Genuine curiosity about people and their careers. You seek to understand people’s stories and you have a desire to listen more than talk.
Experience building high-trust relationships. Trust is of paramount importance at Shopify. Read about the “trust battery” here.
High attention to detail both with people and process. You’re able to pick up on nuance, ask excellent questions, and plan accordingly.
A highly organized approach. You are able to capture, maintain, organize and juggle priorities in an often changing environment.
A builder’s mindset and a track record of owning problems and caring about how they get solved
Comfort with a high degree of autonomy, and change
A high level of care for people
Responsibilities and Duties
Focus to hire commercial (sales, marketing etc) roles across the APAC region
Pitch, engage and get curious about potential candidates from our sourced, referred and applicant pipelines. You’ll spend time learning a ton about the teams you hire for in order to go deep into example problems that best connect to the candidate’s skill and interest
Spend a lot of time really getting to know potential candidates for Shopify; curiosity is key as you learn about your candidates’ career and look to build an understanding of their experience and growth potential
Spend most of your time dedicated to interviewing and interacting with candidates to identify top talent in the market. In the time between you’ll review and write candidate feedback, partner with hiring hiring managers, shadow other recruiters to learn, or be working through complex offer negotiations in order to sign candidates to the team
Managing a continuous high volume req load
Recommend and manage short-list interviews, recap discussions, and offer processes.
Embrace change as we constantly work as a team to improve our hiring practices