Talent Acquisition Manager

Organization: AXIAN Digibank & Fintech
Position: Talent Acquisition Manager
Gender: Woman or man
Experience required: 8+ years
Locations:

• Islamabad, Pakistan
• Dakar, Senegal
• Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Antananarivo, Madagascar
• Dubai

Job overview

AXIAN Digibank & Fintech is recruiting an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to oversee end-to-end recruitment, employer branding, assessment tools, talent sourcing, and recruitment systems across the group’s geographic footprint. 

Let’s grow together—become our Talent Acquisition Manager.

Education and experience

Candidates should have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources.
• At least eight years of experience in Talent Acquisition.
• Experience in fintech or technology, preferably within African markets.

Your profile

The ideal candidate should demonstrate the following competencies and attributes:

• End-to-end recruitment design.
• Structured interviewing and scorecarding.
• Work-sample and case design.
• Basic psychometrics selection.
• Strong sourcing expertise using LinkedIn Recruiter, talent communities, universities, bootcamps, and referrals.
• Employer branding experience, including Employer Value Proposition activation, content calendars, role landing pages, and basic SEO/SEM.
• Assessment tooling experience, including vendor evaluation, rubric and cut-score creation, and validity and reliability tracking.
• Fluency in English; French is an advantage.
• A candidate-centric approach that balances high standards with a respectful, transparent, and engaging candidate experience.
• Comfort with ambiguity and change, with the ability to thrive in a scale-up environment where priorities evolve quickly.
• Collaboration and humility, including the ability to work closely with business teams, remain open to feedback, and co-build processes.
• A data-driven mindset, using recruitment funnel metrics and source return on investment to refine strategies and influence decisions.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate business needs into compelling talent stories for candidates at all levels.

Your challenges

The Talent Acquisition Manager will be responsible for:

• Owning the complete end-to-end recruitment cycle at headquarters level, including calibrated job descriptions, structured interviews, scorecards, work samples and tests, references, and candidate Net Promoter Score.
• Integrating company culture into hiring practices through Talent Acquisition guidelines and tests aligned with organizational values.
• Defining and launching the Employer Value Proposition and its narrative across every touchpoint.
• Designing and implementing assessment tools by role family, including case banks, psychometrics, and culture-fit tests.
• Managing the Applicant Tracking System, Candidate Relationship Management system, and recruitment dashboards covering time-to-hire, source return on investment, and Talent Acquisition quality.
• Ensuring compliance with local labour laws.
• Building the employer brand in collaboration with the Brand and Communications teams through a content engine, social media presence, and employee storytelling.
• Developing sourcing partnerships with universities, bootcamps, and technology communities, as well as alumni and diaspora programmes.
• Securing talent pipelines for critical roles and senior management or executive positions.
• Mapping the fintech talent market across the group’s geographic footprint.
• Coaching and harmonising Talent Acquisition practices across countries.
• Rolling out the global recruitment playbook and interview kits and adapting the Employer Value Proposition locally.

How to Apply:
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