VP, Talent Acquisition - APAC

The role plays a key part in shaping talent decisions, advising on market dynamics, and ensuring the firm continues to attract and secure top-tier talent in highly competitive markets.

This is a highly visible position requiring strong judgment, executive presence, and the experience to balance speed, quality, and stakeholder alignment in a highly dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

Own the full lifecycle recruiting process across APAC for a varied portfolio of corporate-function and Private Wealth roles, spanning all levels of hires.

Develop and continuously refine forward-looking recruiting strategies aligned with regional hiring demand, business priorities and broader global objectives.

Lead recruitment from workforce planning, market mapping and targeted sourcing through candidate assessment, offer negotiation and onboarding.

Partner directly with senior leaders across APAC and global headquarters to shape hiring priorities, calibrate talent and influence decision-making.

Act as a trusted advisor on talent availability, compensation trends, competitive positioning, regional hiring practices and organizational design considerations.

Challenge assumptions and provide objective, data-driven recommendations that balance speed, quality, commercial priorities and risk.

Serve as an APAC market expert, delivering actionable insights on talent trends, competitor activity, compensation benchmarks and candidate dynamics.

Build and proactively manage talent pipelines for current and future needs, particularly within competitive and niche talent pools.

Maintain strong external connectivity through professional networks, industry relationships and search-firm partnerships across the region.

Lead a high-touch, detail-oriented recruiting process that provides a seamless and differentiated experience for candidates and hiring stakeholders.

Partner with HR, Compensation and other stakeholders to structure competitive offers and support successful candidate engagement and conversion.

Use recruiting metrics and funnel data to assess performance, identify risks and bottlenecks, and improve hiring outcomes.

Drive improvements to recruiting processes, tools and workflows while maintaining process discipline, operational excellence and appropriate risk management.

Foster collaboration across Human Resources, business leadership and global Talent Acquisition teams, contributing to regional and global initiatives and sharing market knowledge and best practices.

Qualifications

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intellectually curious, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

The ideal candidate will have:

8+ years of full lifecycle Talent Acquisition and/or Executive Search experience, gained through in-house recruiting, an executive search firm or a combination of both.

Demonstrated financial services recruiting experience, preferably within private markets, alternative investments, asset management, or another buy-side environment.

Experience recruiting across corporate functions such as Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs as well as Private Wealth, including senior and complex mandates.

Strong knowledge of APAC talent markets and regional hiring practices, with experience partnering effectively with senior regional stakeholders and global headquarters.

A proven record of attracting and closing high-caliber candidates in competitive markets.

Excellent stakeholder-management, influencing, communication and relationship-building skills, supported by strong executive presence and commercial judgment.

Experience managing external search firms and recruitment partners, including maintaining effective market relationships.

Strong analytical capabilities and experience using recruiting data and market intelligence to inform strategy and decision-making.

Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail and experience in managing multiple priorities across functions and geographies in a dynamic environment.

Full professional fluency in English; additional Asian language capabilities would be advantageous.

To maintain the highest levels of confidentiality, professionalism and discretion.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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