Talent Acquisition Partner - DACH
Nexi · Germany · €9,000/month (stated in the posting)
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About Nexi
At Nexi, we're simplifying the future of digital payments. As one of Europe's leading payment companies, we combine international scale with the dynamism of a fast-moving tech company. With over 9,000 colleagues across more than 25 countries, we're shaping how people and businesses pay and interact every day. Here, your skills, curiosity, and ambition don't just support the business. They help shape what comes next.
Your Everyday at Nexi
As Talent Acquisition Partner for the DACH region, you will serve as the strategic Talent Acquisition advisor for business leaders across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Acting as point of contact for all regional business areas, you will help shape hiring strategies and ensure the successful delivery of recruitment through a combination of direct hiring expertise, external partner management and close collaboration with HR Business Partners and Centres of Excellence.
You will play a key role in translating business priorities into talent acquisition plans, driving recruitment excellence, and continuously improving the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of hiring across the region.
About Your Future Role
In this position, you will:
Strategic Talent Partnership
- Serve as the trusted Talent Acquisition Partner for senior business leaders and HR Business Partners across the DACH region.
- Translate business priorities into proactive hiring strategies and talent acquisition plans.
- Provide market intelligence, competitor insights, salary benchmarking and talent availability to support business decisions.
- Challenge hiring approaches where appropriate, ensuring alignment with business needs, organizational priorities and market realities.
- Participate in workforce planning discussions to anticipate future hiring demand and critical capability needs.
Recruitment Leadership
- Own the end-to-end recruitment strategy for your business area, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across all hiring activities.
- Lead kick-off meetings with Hiring Managers, defining recruitment strategies, sourcing approaches and realistic hiring timelines.
- Support and advise on senior, niche and business-critical hiring.
- Drive diverse sourcing strategies to build sustainable talent pipelines for current and future business needs.
- Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
Delivery Management
- Act as the governance lead for external recruitment partners supporting the DACH region.
- Monitor performance against agreed KPIs and SLAs, driving accountability and continuous improvement.
- Optimize sourcing channels and recruitment investments to maximize hiring effectiveness.
- Coordinate hiring priorities across multiple stakeholders while ensuring delivery against business expectations.
Recruitment Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Monitor recruitment performance through data and analytics, identifying trends, bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
- Drive recruitment governance, ensuring compliance with internal policies, employment legislation and GDPR requirements.
- Champion best practices in interviewing, assessment, candidate experience and hiring quality.
- Support Talent Acquisition transformation initiatives, process optimization and the adoption of new recruitment tools and technologies.
- Collaborate with Employer Branding CoE to strengthen position as an employer of choice within the DACH market.
Success in This Role
Success means becoming the trusted advisor that business leaders rely on for talent decisions. You will:
- Partner with Group’s Head of Talent Acquisition and be part of international Team of Talent Acquisition Partners spread across Europe.
- Influence hiring strategies rather than simply execute recruitment.
- Build strong partnerships with business leaders and local HR Team.
- Deliver high-quality hires while balancing speed, quality and cost.
- Create sustainable talent pipelines for strategic capabilities.
- Drive measurable improvements in recruitment performance and hiring manager satisfaction.
- Ensure consistent governance, compliance and recruitment excellence across the DACH region.
What We Value in You
We’re looking for someone eager to make a difference. Here’s what we value:
Essential Qualifications:
- Significant experience in in-house Talent Acquisition role, Recruitment Consulting or Executive Search within international and matrix organizations.
- Strong knowledge of the DACH recruitment market and local hiring practices.
- Proven experience partnering with senior business stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex recruitment portfolios across multiple business functions.
- Experience coordinating external recruitment providers and driving vendor performance.
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to balance business priorities, candidate experience and recruitment quality.
- Excellent analytical skills with experience using recruitment data and KPIs to support decision making.
- Experience working with ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter and modern sourcing methodologies.
- Outstanding communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Fluent English and German are required.
Even if you don’t check every box, your unique potential and willingness to learn could set you apart.
What’s in it for You?
- Attractive salary and a competitive benefits package to reward your expertise and contributions
- Tech equipment: Get the tools you need to succeed, including the latest technology to support your work
- Join an international team: Collaborate with experts from across Europe and bring your ideas to life in a dynamic, global environment
- Grow and develop: Gain hands-on experience and structured training through our PayTech University, designed to accelerate your career and help you reach your full potential
Life and Culture at Nexi
Working at Nexi means collaborating across teams, markets, and disciplines to solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful results. You'll be part of an environment where knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and teamwork are part of everyday life. Discover more about our culture, values, and what it's like to be part of Nexi on our Life at Nexi page.
Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
At Nexi, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. By embracing differences and fostering respect, we build a culture where every individual has the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed.
Next starts with you, everyday
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