Talent Acquisition Lead

WSP USA; Sharjah; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead to drive talent acquisition across multiple business areas, focusing on large-scale project recruitment and nationalisation priorities. You will partner with business and project leaders to forecast workforce needs, source senior and specialist talent, and ensure a high-quality, inclusive candidate experience.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment, lead a team, and deliver across multiple roles while maintaining governance and data

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Strong Talent Acquisition experience within a complex, fast-paced and multicultural organisation.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment, with the ability to personally source and deliver across multiple roles and disciplines.
• Experience supporting large-scale project recruitment and mobilisation, including high-volume and specialist hiring.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary consultancy environments, including areas such as Design Management, Project Management, Advisory and Transportation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering with senior leaders and hiring managers.
• The ability to manage multiple vacancies and priorities while maintaining pace, quality and attention to detail.
• Strong knowledge of regional talent markets and the ability to translate market insight into practical recruitment solutions.
• Experience within engineering, professional services, consulting or another project-led environment would be advantageous.
• A collaborative, inclusive and people-focused approach, with a strong commitment to candidate and hiring manager experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across assigned business areas, from initial role briefing and sourcing through assessment, offer and mobilisation handover.
• Lead recruitment delivery for large-scale projects, managing high-volume and complex hiring requirements against project mobilisation priorities.
• Partner with business and project leaders to understand workforce plans, capability requirements and critical hiring needs.
• Proactively source and engage senior, specialist and hard-to-find talent through targeted search, market mapping, referrals and relevant recruitment channels.
• Lead and support Talent Acquisition team members, helping to prioritise workloads, strengthen capability and maintain high standards of recruitment delivery.
• Manage candidate screening, interviews, assessment, selection and feedback, ensuring a consistent and positive candidate experience.
• Support nationalisation priorities by proactively identifying, engaging and progressing local talent.
• Build strong talent pipelines for current vacancies, project mobilisation, proposals and future growth requirements.
• Provide hiring managers with practical market insight on talent availability, salary expectations and recruitment challenges.
• Champion internal mobility, diverse shortlists and fair and inclusive hiring practices.
• Maintain accurate recruitment data and ensure hiring activity is delivered in line with recruitment governance and standards.
• Use recruitment technology, systems and data to improve efficiency, quality and the overall recruitment experience.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

High-volume recruitment

Stakeholder management

Market insight

Talent sourcing

Team leadership

Multicultural experience

Project mobilisation

Engineering/consulting domain

Diversity & inclusion

Candidate experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead to join our team and play a key role in attracting and securing the talent that will support our continued growth.

This is a hands-on recruitment role, partnering closely with business and project leaders to understand their talent needs and deliver high-quality recruitment across a diverse portfolio. You'll manage the full recruitment lifecycle, with particular focus on large-scale project recruitment, specialist and business-critical hiring, and nationalisation priorities.

You'll combine strong recruitment delivery with market insight and trusted stakeholder partnership, creating a positive and inclusive experience for candidates and hiring managers.

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across assigned business areas, from initial role briefing and sourcing through assessment, offer and mobilisation handover.

• Lead recruitment delivery for large-scale projects, managing high-volume and complex hiring requirements against project mobilisation priorities.

• Partner with business and project leaders to understand workforce plans, capability requirements and critical hiring needs.

• Proactively source and engage senior, specialist and hard-to-find talent through targeted search, market mapping, referrals and relevant recruitment channels.

• Lead and support Talent Acquisition team members, helping to prioritise workloads, strengthen capability and maintain high standards of recruitment delivery.

• Manage candidate screening, interviews, assessment, selection and feedback, ensuring a consistent and positive candidate experience.

• Support nationalisation priorities by proactively identifying, engaging and progressing local talent.Build strong talent pipelines for current vacancies, project mobilisation, proposals and future growth requirements.

• Provide hiring managers with practical market insight on talent availability, salary expectations and recruitment challenges.

• Champion internal mobility, diverse shortlists and fair and inclusive hiring practices.

• Maintain accurate recruitment data and ensure hiring activity is delivered in line with recruitment governance and standards.

• Use recruitment technology, systems and data to improve efficiency, quality and the overall recruitment experience.

• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline.

• Strong Talent Acquisition experience within a complex, fast-paced and multicultural organisation.

• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment, with the ability to personally source and deliver across multiple roles and disciplines.

• Experience supporting large-scale project recruitment and mobilisation, including high-volume and specialist hiring.

• Exposure to multidisciplinary consultancy environments, including areas such as Design Management, Project Management, Advisory and Transportation.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering with senior leaders and hiring managers.

• The ability to manage multiple vacancies and priorities while maintaining pace, quality and attention to detail.

• Strong knowledge of regional talent markets and the ability to translate market insight into practical recruitment solutions.

• Experience within engineering, professional services, consulting or another project-led environment would be advantageous.

• A collaborative, inclusive and people-focused approach, with a strong commitment to candidate and hiring manager experience.