Specialist, Talent Acquisition

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Specialist, Talent Acquisition Overview We are the global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities. As technology continues to move at rapid pace, our talent landscape is transforming too. Our Talent acquisition team is an intrinsic part of the business that drives the talent supply agenda to realize Mastercard’s vision of ‘A World beyond Cash’. We want to recruit a high performer with an entrepreneurial & solutioning mindset to join us as a part of this team. Role • Accountable for designing, planning and coordinating the sourcing efforts; ensure the talent acquisition programs are scalable to support local, regional and global activities • Monitor progress against the goals for time-to-fill, cost per hire, diverse candidate slates and talent pipelines for the region • Develop diverse and ready to hire pipelines of candidates as designated • Develop market intelligence and work on key strategic projects at regional and/or global scale • Own the talent – hunt, engage, farm, bring it to the business and add them to the workforce • Develops sourcing strategies through detailed market research and data mining, using resources such as LinkedIn or social media pertaining to prospective candidates • Executes marketing and branding talent acquisition strategies (e.g. timed social media postings, segmentation driven visuals), and collaborates with Communications to achieve designated objectives • Coordinate phases of the talent acquisition process for assigned talent pipeline and evaluates team recommendations of candidates • Follow talent acquisition specific processes and systems All About You: • Strong background in Talent Acquisition in managing high volume recruitment efforts preferably from Fintech company • Strong people management skills, should have worked in E2E & sourcing led recruiting model • Ability to work as an individual contributor with the help of sourcing and interview coordinating team • Extensive experience in building sourcing strategies including direct sourcing, agency usage, etc • Experience managing high volume recruiting processes • Experience managing candidate life cycle through an applicant tracking system, preferably Workday • In-depth understanding of technology landscape and hiring trends in India • Strong background in IT hiring, preferably in Java and related technologies • Experience implementing talent acquisition programs/processes including candidate screening, assessment and selection in a fast-paced, high volume and matrixed environment • Track record delivering hiring results that meet business needs and expectations • Develop recruitment sourcing strategy including direct sourcing, agency usage, campus programs, etc. • Manage vendor relationships to support high volume recruiting efforts • Build partnerships with the leadership team to identify important talen