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 build the recruiting function for the region from the ground up — hiring and developing a team of 2–4 recruiters — while personally driving full-cycle search for senior and highly technical roles. Turkey is a strategic growth hub for Sezzle, and this role is foundational to that vision. You will be a player-coach: a strategic partner to hiring managers across the business who also rolls up their sleeves to recruit for the hardest positions themselves.

What You’ll Do

• Build the Turkey recruiting function from the ground up — define the team structure, roles, and success criteria in partnership with People leadership, and hire a team of 2–4 recruiters to support the hub’s growth.
• Lead, coach, and develop the recruiting team once in place — setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, holding a high performance bar, and building a culture where the best people want to stay and grow.
• Own the full-cycle recruiting process for technical and non-technical roles — from intake and sourcing through offer and close — applying Sezzle’s MEI (Merit, Excellence, Intelligence) philosophy to every hire.
• Design and continuously improve talent acquisition processes, frameworks, and tooling — drive efficiency and quality of hire, not just speed to fill.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce needs, build proactive talent pipelines, and act as a trusted advisor — not just an order-taker.
• Define and track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rate) and present regular, data-driven reporting to People leadership.
• Ensure a consistently excellent, human-centered candidate experience throughout the hiring journey — how we treat candidates reflects how we treat customers.
• Stay current on market trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability across Turkey’s technology and fintech ecosystem.

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, with meaningful time leading or developing recruiting teams in a fast-paced tech or fintech environment.
• Proven track record recruiting for highly technical roles in IT (software engineers, data, infrastructure, product, and beyond).
• Demonstrated ability to build or meaningfully improve a recruiting function — not just operate within one. We want a builder, not a maintainer.
• Strong command of modern sourcing techniques, ATS platforms, and recruiting analytics; you use data to make decisions, not just to report them.
• Advanced English proficiency (written and verbal) with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills — you can hold the line on quality with a frustrated hiring manager without damaging the relationship.
• Fluency in Turkish; solid working knowledge of Turkish labor law and local hiring practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working for a US-headquartered or globally distributed company — you know how to bridge HQ culture with local market realities.
• Exposure to high-growth or startup environments where ambiguity is the default and speed is a competitive advantage.
• Familiarity with structured candidate assessment — behavioral framewor