Specialist, Talent Acquisition (Technology Recruiter)

Mastercard; Dunboyne; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard's European Tech Hub in Dublin is seeking a Specialist, Talent Acquisition (Technology Recruiter) to join its Europe Talent Acquisition team. You will own end-to-end hiring for technology roles, focusing on engineers, product specialists and technical experts who shape Mastercard's future.

You will build evergreen talent pipelines and collaborate with hiring managers across Europe to deliver strong hiring outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting technology roles end-to-end.
• Confident in direct sourcing for technical positions.
• Ability to talk about technical skills with engineers and hiring managers.
• Comfortable using data to inform decisions and sharing insights.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end hiring for technology job families across Europe.
• Lead kick-off meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements and assessment.
• Build and maintain continuous talent pipelines.
• Source and engage candidates via LinkedIn, events, referrals and social media.
• Write inclusive job postings focused on skills.
• Screen candidates using structured interviews and assessment partners.
• Share market insights on talent availability and compensation.
• Track pipeline health, time-to-fill and diversity; adjust as needed.
• Provide timely updates to candidates and stakeholders.
• Adopt AI-enabled recruiting tools and explore smarter processes.
• Promote inclusive and fair hiring practices.

Skills

Tech recruiting

Sourcing talent

Data-driven decisions

AI in recruiting

Stakeholder management

Candidate experience

Tools

Workday

Job description

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Specialist, Talent Acquisition (Technology Recruiter)

Overview

Technology is at the heart of everything we do, and our European Tech Hub in Dublin is central to that. We're looking for a Technology Recruiter to join our European Technology Talent Acquisition team. You'll help us hire the engineers, product people and technical specialists who build Mastercard's future.

This isn't a generalist recruiting role. You'll focus on a group of related technology job families and become the go-to talent expert for them. You'll build deep knowledge of the skills, markets and people involved. You'll work with hiring managers across Europe and use a skills-based approach, modern tools and data to deliver great hiring outcomes and a candidate experience people remember for the right reasons.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end hiring for your job families, from intake to offer, across Dublin and our wider European locations.
• Lead skills-focused kick-off meetings with hiring managers to agree on role requirements, critical skills, level and how candidates will be assessed.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for your job families that stay open all the time, rather than filling one vacancy at a time.
• Source and engage talent directly through LinkedIn, networking, communities, referrals, events and social media.
• Write clear, inclusive job postings that describe roles in terms of skills.
• Screen and assess candidates against defined skills, using structured interviews, scorecards and technical assessment partners.
• Share market insight with stakeholders on talent availability, compensation benchmarks, competitor activity and emerging skills.
• Track your hiring data, including pipeline health, time-to-fill and diversity, and use it to spot risks and keep hiring moving.
• Keep candidates, hiring managers and your leader informed with clear, timely updates.
• Use AI-enabled recruiting tools and suggest new ways to make our hiring smarter and simpler.
• Take practical, deliberate steps to make our hiring process inclusive and fair.

About you

• Experience recruiting for technology roles from start to finish, whether in-house, in an agency or both.
• Confident sourcing people directly and building talent pipelines for technical roles.
• Good understanding of the Irish and European technology talent market.
• Comfortable talking about technical skills with engineers and hiring managers. You don't need to be technical, just curious.
• Organised and able to manage several open roles at once with pace, accuracy and follow-through.
• Comfortable using data to make decisions and share insights.
• Open to using AI and new technology in your work.
• Experience with Workday or a similar applicant tracking system is helpful but not essential.

Why join us

You'll join a supportive, high-performing team. You'll build real specialist expertise and work on some of the most interesting technology hiring in Europe. You'll also have room to grow your career, whether that means deeper specialism, leading a group of job families, or moving into a broader talent role.

We know great people don't always meet every requirement. If this role excites you, we'd love to hear from you.

Corporate Security Responsibility

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.