
Talent Acquisition Lead, South East Asia
3 days ago
Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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Where And How You Can Work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia, but with many of our Canvanauts calling the Philippines home, our office in Manila is a buzzing place. Whether your role needs you in the office, at home or a bit of both, we've created an environment that truly empowers you to thrive.
About The Role
As the
Talent Acquisition Lead for Southeast Asia (SEA)
, you'll be a critical strategic partner in shaping Canva's growth across Southeast Asia by identifying, attracting, and closing the best leadership and high-impact talent across a wide range of functions, including Marketing, Growth, Finance, Customer Service, Country Leadership, and beyond.
This role is based in our SEA headquarters, where you will also serve as the local TA Lead—partnering closely with local People teams, championing regional programs, and sharing market insights and knowledge with our global teams.
In this role you'll lead and build a
high-performing TA team
, partner with senior stakeholders, and navigate a fast-changing talent landscape, especially as new roles emerge in the age of AI and rapid digital transformation.
What You'd Be Doing In This Role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
At The Moment, This Role Is Focused On
- Operating as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership, challenging assumptions and co-owning hiring strategy.
- Coaching and developing a high-performing TA team across SEA, uplifting capability and embedding a culture of trust, autonomy and accountability.
- Creating clarity in ambiguity, knowing when to hack, scale or reinvent hiring processes as Canva evolves.
- Leading with pace and purpose, setting bold direction and proactively proposing impactful solutions.
- Building strong partnerships across Philippines leaders, key business leaders, global TA teams, and Total Rewards to drive strategic, sustainable hiring across the region.
You're probably a match if
- You bring deep recruiting craft, passion for headhunting hard-to-find talent and scaling high volume hiring, and you've helped your team do the same.
- You've led TA teams in hypergrowth, fast-paced or tech-driven environments, bonus if you've hired across Southeast Asia.
- You thrive in complexity, love bringing order to chaos, and continuously refine processes to drive better outcomes.
- You're driven by impact and operate with high personal agency, pace, and strategic influence.
- You communicate with clarity, bring curiosity to every conversation, and always show up with a strong point of view.
- You inspire and elevate others, your leadership builds capability, energy and trust across your team.
What's in it for you?
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.
Here's a Taste Of What's On Offer
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally
Check out for more info.
Other Stuff To Know
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don't feel like your skills quite match what's listed above - we still want to hear from you
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
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