Job description

The Assistant Vice President, Talent Acquisition within the People & Intellectual Capital Group (PICG) at Mashreq is responsible for executing the bank’s recruitment strategy and managing end-to-end talent acquisition operations across the United Arab Emirates, Mashreq Global Network (MGN), and other overseas locations. The role focuses on prospecting, sourcing, evaluating, and hiring talent across multiple levels to meet workforce planning and manpower requirements across the bank’s groups and divisions. The position plays a strategic and operational role in developing and implementing sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective recruitment strategies that align with the bank’s growth objectives and talent acquisition needs. The role includes sourcing candidates using multiple channels including internal e-recruitment infrastructure, external recruitment platforms, and recruitment consultancies while maintaining a strong pipeline and database of qualified candidates globally. The position requires organizing and executing recruitment processes including interviews, assessment centers, candidate evaluation, and background screening procedures including written and verbal reference checks, UAEPNG screening, and other due diligence processes required for external hires. The role involves negotiating employment offers including grade, salary, and benefits for new recruits while balancing the need to attract high-quality talent and maintain internal pay equity across the organization. The Assistant Vice President also contributes to workforce initiatives including Emiratisation hiring programs within the UAE and evaluates alternative staffing models to support flexible and cost-effective staffing for dynamic business areas such as payments and digital banking. The role requires researching and evaluating new recruitment markets and innovative talent acquisition practices, including sustainable recruitment approaches and digitization initiatives aligned with lean methodology principles. The position is responsible for building employer branding initiatives that position Mashreq as a leading employer and ‘best place to work’ while maintaining strong collaboration with business units, People Advisory Business Partners (PABPs), and hiring managers to address business challenges and workforce requirements. The role also includes managing talent acquisition performance metrics by defining, tracking, and reporting recruitment KPIs while supervising talent acquisition teams and contributing to program and project management initiatives related to workforce planning and recruitment transformation within the banking and financial services industry.