Standard Chartered UAE
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
- Urgent
Job expiry date: 06/10/2025
Job overview
Date posted
22/08/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
06/10/2025
Job description
Standard Chartered is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Senior Resourcing Specialist) to lead the end-to-end recruitment process for critical roles across the bank. The role requires acting as a strategic partner to hiring managers, delivering exceptional candidate experiences, and building diverse talent pipelines to support long-term growth. The position demands strong market insight, innovative sourcing strategies, and a focus on the MENA region’s localization agenda.
Required skills
talent management
brand management
candidate sourcing
recruitment strategy
localization
HR policies
standards and procedures
success factors
talent pooling
headhunting
market intelligence
data driven hiring
banking recruitment
diverse talent pipelines
full cycle recruitment
Key responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for mid-to-senior level positions across business units.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs, define role requirements, and advise on effective hiring strategies.
- Build and maintain a network of high-quality candidates through proactive sourcing, headhunting, and talent pooling.
- Leverage data and market intelligence to guide hiring decisions and influence talent strategies.
- Ensure an exceptional candidate experience at every stage of the process.
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the recruitment process.
- Manage relationships with internal and external partners, ensuring high-quality delivery and cost efficiency.
- Stay up to date on market trends, competitor activity, and talent availability in the banking and financial services sector.
- Drive Localization Agenda across the MENA region.
Experience & skills
- Extensive hiring-focused experience with full project life cycle recruiting in a fast-paced environment.
- Prior experience working in-house and managing localization agenda through hiring.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with senior-level managers and stakeholders.
- Extensive experience of recruitment at an operational and strategic level (in-house preferred, or search firm / consultancy).
- Knowledge and experience of HR information systems (Success Factor preferred).
