Talent Acquisition Manager

Axian Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Axian Group is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead the full recruitment lifecycle for HQ and strategic roles within its fintech and technology clusters. The role focuses on ensuring high-quality, culture-aligned hires while embedding the company values into interview and assessment practices.

You will design and deploy structured recruitment standards, governance, and tools, while building strategic pipelines and strengthening the employer brand across candidate touchpoints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in Talent Acquisition and senior-level hiring across fintech/tech/digital services.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Talent Acquisition for HQ and strategic roles.
• Ensure fast, high-quality and culture-aligned hiring across the Cluster.
• Define and implement structured recruitment standards, tools and governance.
• Embed company culture and values into interview, assessment and selection practices.
• Design and deploy assessment tools such as scorecards, case studies and competency-based interviews.
• Manage and improve the ATS/CRM ecosystem, recruitment data and reporting dashboards.
• Monitor key talent acquisition KPIs, including time-to-hire and pipeline health.
• Activate the Employer Value Proposition and strengthen the employer brand across candidate touchpoints.
• Build strategic talent pipelines through universities, bootcamps, professional networks and digital sourcing channels.
• Support local HR teams with standardized TA playbooks, templates, coaching and senior-level recruitment guidance.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

ATS/CRM management

Talent pipeline development

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/BA/psychology

Master's degree or professional certification (advantage)

Tools

ATS/CRM systems

Job description

About the Role

AXIAN Digibank & Fintech is looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager who will be responsible for managing the full talent acquisition lifecycle, ensuring consistent high-quality recruitment standards, and translating the target culture into clear recruitment principles.

Responsabilities

• Lead the end-to-end Talent Acquisition process for HQ and strategic roles.
• Ensure fast, high-quality and culture-aligned hiring across the Cluster.
• Define and implement structured recruitment standards, tools and governance.
• Embed company culture and values into interview, assessment and selection practices.
• Design and deploy assessment tools such as scorecards, case studies and competency-based interviews.
• Manage and improve the ATS/CRM ecosystem, recruitment data and reporting dashboards.
• Monitor key talent acquisition performance indicators, including time-to-hire, source effectiveness and pipeline health.
• Activate the Employer Value Proposition and strengthen the employer brand across candidate touchpoints.
• Build strategic talent pipelines through universities, bootcamps, professional networks and digital sourcing channels.
• Support local HR teams with standardized TA playbooks, templates, coaching and senior-level recruitment guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or a related field; a Master's degree or professional certification in Talent Acquisition, HR, Assessment or Employer Branding would be an advantage.

• Minimum of 8 years experience in Talent Acquisition, including demonstrable ownership of end-to-end recruitment processes, senior-level hiring and recruitment transformation initiatives, preferably within fintech, technology, digital services or fast-growth environments across African or emerging markets.