Senior Talent Acquisition & Staffing Specialist

Axis is an Egyptian fintech company focused on making financial services simpler, smarter, and more accessible through innovative digital solutions. We are looking for a highly motivated and results-driven Senior Talent Acquisition & Staffing Specialist to attract, recruit, and secure exceptional talent across Technology and Non-Technology functions. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in headhunting, end-to-end recruitment, staffing coordination, and workforce planning within a fast-paced business environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, including hiring requirements, sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination.
• Lead recruitment for Technology and Non-Technology positions, covering junior, mid-level, senior, and management roles.
• Proactively source and headhunt qualified candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, referrals, professional networks, and other recruitment channels.
• Develop effective sourcing strategies for specialized, competitive, and hard-to-fill positions.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines to support current vacancies and future hiring needs.
• Recruit across Technology functions, including Software Engineering, Product, Data, UI/UX, DevOps, Infrastructure, IT, Cybersecurity, and Quality Assurance.
• Recruit across Non-Technology functions, including Finance, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, and People & Culture.
• Conduct structured screening interviews and competency-based assessments to evaluate candidates' qualifications, competencies, experience, and cultural alignment.
• Partner with hiring managers and department heads to understand recruitment needs, staffing priorities, and business requirements.
• Support workforce planning and staffing activities by tracking approved headcount, open vacancies, hiring priorities, and anticipated recruitment needs.
• Coordinate staffing requirements for full-time, temporary, internship, freelance, and project-based positions.
• Conduct recruitment kick-off meetings to align with hiring managers on job requirements, candidate profiles, selection criteria, and hiring timelines.
• Provide hiring managers with talent market insights, salary benchmarks, candidate availability, and recruitment recommendations.
• Manage candidate communication, interview scheduling, feedback collection, offer preparation, and salary negotiations.
• Maintain an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Collaborate with People Business Partners to align recruitment activities with workforce plans and organizational requirements.
• Coordinate with the Total Rewards function to ensure hiring offers align with approved salary structures and compensation guidelines.
• Maintain accurate and updated candidate profiles, recruitment pipelines, and hiring records using the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Monitor recruitment KPIs, including Time to Fill, Time to Hire, Offer Acceptance Rate, Source Effectiveness, Vacancy Aging, and Recruitment Pipeline Conversion.
• Prepare regular recruitment and staffing reports, hiring dashboards, and vacancy status updates.
• Identify recruitment bottlenecks and implement improvements to enhance hiring efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support recruitment forecasting, talent mapping, hiring capacity planning, and staffing optimization initiatives.
• Collaborate with People & Culture and Marketing teams on employer branding, recruitment campaigns, and talent attraction initiatives.
• Build strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and external talent networks.
• Ensure recruitment activities comply with internal policies, confidentiality standards, and applicable employment regulations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of proven experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, Staffing, or Headhunting.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting for both Technology and Non-Technology positions.
• Strong hands-on experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle independently.
• Proven expertise in direct headhunting, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and passive candidate sourcing.
• Solid understanding of staffing operations, recruitment planning, headcount requirements, and workforce hiring priorities.
• Strong knowledge of technical roles, technology stacks, and recruitment requirements across Engineering, Product, Data, and IT functions.
• Proven experience recruiting senior, specialized, and hard-to-fill positions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner effectively with hiring managers and senior leadership.
• Excellent interviewing, candidate assessment, negotiation, influencing, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies and recruitment priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of recruitment KPIs, reporting, talent pipeline management, and recruitment process optimization.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), preferably Teamtailor or similar recruitment platforms.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
• Excellent command of English and Arabic, both written and spoken.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Previous experience in Fintech, Technology, SaaS, Financial Services, or high-growth startups is highly preferred.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Medical insurance for employees and eligible family members.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Subsidized gym membership.
• Competitive leave benefits.
• Professional development and career growth opportunities.
• A collaborative, dynamic, and fast-growing fintech environment.