About the Role
BorderlessHR empowers businesses to directly access top pre-vetted, experienced African tech talents as full-time hires in days instead of months by eliminating traditional recruitment bottlenecks. We are looking for an exceptional Head of Talent Acquisition - Consulting to build and govern the systems through which our organization attracts, assesses, appoints, develops, and retains top-tier talent. In this executive-level role, you will work backwards from long-term business objectives to determine talent requirements, role structures, compensation architecture, and performance tracking systems.
Key Responsibilities- Lead end-to-end executive recruitment, from role mandate and sourcing to assessment, rigorous reference checks, and integration plans.
- Design, operationalize, and benchmark company compensation, bonus-sharing, and performance frameworks.
- Develop and govern career frameworks, role structures, organizational nomenclature, and scalable talent architecture.
- Conduct regular talent and succession assessments to identify leadership successors, development gaps, and retention priorities.
- Establish strategic university partnerships, manage NYSC recruitment programs, and oversee relevant employee administration including HMO and pensions.
- Produce talent insights and metrics for senior leadership and the Board to continuously improve recruitment quality.
- Relevant first degree with a postgraduate qualification or recognized professional HR certification as an advantage.
- Extensive senior-level talent acquisition, executive recruitment, and organizational design experience from Tier-1 banks, private equity-backed firms, top consulting practices, or high-growth institutions.
- Proven expertise in placing senior management and Director-level candidates and designing compensation frameworks.
- Exceptional judgment, systems thinking, stakeholder management, and the ability to provide candid strategic advice to senior executives.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled recruitment tools and university talent pipelines is an advantage.
- Competitive executive compensation package with performance-based bonuses.
- Comprehensive health insurance (HMO) and pension administration.
- Opportunity to shape the institutional talent standards and growth trajectory of a pioneering African HR tech company.