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Job description / Role
At Careem, our mission is to simplify the lives of people, initially through solutions that make transportation in the region reliable, and over time, through disruptions in payments and logistics. In the process, we want to build an organization that inspires and becomes a world-class institution from the region.
We have had a phenomenal start. Founded in 2012 by former entrepreneurs and McKinsey alums, Careem is an innovative transportation service operational in 43 cities from Morocco to Pakistan. With 20%-30% monthly growth, we are one of the fastest growing companies in the region. Our recipe for success has been a team that thrives on challenges, is passionate about solving problems, is not afraid to work super hard, and is a true partner in the company through generous stock option grants. We have attracted strong regional and international investors and are positioned on the cusp of significant scale. Read more about us in the New York Times or Arabian Business.
Responsibilities
- Build a world class Talent Acquisition function - hire, manage and mentor a team of agile, bold and innovative TA specialists whose obsession is to support our business partners reach their goals.
- Design and deliver on a Talent Acquisition strategy - truly understand Careem's vision and goals; and build a strategy to support our ambitious regional plans.
- Define and grow our employer brand - we are looking for someone creative and tech savvy to align our colleague value proposition to our employer brand with a focus on engineering/tech communities as well as more traditional commercial talent pools.
- Grow our bench strength - create competitive advantage for Careem by proactively building our talent pools globally.
- Be a functional guru - we will look to you to provide best practice, insights, and know how on anything and everything relating to cutting edge talent acquisition approach and processes.
- Report and monitor growth and progress - create and share live dashboards and reports which will monitor talent acquisition and business progress across key hiring metrics so that we are always fully aware of how this most critical aspect of our growth is being managed and progressed.
- Plan as we scale - this is a strategic role and you will need to act as both an enabler and a counsellor for our commercial and technical leads when it comes to planning how their teams will grow both in size and shape.
Requirements
- Not for the faint hearted - you will need to be passionate, driven and full of conviction to be successful in this role.
- Experience managing and growing a team capable of hiring for scale and complexity - this is a critical leadership role for Careem and you must have experience of leading and managing teams across multiple geographies.
- Strong planning and analytical capability - we need you to be able to support Careem to plan our talent as we scale, this means knowing your way around an excel sheet and state of the art reporting tools.
- A love of technology - we are a tech business at heart and in the Talent Acquisition function you will need to lead by example. The right candidate will know their ATS from their CRM and will be hungry to take advantage of innovative applications that will create efficiency and visibility.
- Fantastic relationship building acumen - engaging at all levels is key for the role-holder. You need to be able to drive and manage change, and sell a compelling vision.
- Deep functional expertise - your credibility will come from your ability to talk confidently about standardized workflows, job analysis, salary benchmarking, creative sourcing, your own personal network and world class process.
- Experience in a tech start-up environment is preferred - less than 10 years experience in Talent Acquisition probably won't be enough to set you up for success as our Director of TA. If you think you've got what it takes though we won't rule you out on this basis.
- Relentless positivity - we are a young, fun, ambitious team and maintaining this culture is important to us. If you can't see the upside when the going gets tough then this probably isn't the right role for you.
About the Company
We are a brand that aims to simplify people's lives by revolutionizing the transportation industry. A brand that strives to inspire everyone it interacts with, and supports every single person who dares to believe. #BeCareem
Careem is the MENA region's leading ride-hailing service and newest Tech Unicorn. With 30% monthly growth, we now operate in 50+ cities across 11 countries and host over 6 million users. With our recent Series D funding success, we are positioned on the cusp of significant scale and well on target to deliver our goal of creating one million jobs in the region by 2018.