Talent Acquisition Manager (Deeptech) — Dubai

Emagine Solutions FZE; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 234,000 - 391,000; Full time

Job summary

Emagine Solutions FZE in Dubai is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to own the end-to-end hiring engine for a deeptech company. You will lead international recruitment across multiple regions, mentor junior recruiters, and partner with leaders to drive high-quality, scalable hires that shape culture and performance.

You will balance speed with rigor, push back on vague briefs, and maintain a strong focus on employer branding and candidate experience to protect the brand at every touchpoint.

Qualifications

• Talent Acquisition Manager / TA Lead with leadership responsibilities.
• Deeptech / tech SaaS / AI / data / engineering hiring exposure (or similarly complex, high-skill environments).
• Proven international recruitment track record (multi-region hiring, global sourcing, cross-border stakeholder management).
• Experience working alongside TA teams and building alignment across processes and priorities.
• Hands-on experience managing/mentoring junior recruiters (coaching, training, feedback, performance).
• Strong sourcing capability (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean, referrals, communities).
• Confidence with ATS/CRM workflows, reporting, and funnel optimisation.
• Based in Dubai or ready to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Lead talent strategy + delivery across technical and commercial teams.
• Drive international hiring across multiple geographies (EMEA/APAC/US), including remote and relocation.
• Stakeholder management: influence hiring managers, set expectations, run structured intakes.
• Own hiring process excellence: scorecards, interview frameworks, debrief discipline, offer strategy.
• Coach and mentor junior recruiters to raise performance, quality, and reliability.
• Oversee data-driven recruiting: monitor pipeline health, time-to-hire, conversion rates.

Skills

International hiring

Stakeholder management

Hiring strategy

Structured interviewing

Sourcing mastery

ATS/CRM proficiency

Data-driven recruiting

Team leadership

Employer branding

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Greenhouse

Lever

Workday

Taleo

Job description

Salary: Up to AED 35,000/month

Location: Dubai (hybrid/office-based depending on business needs)

This isn’t a “fill roles” TA job.

We’re hiring a Talent Acquisition Manager for a high-growth deeptech company in Dubai — someone who treats hiring as a competitive advantage and understands that every hire shapes the company’s DNA, culture, and performance bar.

You’ll lead hiring across critical functions, drive international recruitment, partner closely with leaders and TA stakeholders, and mentor junior recruiters to deliver consistently high-quality outcomes.

The mission

Build a scalable, high-trust hiring engine that attracts exceptional people globally — and protects the culture while the company grows.

What you’ll own (end-to-end)

• Talent strategy + delivery: workforce planning support, hiring priorities, and execution across technical and commercial teams
• International hiring: sourcing and closing across multiple geographies (EMEA/APAC/US), remote and relocation, diverse talent pools
• Stakeholder management: influence hiring managers, set expectations, run structured intakes, and keep decisions moving
• Hiring process excellence: scorecards, interview frameworks, structured assessment, debrief discipline, offer strategy, and close plans
• Employer branding + candidate experience: tell the story properly, keep candidates warm, and protect the brand at every touchpoint
• TA collaboration: work alongside TA teams (internal and/or external) to align on tools, reporting, pipelines, and best practice
• Team leadership: manage, coach, and mentor junior recruiters/resourcers — training, feedback loops, quality control, and performance support
• Data-driven recruiting: pipeline health, time-to-hire, quality-of-hire signals, conversion rates, and continuous improvement

What “great” looks like here

• You can hire for hard roles (engineering, product, data/AI, security, R&D, niche commercial) without compromising quality
• You balance speed with rigour — fast, structured, and evidence-based
• You’re comfortable pushing back: you’ll challenge vague briefs, unrealistic timelines, and weak decision-making
• You care about culture add and bar-raising, not just “culture fit”
• You can develop juniors into confident recruiters with strong fundamentals

Must-have experience (keywords that matter)

• Talent Acquisition Manager / TA Lead / Senior Recruiter with leadership responsibilities
• Deeptech / tech / SaaS / AI / data / engineering hiring exposure (or similarly complex, high-skill environments)
• Proven international recruitment track record (multi-region hiring, global sourcing, cross-border stakeholder management)
• Experience working alongside TA teams and building alignment across processes and priorities
• Hands‑on experience managing/mentoring junior recruiters (coaching, training, feedback, performance)
• Strong sourcing capability (LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, Boolean, referrals, communities)
• Confidence with ATS/CRM workflows, reporting, and funnel optimisation
• Based in Dubai or ready to relocate

Why join

• Deeptech product, real complexity, real impact
• High ownership: you’ll shape the hiring engine and influence the culture
• A leadership team that wants TA to be strategic, not transactional
• Salary up to AED 35,000/month (depending on experience)

Skills

• International hiring expertise (multi-region sourcing + closing across EMEA/APAC/US)
• Deeptech/tech recruiting capability (engineering, product, data/AI, security, R&D)
• Stakeholder management & influencing (intake discipline, expectation setting, pushback when needed)
• Hiring strategy & workforce planning support (prioritisation, headcount planning, role design)
• Structured interviewing & assessment design (scorecards, competency frameworks, debrief facilitation)
• Sourcing mastery (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, talent mapping, referrals, communities)
• Pipeline management & funnel optimisation (conversion rates, velocity, quality signals)
• Offer management & negotiation (close plans, compensation alignment, counter-offer handling)
• Employer branding & candidate experience ownership (messaging, comms, process clarity)
• Team leadership: managing, mentoring, and upskilling junior recruiters/resourcers
• TA operations & process improvement (SOPs, playbooks, interview training, governance without bureaucracy)
• ATS/CRM proficiency (e.g., Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Taleo or similar) + reporting dashboards
• Data-driven recruiting mindset (time-to-hire, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, quality-of-hire indicators)
• Cross-functional collaboration (People/HR, Finance, Legal, Hiring Managers, external agencies)
• Knowledge of relocation/visa considerations and cross-border hiring logistics (nice to have, but valuable)
• High bar for quality, pace, and confidentiality in a scaling environment