We’re hiring a Talent Partner to support Lean’s next phase of growth in Saudi Arabia. Leveraging your recruitment expertise in the Kingdom, you will be responsible for hiring best-in-class talent to join our Riyadh team. This is a challenging yet rewarding opportunity for someone looking to play a pivotal role in scaling a Saudi fintech at the heart of the Kingdom’s ecosystem.

About the job

We’re building Lean with a mission to fuel the next generation of financial services in the Kingdom, with such a mission requires top talent! One of the best things about working at Lean is the people you work with, to date we’ve built a highly talented team of 95+ employees from over 30+ nationalities, 20 of those coming in our Riyadh office. Due to Lean’s recent growth in Saudi coupled with recent regulatory developments published by the Central Bank, Lean is hiring a Talent Partner to own end-to-end recruitment processes across Commercial, Business, and Product functions in Saudi. 

Who are we

Lean enables companies to seamlessly connect to their users’ bank accounts to initiate real-time payments and retrieve their account information. Our products have garnered the trust of leading companies and enabled them to deliver powerful experiences when connected with a user’s bank account, allowing users to perform prudent financial planning, get better rates on loans, transfer money to friends, and more, without compromising on privacy or security.

Some of Lean’s clients include the likes of Tabby, Nayifat, Tamam, Circlys, and many more, making it the region’s most valuable Open Banking platform. The company has now processed over a billion dollars, and its products are also connected with hundreds of thousands of accounts. Lean envisions a fully inclusive financial ecosystem that serves everyone, no matter where they bank or live in the MENA region.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment lifecycle: Own end-to-end recruitment campaigns from role kick-off through to candidate signature for entry level to senior positions 

• Candidate Sourcing; Identify the best sourcing channels in KSA to build and maintain diverse talent pools of best-in-class talent for current and future hiring needs.

• Recruitment Metrics & Reporting: Leverage market insights (talent availability, compensation, target company offerings, diversity challenges etc) to provide data-informed recommendations to our hiring managers and execs. Analyse Recruitment metrics to improve your recruitment processes and performance. 

• Employer Branding; Help promote Lean’s employer brand in Saudi by providing a positive candidate experience. Build Lean’s brand by representing the company at industry events, job fairs, meetups and establishing relationships with Saudi’s top universities. 

• Utilize our Applicant Tracking System (Ashby) to manage recruitment campaigns, candidate communication, build talent pipelines, measure performance and more.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven track record of hiring Commercial roles (including Sales, Customer Success and Technical Account Managers)

• Experience utilising an Applicant Tracking System to manage recruitment campaigns, candidate communication, build talent pipelines and measure performance. 

• Knowledge of using creative sourcing techniques to identify top talent, with a good understanding of local market trends and hiring practices. Able to articulate strategies for diversity.

• Serious about data - you have experience leveraging market insights to drive decisions and strategies. You’re able to analyse metrics to improve your recruitment processes.

• Insatiably curious. You look beyond job profiles to truly understand the needs of the business. You’re constantly learning about new recruitment trends, tools, and techniques.

• Ownership - You take full ownership of your work and you’re accountable for the entire recruitment process and its outcomes.

• A confident communicator and influencer, comfortable talking to people at all levels. You understand how best to adapt their approach to the audience.

Desired Qualifications

• In-house recruitment experience is highly preferred 

• Experience hiring within/for a technology startup

NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!!

Why Join us?

Our products have received resoundingly positive feedback from developers and customers alike, with Sequoia leading its $33 million Series A round, marking its first in the GCC. Yet, this is just the beginning. We're working tirelessly to expand our coverage across the region while further deepening the value we provide to our stakeholders. To that end, we're always on the lookout for talented, driven, and entrepreneurial candidates to join us in our mission of enabling the next generation of financial innovation. If you're motivated by solving hard problems and leaving a lasting legacy while you're at it, Lean's where you need to be.

Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey!

Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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