Talent Acquisition Lead

About Sezzle

With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We're not just transforming payments; we're redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we're building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you're excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!

About the Role

We are seeking a talented and motivated Talent Acquisition Lead who is best in class with a high IQ plus a high EQ. Based in Turkey, you will lead a team of 3–4 recruiters and own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for the region. This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing fintech team, with abundant prospects for career advancement. You will be a strategic partner to hiring managers across the business while rolling up your sleeves to recruit for senior and highly technical positions yourself.

What You'll Do

• Build the Turkey recruiting function from the ground up, including hiring a team of 3–4 recruiters; define the team structure, roles, and success criteria in partnership with People leadership.
• Lead, coach, and develop the recruiting team once in place, setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Own the full-cycle recruiting process for technical and non-technical roles, from intake and sourcing through offer and close.
• Design and continuously improve talent acquisition processes, frameworks, and tooling to drive efficiency, quality of hire, and candidate experience.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce needs and build proactive talent pipelines.
• Define and track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, source effectiveness, etc.) and present regular reporting to People leadership.
• Ensure a consistently excellent, human-centered candidate experience throughout the hiring journey.
• Stay current on market trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability in Turkey's technology and fintech sectors.

What We Look For

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience leading talent acquisition processes and teams, ideally within a fast-paced tech or fintech environment.
• Proven track record recruiting for highly technical roles in IT (software engineers, data, infrastructure, product, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to manage and develop a recruiting team, including setting priorities, building accountability structures, and mentoring junior recruiters.
• Strong command of modern sourcing techniques, ATS platforms, and recruiting analytics.
• Advanced English proficiency (written and verbal) with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluency in Turkish; familiarity with Turkish labor law and local hiring practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working for a US-headquartered or globally distributed company.
• Exposure to high-growth or startup environments where adaptability and speed are essential.
• Familiarity with employer branding strategies and recruitment marketing.
• Experience using data and dashboards to influence hiring decisions and resource planning.

About You

• You have relentlessly high standards – many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.
• You're not bound by convention – your success—and much of the fun—lies in developing new ways to do things.
• You need action – speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking.
• You earn trust – you listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
• You have backbone; disagree, then commit – you can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly.
• You deliver results – you focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle.

What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome

At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire.

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