Director, Talent Acquisition

Major Accountabilities:

• Partner closely with the HR team in the UK and the hiring managers to manage and coordinate a diverse number of recruitments including different types of positions across a variety of Business Units including Technology and Operations, Product Management, Business Development, Sales and more.
• Manage the recruitment process from end to end, typically consisting of:
o Intake conversations with the hiring managers
o Manage stakeholder relationships with the hiring managers, candidates, agencies and HR team, serving as the point of contact for internal and external candidates.
o Sourcing candidates via in-company, online tools and other external sourcing approaches, with the aim of developing a talent pool of qualified candidate in the short and longer term.
o Qualification of candidates via initial screening and other selection approaches
o Providing feedback to the candidates, hiring managers and agencies
o Reference taking
o Contract offering
• The recruiter will need to familiarize him/herself with Vocalink's culture, Core values, organization, systems, processes and tools
• Maintains the recruitment tracking systems, and provide reporting to the Director of Talent Acquisition Europe as well as HR Business Partners
• Work on ad-hoc projects such as preferred suppliers list, European graduate recruitment programme etc.

• Monitors effectiveness metrics to identify improvements to talent acquisition strategies (time-to-fill, cost per hire, diversity, candidate pipeline quality, and applicant tracking system functionality)

Qualifications and Competencies:
• Bachelor's or Masters degree
• 7+ years of Strong demonstrable experience in recruiting at all levels, preferably in both agency and corporate environments, and in a similar fast paced, high volume, matrix environments (FMCG, ICT, Fintech, Financial Services)
• Strong Sourcing experience using a variety of methodologies including social media, career networks, employee referrals, job fairs, conferences and experience in managing contingent/retained search firms
• Experience in engaging and managing relationships with key stakeholders at all levels to understand and address the business and talent acquisition needs
• Knowledge of behavioral/competency based interviewing techniques
• Fluency in English (written and spoken). Knowledge of other languages is a plus
• Good command of Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Proven relationship building, stakeholder management, problem solving and critical thinking skills, along with being an effective communicator with strong influencing capabilities.
• Strong team player; must be able to self-direct and work and collaborate effectively with others at all levels of the organization
• Efficient, proactive and can-do mind-set, willing to go the extra-mile
• Puts the customer first and operates in line with the Mastercard values and business ethics at all times.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• 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.