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title: 'Principal Recruiter at Gen Digital Inc.'
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# Principal Recruiter at Gen Digital Inc.

- **Company:** [Gen Digital Inc.](https://feeny.ai/companies/gen-digital-inc)
- **Location:** Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gen-digital/bf636dc9-91e0-48ec-a74b-aaca657a175e

## Job description

## About Gen

Gen is a global company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom through its trusted consumer brands, including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, MoneyLion, and more. Our combined heritage is rooted in financial empowerment and cyber safety for the first digital generations. Today, we deliver award-winning cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection, and financial wellness solutions to nearly 500 million users across more than 150 countries. Together, we share a passion for protecting consumers and helping them grow, manage, and secure their digital and financial lives. We’re always looking for smart, fearless, high-impact talent who see AI as a teammate and use it to move faster and deliver meaningful results. At Gen, you’ll have the flexibility, tools, and support to do your best work and grow your career — from flexible working options and time off to competitive pay, benefits, and well-being programs. We are scrappy, relentlessly customer-driven, and committed to healthy debate, experimentation, and continuous learning. We also believe diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives make us stronger. At Gen, you’ll work with people who support one another, respect one another, and understand that our differences are a competitive advantage. If this sounds like you, we’d love for you to join us.

## About the Role

Gen is seeking an adaptable, high-impact Recruiter to support hiring across Kuala Lumpur, Japan, and Chennai, India. This hybrid role is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a requirement to work from the office three days per week, and partners closely with hiring managers and senior stakeholders across all three markets. This Recruiter will manage approximately 15–20 mid- to senior-level requisitions across professional, corporate, and technical functions, depending on business needs. The ideal candidate brings strong full-cycle recruiting experience, can flex across role types, and is comfortable moving between professional and technical searches in a fast-paced environment. This role requires strong AI fluency, data literacy, and hands-on experience with modern ATS platforms such as Ashby to improve sourcing efficiency, pipeline visibility, and decision-making. With a consultative, solutions-oriented approach, this person will play an important role in achieving hiring goals, advising leaders on talent market conditions, and delivering a high-quality candidate experience in support of Gen’s broader talent strategy.

## Key Responsibilities

- Manage 15–20 mid- to senior-level professional and technical requisitions simultaneously across multiple office locations.
- Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies using Boolean search, talent mapping, competitive research, and passive candidate engagement.
- Leverage AI-driven tools, data insights, and ATS capabilities, such as Ashby, to optimize sourcing workflows, pipeline visibility, and decision-making.
- Partner closely with hiring managers and functional leaders to define role requirements, calibrate candidate profiles, and align on hiring expectations.
- Drive full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, debrief facilitation, and offer support.
- Build strong consultative relationships with stakeholders by providing guidance on market trends, candidate availability, and hiring best practices.
- Maintain consistent communication with stakeholders on search progress, pipeline quality, and hiring timelines.
- Deliver a seamless, high-quality candidate experience through clear communication, timely feedback, and professional representation of Gen’s brand.
- Track and analyze recruiting metrics to inform search strategy, improve pipeline quality, and support data-driven decision-making.
- Ensure compliance with recruiting processes, documentation standards, and internal policies throughout all stages of recruitment.
- Support onboarding coordination and transition activities for newly hired employees.

## About You

## Experience

- Proven experience recruiting mid- to senior-level professional and/or technical talent in competitive markets.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume requisition load across multiple locations.
- Strong experience partnering with senior stakeholders and operating in a consultative recruiting model.

## Skills

- Full-cycle recruiting and sourcing expertise
- Strong AI fluency and data literacy
- Hands-on experience with modern ATS platforms, such as Ashby
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to balance speed, quality, and candidate experience

Personal Attributes

- Data-driven and solutions-oriented
- Highly adaptable in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Professional, consultative, and relationship-focused

What’s Next After you submit your application, you can expect the following steps in the recruitment process:

- Zoom video call with the Recruiter
- Zoom video call with the Hiring Manager
- Zoom video call with a Senior Leader

## About Gen Digital Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Gen is a global leader in Cyber Safety, powering Digital Freedom through its trusted consumer brands Norton, Avast, LifeLock, and MoneyLion.
- **Entity Type**: Public (ticker not confirmed in provided sources; refer to SEC filings)
- **Headquarters**: Dual headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, United States, and Prague, Czech Republic
- **Founded**: Not explicitly disclosed; the merged entity (Gen) was formed in 2022 following the combination of NortonLifeLock and Avast
- **Founders**: Not publicly available for the merged company; predecessor brands were founded by Peter Norton (Norton) and Pavel Baudiš & Eduard Kučera (Avast)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity (Cyber Safety), digital privacy, identity protection, and financial wellness
- **Target customers**: B2C (individuals and families), with some B2B2C offerings for enterprises and institutions (breach response, employee benefits)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Powering Digital Freedom” – giving people the confidence, tools, and insights to control, manage, and grow their digital and financial lives

## Products & Services
- **Norton**: Award-winning cybersecurity, online privacy, and device protection for individuals and families (SaaS security suites, VPN, password manager, etc.)
- **Avast**: AI-powered threat detection and digital security products focused on malware, privacy, and real-time protection (freemium model, top-ranked by industry experts)
- **LifeLock**: Identity theft protection with proactive monitoring, alerts, and dedicated Identity Restoration Specialists (U.S. leader)
- **MoneyLion**: Digital financial wellness platform offering Instacash, RoarMoney, Credit Builder Plus, and a marketplace for financial products (B2C and B2B2C)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not provided in search results; as a publicly traded company, refer to SEC filings for current market cap
- **Key Metric**: Nearly 500 million global users across the brand ecosystem; MoneyLion has processed $7.5B+ in transaction volume and served 81M+ users since launch
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No specific investors cited; the company partners with leading institutions for breach response, employee benefits, and identity protection
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Total cyberattacks blocked in 2024 is a key metric (exact number not shared)
  - MoneyLion’s rapid growth in transaction volume and user base
  - Expanding from protection into financial wellness and AI-driven personalization

## Competitive Advantages
- Family of trusted, globally recognized consumer brands (Norton #1 top-of-mind Cyber Safety brand, LifeLock leader in identity protection)
- Deep visibility into a vast threat network (machine learning and AI across ~500M users) enables superior threat detection and personalization
- Unique platform combining cybersecurity, privacy, identity restoration, and financial wellness – a “trust layer” for the digital economy
- Dual HQ presence (U.S. and Europe) provides diverse talent and regulatory insight

## Strategic Focus
- Building a unified AI-powered platform that delivers personalized, proactive, and automated Cyber Safety and financial empowerment
- Deepening leadership in Cyber Safety while extending into financial wellness to compound lifetime customer value
- Positioning Gen as the “trust layer” for the AI economy – bridging what AI can do and what consumers trust it to do
- Expanding B2B2C partnerships (breach response, employee benefits, identity protection for institutions)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes collaboration, innovation, a giving mindset, and customer obsession. Values include “Think Big. Be Bold.”, “Be Scrappy. Make it Happen.”, and “Play to Win. Together.”
- **Work model**: Hybrid – choose which days to be in the office with an expectation of three days per week; unlimited paid time off; recognized holidays; parental leave and leaves of absence
- **Benefits**: 
  - Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) 
  - Performance-based bonuses
  - Learning & development (Learn@Gen, mentorship, degree/certification reimbursement, 24/7 eLearning)
  - Wellness: virtual fitness, on-site gyms, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) extending to dependents
  - Adoption, foster care, fertility, and surrogacy benefits in 15+ countries
  - Global recognition program (“Inspire”) and diverse employee communities
- **Interview process**: Transparent – 15-30 min recruiter chat, 2-3 skill/team interviews (may include a task), then offer. Reflects the company’s collaborative culture.

## Sources
1. [gendigital.com](https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/) – Company overview, brand family, mission, and metrics
2. [gendigital.com](https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/who-we-are/) – Who We Are, strategy, and solution details
3. [gendigital.com](https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/life-gen/) – Careers page with culture, values, and interview process
4. [gendigital.com](https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/life-gen/jobs/) – Open roles listing
5. [gendigital.com](https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/benefits/) – Benefits overview (hybrid work, wellness, learning, compensation)

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