Title and Summary

Senior Specialist, Tech Talent Acquisition

We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated Sr. Tech Talent Acquisition specialist with a track record of success to join our team. Reporting to the Director, Tech Talent Acquisition you'll play a critical role in supporting the growth of our Services & Commercial & New Payment Flows businesses. In this role, you'll serve as a strategic talent advisor to hiring teams, and recruit for experienced-level positions across North America.

Role
- Lead and deliver a seamless search process that effectively attracts, assesses, and closes the best technical talent possible.
- Develop tailored recruiting strategies for each client group and execute them by utilizing knowledge of internal and external talent pools to generate a robust and diverse pipeline of qualified candidates.
- Build a trusted advisor relationship with hiring managers and key stakeholders across the People & Capability organization.
- When necessary, partner with Total Rewards to develop and communicate compensation packages to final candidates, considering pertinent external market data, internal equity, and skills and experiences brought to the role by the selected candidate.
- Drive inclusive hiring practices across the talent acquisition lifecycle.
- Stay informed of industry trends, competitive intelligence, and market conditions to effectively target top talent.

All About You
- Deep experience in technology recruitment, with a proven track record of identifying, attracting, and securing top-tier talent across roles such as Software Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Data Engineers, ML Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Technical Product Managers in a corporate or search firm environment.
- Knowledge of modern technical stacks, including frameworks, languages, and tools commonly used in software development, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and product management.
- Act as a trusted partner to both hiring managers and candidates by demonstrating an understanding of engineering principles and trends.
- Results-driven with a strong sense of urgency. Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. A high degree of business acumen and comfortability in dealing with ambiguity.
- Experience fostering collaborative working relationships advising and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Knowledge of employment laws as well as associated human resources and hiring practices.
- High level of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality.
- Highly proficient with all Microsoft Office products particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with Workday ATS is preferred, but not required.

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Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $78,000 - $121,000 USD

Arlington, Virginia: $90,000 - $139,000 USD

Atlanta, Georgia: $78,000 - $121,000 USD

Boston, Massachusetts: $90,000 - $139,000 USD

Purchase, New York: $90,000 - $139,000 USD