Group M Nexus

Talent Adquisition Latam Director (Global Offshore – Latam Hub)

Location: Colombia - Bogotá

The ideal candidate for this trail-blazing team will act as a strategic talent advisor, in partnership with our key stakeholders, driving the end–to–end recruitment process.
You will work to locate and attract the best and brightest talent to the Offshore hub by articulating the unique career opportunities available to specialists in the Offshore hub. You will need to be resourceful in meeting short-term spikes in demand coming from markets around the world. You will also have to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion within the TA team and in the profiles of specialists being hired. During peak hiring months, you will have to close 50-60 hires per month at different levels of seniority, and across different media activation specializations. The role gives an opportunity to work with Multiple stakeholders globally and focus on mid to senior positions.

3 best things about the job:

• Opportunity to work with the largest media investment holding company in the world, supporting a strategically important operating unit.
• Variety: You will work with a diverse range of talent across our businesses to understand their roles and requirements, constantly building your knowledge about the media industry.
• Team: Join a close-knit, world-class Talent team that will inspire and support you. To be part of a very dynamic HR team that has been adding value to the business through its strategy and HR initiatives y-o-y.

Measures of success:
In three months, you would have:

• Understood the Group M local, regional and global operating model, with specific insight into Group M Nexus Offshore vision and operations.
• Developed strong relationship and built trust with local and global stakeholders.
• Familiarized yourself with our current hiring approach and identify opportunities to improve upon it.
• Connect and build relationship with your internal team and with the rest of the Group M Latam TA community which supports the local operations.

In six months, you would have:

• You will have started making a significant business impact through your understanding, knowledge and initiatives.
• Created a talent pipeline for open and anticipated positions across Paid Search, Programmatic, Paid Social, Commerce,Adops, Digital IO, SEO and Analytics.

In 12 months, you would have:

• You would have successfully launched your most important and impactful TA strategy based on the needs of the agency.
• Created a network in the talent market.
• Developed and managing a diverse pipeline of candidates, while actively managing a high volume of searches.
• Understand the entire company's business context, composition, competencies, deliverables and their stakeholders and support leadership with hiring of key position

What your day job looks like at Group M:

• Own end-to-end Talent Acquisition life cycle for all channels across geographies, with a strong focus on strategy, planning, driving fulfilment metrics and building world-class systems and processes.
• Provide leadership to the sourcing process across campus, volume, and niche hiring through all related channels of recruitment like an internal referral, job sites, media campaigns, and vendors.
• Continuously review, improve, and facilitate effective talent acquisition process yielding the best talent pipeline and efficient selection process to match current and future talent needs.
• Identify the skills and competencies required to support current and future business activities
• Utilize recruitment media, job fairs, and e-recruiting tools as required to attract qualified candidates and identifying different sources to find relevant pool to meet business requirement and help expedite the hiring process.
• Develop relationship with hiring managers, global teams, and leadership level and strategically develop hiring plan for the unit.
• Planning off and on campus hiring to help build internal pipeline for the unit based on business requirement
• Competition mapping: Identify competition companies and gather key insights about their team structures and profiles
• Establish a strong collaborative mechanism to solve difficult mandates with a focus on meeting the expectations of multiple stakeholders.
• Manage and training a team of Mid senior to junior recruiters supporting hiring for Group M Nexus- Offshore global team.
• Develop and manage metrics to measure the growth and performance of your Talent acquisition team.
• Provide accurate, up to date and informative recruitment dashboard along with reporting of recruiting effectiveness (channel mix, cost of hire, quality of hire, etc.) for the Function.
• Partner closely with the stakeholders to understand the diversity and inclusion goals of the organization and develop a talent acquisition road map to meet those goals.
• Proactive engagement with the relevant external talent pool to ensure seamless Succession planning.
• Proactive talent mapping to understand the construct of external talent on role mix, compensation levels, etc. And keep the TA team abreast of critical market developments.
• Ensure the internal tools and ATS are updated on real time bases for leadership and global team review.

What you’ll bring:

• Relevant experience. Demonstrated experience of working in process-oriented and high-quality work environments
• Planning & Organizing – prioritizes & plans work activities, well organized & methodical approach
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Process-oriented, have a passion for identifying top talent, partnering with a collaborative team, and driving results, handle complex & challenging environment & deal with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Analytical skills – able to interpret present information which drives decision making
• Be able to handle complex & challenging environment & deal with a solution-oriented mindset
• Ability to create high-quality processes and lead the team to adhere to those standards
• Proven track record of leading the Talent agenda in an independent capacity

Minimum qualifications & Skills needed

• 7+ years of relevant experience of high volume hiring is required.
• Experience of leadership hiring is a must have.
• Ability to manage a large high performing team of Talent specialists
• Prior experience in hiring for biddable media activation roles is required.
• Functional knowledge of excel is required.

More about Group M
Group M leads and shapes media markets by delivering performance-enhancing media products and services, powered by data and technology. Our global network agencies and businesses enable our people to work collaboratively across borders with the best in class, providing them with the opportunity to accelerate their progress and development. We are not limited by teams or geographies; our scale and diverse range of clients let us be more adventurous with our business and talent. We give our talent space, support and tools to innovate and grow.
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