Full-Time
Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter
Multiple Teams
Posted on 9/10/2025
StepStone Group
501-1,000 employees
Global private markets firm managing capital
No salary listed
Dublin, Ireland
Hybrid
Hybrid work arrangement likely requires some in-office presence.
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- Minimum of 6 years of experience in recruitment / talent acquisition
- Proven experience in senior-level financial services recruitment across international markets, especially EMEA and APAC.
- Ensure and understand compliance with local labor laws, GDPR, and employment regulations across EMEA and APAC.
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders.
- Familiarity with Greenhouse ATS.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Data-driven mindset with experience tracking KPIs and presenting insights.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for roles across EMEA and APAC, from intake to onboarding.
- Collaboration with HRBPs and business leaders to guide hiring needs across EMEA and APAC.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing consultative guidance on hiring decisions, and market.
- Champion candidate experience through timely communication and brand-aligned interactions.
- Use data and insights to influence hiring decisions and improve time-to-fill and quality-of-hire metrics.
- Ensure compliance with StepStone’s hiring policies and procedures, including diversity goals and approvals.
- Support onboarding and post-hire feedback processes in collaboration with HR and hiring teams.
- Experience in financial services or private equity recruitment.
- Understanding of immigration and work eligibility processes across EMEA/APAC.
- Commitment to StepStone’s values of creativity, transparency, and trust.
StepStone is a global private markets firm that manages and allocates capital across private equity, infrastructure, real assets, real estate, and private debt. It oversees about US$91 billion of private capital allocations, including roughly US$24 billion in assets under management, and builds customized investment portfolios for sophisticated investors using a research-driven process that combines primary fund commitments, secondary purchases, and co-investments. The firm operates worldwide with offices in cities such as Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York, and Tokyo, among others. StepStone differentiates itself by its integrated approach to private markets (primaries, secondaries, and co-investments), its disciplined, research-based investment process, and its ability to tailor portfolios for large institutional clients. The goal is to provide tailored, diversified private markets exposure and capital allocation solutions that meet the needs of demanding investors.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2007
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Record private-wealth subscriptions topped $2.3 billion in the latest quarter.
- Private debt fundraising reached $3 billion, showing durable institutional demand.
- Defined-contribution retirement solutions create a new distribution channel for private assets.
What critics are saying
- Secondary valuation scrutiny can damage fundraising and fee-related earnings quickly.
- Private-wealth inflows remain vulnerable to slowing distribution or weaker investor appetite.
- Defined-contribution adoption depends on regulation and slow product-market execution.
What makes StepStone Group unique
- Global private-markets platform across equity, real estate, debt, and infrastructure.
- Combines primaries, secondaries, and co-investments in customized investor portfolios.
- Expands private-wealth and advisory services with data and benchmarking partnerships.
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