At the company, we use the latest technologies and tools to build impactful customer experiences, grow our network, and provide comprehensive financial access for millions of customers in countries across continental Africa, Asia, and beyond. We are seeking a dynamic Senior Talent Recruiter who has deep experience of hiring for fast-growing international businesses coupled with a strong understanding of startup and scaleup culture.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end recruitment delivery for critical and senior hires across multiple functions and geographies, ensuring an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
- Partner with business leaders to define role briefs, success profiles, assessment approaches, and sourcing strategies aligned to business priorities.
- Build and execute proactive sourcing and talent mapping strategies across relevant markets, with a strong focus on hard-to-fill and business-critical roles.
- Use recruitment data to track funnel health, time-to-fill, quality of hire indicators, source effectiveness, and process bottlenecks, providing recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on talent availability, compensation positioning, interview quality, and competitive market dynamics.
- Champion consistent, structured, and inclusive selection processes that improve decision quality and reduce bias.
- Collaborate with People team colleagues to ensure smooth offer, onboarding, and workforce planning processes.
- Help strengthen employer branding by representing the company effectively in the market and crafting compelling outreach and candidate communications.
- Support continuous improvement of recruitment processes, tools, and interview capability across the business.
Requirements
- Minimum of 6 years in-house and/or agency recruitment experience with a strong track record hiring for international, high-growth, technology-led, or fintech organizations.
- Proven ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously across functions, seniority levels, and geographies while maintaining high standards and pace.
- Strong capability in direct sourcing, talent mapping, structured interviewing, stakeholder management, and offer negotiation.
- Experience using recruitment data and market intelligence to influence decisions and improve hiring outcomes.
- Good understanding of hiring compliance, candidate data handling, and local market considerations across at least some of the countries where the company operates.
- Data-driven, candidate-centric, and business-oriented approach to talent acquisition.
- Experience in a challenging, dynamic, and complex business environment with a focus on multiculturalism and internationalism.
- Ability to quickly build trust with candidates, hiring managers, and cross-functional partners.
- Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills with high levels of professionalism and integrity.
- Ability to plan and prioritize work under tight deadlines, work on own initiative, and as a member of a team.
Benefits
- Work From Anywhere Policy
- Competitive remuneration package
- Performance-based bonus scheme
- Extra day off on your birthday
- Comprehensive private healthcare insurance
- All the tech gear you need to work smart
Location
Johannesburg, Dubai, Athens
