Senior Technical Talent Partner

About Sofar

Sofar is the leading ocean intelligence platform. We’ve built the world’s largest real-time ocean network, turning billions of measurements into insights trusted by scientists, governments, and shipping fleets. Our technology makes the ocean more predictable and sustainable, helping customers save costs, cut emissions, and unlock insights that were once out of reach.

Job Summary

As our Senior Technical Recruiting Partner, you own the pipeline. Not “support” it. Not “help with” it. Own it. You’re energized by the challenge of finding the best maritime sales talent in Singapore, discovering which hardware engineers are ready for their next adventure, and showing passive candidates why solving ocean data problems is the most meaningful work they could be doing.

Key Responsibilities

• Hunt, don’t post-and-pray: Build sourcing strategies for roles we’ve never hired before (senior maritime sales in APAC, government program engineers, ocean tech marketers etc.)
• Go beyond LinkedIn – find talent in GitHub repos, maritime industry conferences, climate tech Slacks, competitor alumni networks, and anywhere else top people congregate
• Maintain a living pipeline of 50+ qualified candidates at any given time for our highest-priority roles
• Sell Sofar relentlessly: Every outreach message, every phone screen, every interaction is a chance to tell our story. You’re equal parts recruiter and evangelist
• Convert passive candidates who aren’t looking by painting a compelling picture of impact, mission, and career growth
• Create candidate experiences so good that even people we decide not to move forward with want to refer their friends
• Move fast and fix what’s broken: Push back on hiring managers with vague requirements or unrealistic expectations (tactfully but firmly)
• Collapse our time-to-hire from weeks to days by owning the entire candidate journey
• Spot patterns (we keep losing candidates at the final stage, this hiring manager is too slow, this role description is scaring people away) and solve them without being asked
• Think ahead: You’re not just filling today’s req – you’re building relationships with people we’ll need in 6 months
• Stay ahead of market trends: What are maritime tech competitors paying? Where are hardware engineers moving? What benefits do climate tech candidates care about? What AI tools can help get the job done more efficiently?
• Proactively flag: “We’re going to need X role in Q1, here are three people I’m already talking to”
• Be resourceful, own