About the opportunity
About the Role
As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you’ll lead end-to-end hiring for critical commercial roles while also driving improvements in sourcing strategy, stakeholder alignment, and pipeline strength. You will act as a talent partner to business leaders.
Key Responsibilities
Own full-cycle recruitment for commercial positions.
Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies across channels.
Lead calibration and strategy sessions with hiring managers.
Ensure an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience.
Use data to identify bottlenecks and recommend process improvements.
Provide coaching and guidance to junior recruiters or coordinators.
Collaborate with People Ops to ensure smooth onboarding transitions.
What you need to be successful
Requirements
3–5+ years of end-to-end recruitment experience prefereably in commercial hiring.
Proven success hiring for fast-paced, target-driven teams (e.g., Sales, AM).
Strong stakeholder management and advisory skills.
Confident with data, reporting, and process optimization.
Hands-on sourcing experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other tools.
Ability to work independently and deliver under tight timelines.
Fluency in English is required.
Who we are
As the region’s leading local tech organization, we’re proud to say that we have been delivering for millions of people right across MENA for the past 18 years.
We were founded in Kuwait in 2004, and acquired by Delivery Hero (DHER) in 2015. This gives us a unique outlook - local knowledge with global expertise. It also allows us to innovate, create, and bring new technologies for the betterment of the MENA region, such as q-commerce, sustainable packaging, cloud kitchens, autonomous delivery vehicles, robots, and drones.
Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items, and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 4,500+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches.
Our q-commerce concept, talabat mart (121 Stores), now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less! Our philosophy is to ensure we do what is suitable for our ecosystem- our customers, partners, people, riders, and the communities in which we operate.
