Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in South Africa.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the complete recruitment process for senior leadership, specialist, and critical business roles, including those that are sensitive or confidential when necessary.

• Convert business objectives into concise hiring briefs, providing guidance to leaders on role scope, candidate profiles, seniority, location, compensation, and evaluation methods.

• Develop and implement targeted search strategies utilizing talent mapping, direct sourcing, and personalized engagement.

• Facilitate kick-off meetings, calibration sessions, and hiring discussions to align expectations, challenge assumptions, and support timely, data-driven decisions.

• Evaluate leadership capabilities, relevant experience, and transferable skills.

• Handle complex offers, counter-offers, and sensitive discussions with candidates.

• Mentor colleagues through search reviews, candidate assessments, and feedback on sourcing, evaluations, and stakeholder interactions.

• Assist in diagnosing stalled searches, refining strategies, and overcoming challenging hiring obstacles.

• Support priority searches beyond your designated portfolio and collaborate with the Global Talent Acquisition Lead on critical hiring and capacity issues.

• Share effective practices and transform successful strategies into tools, guidance, and team workflows.

• Leverage recruitment data, market insights, and candidate feedback to identify risks and propose actionable solutions.

• Maintain precise records and reporting within Greenhouse.

• Enhance structured, inclusive assessment practices and improve candidate experience.

• Drive enhancements in sourcing, assessment, workflows, and automation, showcasing the impact on hiring quality, conversion rates, speed, and candidate experience.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in successfully managing senior, complex, and critical business hires across commercial and business functions, preferably within the iGaming and/or FinTech sectors.

• Experience in leading targeted searches for leadership and director-level roles, from initial scoping and market mapping to offer acceptance.

• Demonstrated ability to function as a player-coach: managing your own recruitment portfolio while enhancing the judgment, skills, and effectiveness of colleagues.

• Established credibility with senior stakeholders, including a track record of constructively challenging requirements, influencing hiring decisions, and managing competing priorities.

• Strong practical skills in direct sourcing, candidate evaluation, offer negotiation, and closing.

• Commercial acumen and the ability to align hiring decisions with business priorities, rapidly acquiring knowledge of unfamiliar functions or talent markets.

• Good judgment and discretion in handling ambiguous requirements, sensitive appointments, and complex candidate discussions.

• Ability to translate recruitment data and market insights into clear recommendations and actionable interventions.

• Extensive hands-on experience using Greenhouse for workflow management, data quality, reporting, and stakeholder visibility.

• Proven record of improving recruitment processes or tools. Experience with Greenhouse integrations, automation, or other recruitment technologies is a plus.

• High level of autonomy, accountability, and a consistent commitment to inclusive, evidence-based, and candidate-focused hiring.

🏝️ Benefits

• Sporty is a remote-first company focused on sustainability.

• A competitive salary plus individual performance-based bonuses every quarter.

• 28 days of annual leave.

• Access to top-of-the-line equipment.

• Annual company retreats that offer excellent internal networking opportunities.