Talent Acquisition Specialist - 6-12m Contract

TEAM OVERVIEW

KKR’s Global Human Capital (“HC”) team provides commercially aligned people strategies by working closely with business leaders, employees, and key stakeholders to deliver on human capital and talent needs. The HC team accomplishes this by implementing world class, advisory & talent solutions that:

• Drive first quartile investment performance
• Create differentiated outcomes aligned with the firm’s strategic priorities
• Provide an exceptional employee experience
• Preserve (and evolve) our unique culture
• Use data and analytics to inform our decision making
• Protect the firm’s license to operate

KKR’s Human Capital team is comprised of Business Partners & Centres of Excellence (Talent Development, Talent Acquisition, People Ops & Data, Culture, Total Rewards, etc...). Together, we seamlessly deliver human capital services and solutions, across all stages of an employee’s lifecycle at KKR.

The Talent Acquisition (“TA”) team within Human Capital was launched in 2020 with a small, US focused effort. Today, we are a global team of 25+ with capabilities to recruit from campus and other early career pipelines through to senior, experienced hires across our Asset Management, Insurance and Business Operations groups. We are now focused on continuing to grow our EMEA TA platform and the team is committed to building strong partnerships across the firm, and is a tight-knit, collaborative group that values excellence and teamwork.

POSITION OVERVIEW

KKR is seeking a dynamic and experienced recruiter to join the firm’s growing EMEA Talent Acquisition team and support our Technology recruiting efforts based in Dublin. This individual will play an integral role in shaping the firm’s talent strategy by helping to identify, attract, and engage top-tier candidates in support of KKR’s continued global growth.

The ideal candidate will have a broad range of recruiting experience in the financial services or the technology industry.  The ideal candidate will have experience from a best in class in-house environment. They will be able to operate independently and drive full-cycle recruiting efforts from end to end in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. The ideal candidate is highly organized, self-motivated, collaborative, and resilient, with a keen eye for both strategic alignment and detail execution.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage end-to-end talent acquisition processes across various business units, creating and implementing talent acquisition strategies as appropriate
• Provide guidance to hiring managers on talent acquisition processes, controls and policies
• Source and pipeline qualified candidates through a wide variety of channels
• Evaluate, interview and present qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicit feedback on candidates to refine talent acquisition strategy as applicable
• Partner with senior management, HR colleagues, and finance to anticipate upcoming needs and strategize pipelines
• Proactively share innovative solutions to add value, anticipate needs, and streamline the process for the client
• Demonstrate expert level of understanding of talent acquisition needs by participating in client meetings, being aware of changes within the business, acting as a subject matter expert for areas of talent acquisition responsibility as well as managing hiring manager/candidate expectations
• Provide a positive candidate experience with frequent and timely communication throughout the talent acquisition process; share manager feedback and appropriately disposition all candidates
• Educate candidates on the career growth potential, benefits, compensation philosophy and many advantages of employment, selling both the firm and the opportunity
• Conduct appropriate compensation expectation conversations with both hiring managers and candidates to ensure closure of offers
• Utilize the complete functionality of the applicant tracking system (Greenhouse) and maintain data integrity and controls

QUALIFICATIONS

• ~4-8 years of experience with full life cycle talent acquisition in a fast paced corporate environment
• Client/relationship management experience at a senior level
• Versatility to work on assignments across a wide range of businesses and disciplines
• Superior multitasking, project management and presentation skills coupled with business acumen
• Interpersonally effective and comfortable interacting with employees at all levels
• Innovative, creative and results oriented
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment of change, challenge and multiple deadlines and priorities
• Strong ability to consistently prioritize and re-prioritize
• Experience handling sensitive/confidential information
• High level of comfort with direct sourcing and the ability to sell currently employed potential candidates on opportunities within the firm
• Experience with sophisticated compensation negotiations
• Demonstrated ability to interact with senior level candidates and managers

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