hiring managers, HR Business Partners, and business leaders.
- Influence hiring decisions through data, market intelligence, and talent insights.
- Coach hiring teams on interview effectiveness, candidate evaluation, and competitive recruiting practices.
- Challenge assumptions when appropriate and provide consultative guidance to achieve successful hiring outcomes.

Talent Market Intelligence

- Provide regular updates on market trends, competitor activity, talent availability, compensation benchmarks, and recruiting effectiveness.
- Build talent pools and succession pipelines for critical business functions.
- Deliver strategic insights to support workforce planning discussions.

Recruiting Metrics and Operational Excellence

- Monitor recruiting performance metrics, including time-to-fill, quality of hire, pipeline health, and candidate conversion rates.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and local employment regulations.
- Identify opportunities for continuous process improvement and recruiting innovation.

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Required Qualifications

Experience

- 10+ years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience.
- Significant experience recruiting for technical and engineering positions.
- Experience supporting multiple countries and geographic markets within APAC.
- Demonstrated success managing complex and difficult-to-fill searches.
- Proven experience partnering directly with hiring managers and senior business leaders.

Technical Recruiting Expertise

- Strong experience recruiting within semiconductor, electronics, technology, manufacturing, engineering, or highly technical environments.
- Deep understanding of technical talent markets and sourcing methodologies.
- Proven ability to identify, attract, and engage passive technical talent.

Business Partnership Skills

- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Ability to build credibility quickly with leaders and hiring managers.
- Excellent consulting, communication, and relationship-building capabilities.
- Ability to operate independently and effectively in a fast-paced global environment.

Systems and Tools

- Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), such as Ashby, Workable, Greenhouse
- Advanced LinkedIn Recruiter capability.
- Experience utilizing talent intelligence, sourcing, and market mapping tools.
- Strong reporting and data interpretation skills.

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Preferred Qualifications

- Semiconductor industry recruiting experience.
- Experience supporting engineering organizations.
- Experience partnering with executive and senior leadership teams.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

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Success Profile

The successful candidate will be:

- A strategic talent acquisition partner rather than a recruiting coordinator.
- A highly capable full-cycle recruiter with deep technical recruiting expertise.
- Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and driving hiring decisions.
- Skilled at proactively identifying talent rather than relying on applicant flow.
- Capable of owning recruiting outcomes across an entire region.
- Able to balance recruiting execution with business partnership and workforce planning discussions.