Talent Acquisition Manager - Sub Sahara and Africa

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

• Operate as a trusted advisor to the business by establishing and maintaining strong relationships with hiring teams, as well as function/country leaders
• Provide a tailored end-to-end talent acquisition service from initial briefing through to direct sourcing, screening/interviewing candidates, sharing feedback and facilitating the offer process all whilst keeping global SLAs top of mind and adding new value at each stage of the process
• Build strong talent pipelines by proactive sourcing of qualified leads using Visa’s employer branding across a mix of recruitment channels
• Coordinate with team members – Reward / HRBP’s / Coordinators – to ensure speed and efficiency of the recruitment process for the designated region
• Work closely with your Talent Acquisition Leader to collect and coordinate aggregate data for talent pools and translate the data into insights that drive deliberate action plans at the appropriate levels
• Proactively promote career opportunities to Visa’s internal employee population to meet our internal mobility goals
• Participate in the rollout of talent acquisition related initiatives, fostering and optimizing programs such as the employee referral program
• Collaborate with People Business Partners and business leaders to understand strategic direction from both function and country perspective, and create talent acquisition strategies to align to company multi-year strategic outlook
• Champion diversity through the commitment to provide gender diverse shortlists to hiring manager Provide first class customer experience that demonstrates quality, speed and strategic approach

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong full-cycle talent acquisition experience acquired from a global multinational organization (7+ years).
• Experience in Fintech, Management / Strategy Consulting, Technology or Financial Services would be a strong advantage
• Experience in managing recruitment for multiple markets and functions, across all organizational levels
• Experience in all areas of sourcing – LinkedIn, professional communities, local platforms, social media, referrals, internal mobility programs, etc.
• Outstanding interviewing, communication, negotiation/closing, organization and problem-solving skills
• Previous experience in gathering metrics and delivering compelling recruitment insights into the business using data and analytics
• Proven track record engaging and handling numerous internal customers and requisitions in a fast-paced environment
• Validated project management expertise including collaborating effectively with Coordinators, Talent Attraction, Hiring Managers and People Business Partners.

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.