
Mekong Capital
Talent Acquisition (Senior Manager)
The Why
- Be the Leadership Catalyst: Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Private Equity in Vietnam by building exceptional leadership teams within Mekong Capital and our portfolio of investee companies.
- Be a Visionary Partner: Align talent acquisition strategies with the shared vision and culture of Mekong Capital and its investees, ensuring a harmonious, high-performing work environment that drives transformative results.
Objectives
1. Mekong Capital:
- Strategic Leadership: Provide overarching leadership to the Talent Acquisition team, ensuring alignment with Mekong Capital’s and investees’ visions and business objectives.
- Optimized Processes: Continually refine the recruitment process for effectiveness, including the creation of clear and compelling job descriptions that are vision-aligned.
2. Investee Companies:
- Executive Collaboration: Work closely with CEOs and HR Directors of investee companies to build reliable, vision-driven management teams.
- Talent Pool: Create and maintain a pool of exceptional candidates for C-Level positions within various industries.
Key Accountabilities
- Strategic Vision: Lead the Talent Acquisition team in aligning with Mekong Capital’s ontological approach and core values, as well as defined KPIs and objectives.
- Performance Metrics: Achieve or surpass annual milestones and KPIs, ensuring the Talent Acquisition team does likewise.
- Talent Alignment: Efficiently fill all positions within Mekong Capital and investee companies, ensuring cultural and vision alignment.
- Candidate Relationship Management: Develop and nurture long-term relationships with potential candidates, thereby creating a robust talent pipeline for current and future needs.
- JD Optimization: Regularly update C-suite job descriptions to accurately reflect required competencies, key deliverables, and alignment with business goals and vision.
- Capability Building: Coach the recruitment teams within investee companies, enhancing their self-sufficiency in fulfilling their talent needs, especially at the management and C-suite levels.
Key Requirements
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years in a management-level (Senior Manager/Director level) role within Talent Acquisition or Executive Search.
- Track Record: Proven success in building, leading, and managing high-performing teams.
- Industry Expertise: Solid experience and a strong network in C-suite recruitment across sectors such as Retail, F&B, Education, Consumer Finance, Logistics, and Manufacturing.
- Language Skills: Fluency in both English and Vietnamese is required.
- Mindset: Results-oriented, with a strong sense of curiosity.
- Communication: Exceptional skills in direct communication with teams and stakeholders to drive results.