Global Talent Acquisition Manager

WE ARE Opinov8 is a technology service provider, with an Opinion in Innovation. We engage with our clients at any stage in their product engineering and innovation goals, with solutions being mainly collaborative and outcome-driven. We are driven by delivering value for our clients through technological innovation. We are a young, energetic, and dynamically agile company, and the team behind Opinov8 are software industry veterans. We are ambitious on our own and on our client’s behalf and we do not look at a client engagement as a project; we are in it to help our clients build sustainable products, platforms, and businesses.

Our core values and what we look for in our Opinov8rs:

• Collaborative - a key component to being successful in distributed environments.
• Innovative - it is a requirement that we innovate, as individuals and as a company.
• Adventurous - courageous people are adventurous; we are hiring and nurturing this quality.
• Respectful - remember if you don’t respect others, they will not respect you.
• Inherently Intelligent - it goes without saying we are all intelligent in our own way.
• Ultimately Responsible - being responsible is a core personality trait needed for our and our clients’ success and ultimately a happy work environment.

Position Overview:

We are actively recruiting a Global Talent Acquisition Manager to be a key part of our Global People Function and sit on the People Leadership Team. You will act as a credible expert leading all talent acquisition initiatives to meet the global talent needs of Opinov8. You will utilize industry & business acumen and serve as a dedicated, strategic, trusted partner to our Senior Leadership Team and hiring managers. This position will be responsible for optimizing and evolving recruiting processes, collaborating with our Brand Manager on driving employment branding, driving strategic processes in hiring to implement growth plans, managing a global team of Talent Acquisition Partners and Resourcers, and using a data-driven mindset to provide oversight to the day-to-day operations of our talent acquisition function. Reporting to the Global People Director, this is a key and highly visible position, which interacts with all levels of management across multiple areas and locations in our organization by providing expertise on all staffing and recruiting strategies, policies, and leading recruitment programs that will ensure our organization can successfully attract and engage top talent.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead the Global Talent Acquisition function, partnering with our Leaders and hiring managers to source and attract top talent with a strong emphasis on our global footprint.
• Set strategic direction for the Talent Acquisition function and evolve it into a best-in-class function.
• Partner with the Pre-sales and Delivery teams to understand future skills needs and long-term growth strategies for our organization with a view to building proactive candidate relationships and pipelines.
• Evaluate, streamline, and improve current recruiting processes where needed.
• Manage and develop a team of Talent Acquisition Partners and Resourcers to hire the best talent available in the markets and to achieve their KPIs.
• Develop and maintain performance metrics that provide clarity of trending, benchmarking, and insight to drive performance, process improvements, and visibility through reporting.
• Assess external labour market conditions in the locations we operate in, analyze trends, create metrics, and address business needs to develop highly effective and proactive recruiting strategies.
• Work with the wider People Leadership Team and function to develop and champion strategic recruiting initiatives including interview training, employment branding, pay scales, employee retention, etc.
• Conduct and share market intelligence related to industry trends and Senior Leadership.
• Constantly evaluate external trends and identify opportunities to promote creative and innovative recruiting strategies.
• Prioritize and champion candidate experience through the recruitment process.
• Collaborate on Employer Brand initiatives.
• Evolve Recruitment Analytics providing insights to Leaders and stakeholders which serve to inform decision making.

Skills Needed:

• Previous experience of managing a Talent Acquisition Team in a global and expanding organisation.
• Demonstrable experience of managing and evolving a sizeable talent acquisition team.
• Proven track record of implementing strategic recruiting practices in a scaling organization.
• Successful track record creating innovative, progressive approaches to talent acquisition and candidate sourcing methodologies.
• Extremely strong business partnering skills, networking, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong results and process improvement orientation with a sense of urgency to achieve goals and results.
• Success in hiring technical talent in a highly competitive market.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business objectives into executive Talent Acquisition priorities.
• Model strong leadership, accountable for coaching, developing, progressing, and retaining employees within the function.
• Excellent communication & presentation skills for successful sharing of complex data in understandable formats.
• Experience in managing relationships and partnering with C-level executives.
• Experience working in a fast-paced international environment.
• Experience with a Technology Service Provider or similar industry is required.