Are you ready to power the World's connections?
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About The Role:
In this role you will report directly to the Sr. Director of Talent and be responsible for multiple roles spanning sales, pre-sales, post sales and G&A hiring at Kong. It will be your responsibility to manage meetings with hiring managers for all new roles. In addition, you will be setting and managing expectations with both the candidates and hiring managers. We are looking for someone who values managing meaningful partnerships with their hiring teams, constantly evolving and improving how we hire, creating fantastic candidate experiences, and invests in growing themselves and helping advance the Talent Team.
Why should you want to work at Kong?
Market Opportunity - We are on a quest to build a $10b+ software company over the next few years and need YOUR help!
Technical Leadership - We are recognized as the leader in innovation in the connectivity space.
Amazing Team & Culture - Come be a "Konger" and find out what we mean.
Building Great Products - Learn why the world's largest companies love our tech!
- Over 250m+ downloads of our open source API gateway! Over 40k+ stars on Github between Kong API and Kong Insomnia! What you'll be doing...
- Using your network to fill sales, pre-sales, post sales and G&A roles across APJ, with a focus on ANZ and Singapore.
- Help grow and analyze our recruiting metrics.
- Take ownership over senior-level roles, per our hiring plan. Create your own role kick-off calendar and project manage your time, your stakeholders, etc. to that plan
- Provide an amazing candidate experience from start to finish.
- Provide a strong hiring manager experience including daily/weekly communication with your hiring teams.
- Work with the people operations team on special projects, employee retention, diversity and inclusion and any other day-to-day that will advance our recruiting practices.
What you'll bring...
- Minimum of 5+ years of recruiting experience with proven abilities in sales, post sales, and marketing hiring.
- A strong background in recruiting for technical companies and helping companies scale quickly.
- A strong desire to learn about new technologies, especially in the API space.
About Kong:
Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises’ most critical traffic volumes, Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence – allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely.
83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!
For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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Last updated on Feb 6, 2025