Talent Acquisition Manager, Uganda | M-KOPA Kampala

M-KOPA; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

M-KOPA is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead end-to-end hiring across Uganda and beyond, partnering with leadership to build a scalable recruitment function.

You will shape briefs with deep market insight, develop sourcing pools, and run hiring like a product, measuring quality and candidly adjusting briefs to market realities.

This remote role requires travel to the office at least one day per week and works across UTC-1 to UTC+3 time zones, reporting to the Head of TA.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable end-to-end recruitment experience in Uganda.
• Experience with high-volume and specialist hiring.
• Strong sourcing via adverts, referrals and networks.
• Deep knowledge of the Ugandan labour market and counter-offers.
• Ability to shape briefs and partner with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own hiring across a broad mix of roles in Uganda and beyond, partnering with leadership.
• Build sourcing engine: pools, referrals, and professional relationships.
• Run recruitment like a product; measure quality and align briefs to market.
• Leverage AI tools to raise quality of work (Claude, Notion, Ashby).

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

High-volume hiring

Specialist hiring

Sourcing via adverts/referrals/network

Ugandan market knowledge

Remote collaboration

Job description

Talent Acquisition Manager, Uganda | the company KampalaYou’re a recruiter people rely on. Your hiring managers trust you, your pipeline is healthy, and you’re probably happy where you are. But when did a hire of yours last change something bigger than a team’s headcount

What makes this role interesting,Perhaps in your current role: you fill requisitions from someone else’s brief. Here: you help write the brief, because you know the Ugandan talent market better than anyone else in the room.

Maybe you currently manage one kind of hire. Here: field sales, customer support, operations, technology, finance, fraud, leadership, the list goes on and often in the same month.

You will,

• Own hiring across a broad mix of roles in Uganda and beyond (Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria and Europe) partnering directly with our leadership teams.

• Build the sourcing engine: talent pools, referrals, and professional community relationships.

• Run recruitment like a product, measuring quality of hire and telling hiring managers honestly when a brief doesn’t match the market.

• Extensively use AI tools to improve the quality of your work, Claude, Notion, Ashby.

This role is demanding, and you’ll be accountable for outcomes, not activity. If that appeals, you’re probably ready for exactly this.

About UsIn Uganda, the company has unlocked more than UGX 1 trillion in credit for over one million customers. 53% bought their first smartphone through us, and 86% use their device to earn an income. Across the group we’ve passed 10 million customers, with 2,500+ employees and 35,000+ agents. We doubled from 5 million to 10 million customers in under two years, and our hiring has to keep pace. That’s why you may have seen us advertising several roles. It’s deliberate, and this one is where it starts.

For Remote roles:

This is a remote role, (you will be expected to travel to the office 1 day a week min) you would be working within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC+3) with a diverse group of other employees working remotely from locations such as UK, Europe and Africa. You will be reporting to the Head of TA

Expertise

• Demonstrable end-to-end recruitment experience in Uganda, across both high-volume and specialist hiring.

• Other African Country experience will be a significant benefit or a growth opportunity

• A proven track record of sourcing and attracting candidates directly through adverts, referrals and your own network.

• Strong command of the Ugandan labour market, including how to close a candidate holding a counter-offer.

Not sure it’s for you? Let’s have a conversation and find out.

Why the company?

At the company, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility.

Join us in shaping the future of the company as we grow together. Explore more at .

Recognized four times by the Financial Times as one Africa's fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), named on CNBC's World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 & 2026 and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024 , we've served over 10 million customers, unlocking $2 billion in cumulative credit for the everyday e-bikes financed in Kenya.

Important Notice

the company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

the company explicitly prohibits the use of Forced or Child Labour and respects the rights of its employees to agree to terms and conditions of employment voluntarily, without coercion, and freely terminate their employment on appropriate notice. the company shall ensure that its Employees are of legal working age and shall comply 

the company does not collect/charge any money as a pre‑employment or post‑employment requirement. This means that we never ask 

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