Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, we work with partners to create impactful solutions so that people can take charge of their futures and achieve their full potential. In the United States, we aim to ensure that everyone—especially t...

Responsibilities or duties

We are seeking a driven, agile, and collaborative Global Recruiting Partner to lead end-to-end regional recruitment across a broad portfolio of programmatic and operational roles, from individual contributor positions through to senior leadership, supporting multiple divisions across the foundation. In this role, you will champion the foundation's employee value proposition to attract, engage, and hire a diverse pipeline of exceptional talent from around the world in support of our mission. You will be responsible for developing and executing innovative sourcing and research strategies to identify and engage highly specialized technical and operational talent for our global offices. You will bring a consultative mindset and serve as a trusted talent advisor, partnering closely with hiring managers to understand their business needs, challenge assumptions, provide market insights, and guide informed hiring decisions. You will build strong relationships with stakeholders while delivering an exceptional recruitment experience for both hiring managers and candidates. The successful candidate will be able to manage a high volume of recruitment activity while maintaining a consistently high-quality experience for both candidates and hiring managers. You will possess exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills, thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment, and demonstrate the agility to balance competing priorities while delivering exceptional hiring outcomes. The position will be based in Nairobi, and report to the Senior Global Recruiting Manager based in India.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

The ideal candidate is driven, intellectually curious, commercially astute, and passionate about identifying and engaging exceptional talent across global markets. You thrive in a fast-paced, global environment, consistently managing a diverse portfolio of concurrent recruitment searches across multiple functions, geographies, and levels. You excel at balancing competing priorities while maintaining a high standard of quality, responsiveness, and stakeholder partnership. You deliver an exceptional experience for both candidates and hiring managers, bringing credibility, professionalism, sound judgment, and a consultative approach to every interaction.

Experience needed

Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Minimum of 8 years of progressive talent acquisition experience in the private sector, consulting, or nonprofit organizations, with a proven track record of managing complex regional and global recruitment across a broad range of functions and seniority levels in a high-volume and fast-paced environment. Demonstrated expertise in executive search, talent mapping, and proactive sourcing, with a strong track record of identifying, engaging, and attracting diverse technical, operational, and programmatic talent across global markets in the Africa continent and beyond. Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent end-to-end recruitment searches while balancing competing priorities, meeting deadlines, achieving performance goals, and delivering an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring managers. Results-oriented with a strong bias for action and a demonstrated ability to build high-quality, diverse talent pipelines that meet evolving business needs. Experience designing, implementing, and continuously improving innovative talent acquisition programs, processes, and technologies, including the application of AI and other emerging recruitment tools. Strong consultative and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence hiring decisions, challenge assumptions, and build trusted partnerships across a complex, global, matrixed organization. Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and effectively apply internal policies, governance, and recruitment processes while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and the overall hiring experience. Strong analytical skills with experience using talent market intelligence, recruiting metrics, and workforce data to inform hiring strategies, forecast talent needs, and drive continuous improvement. Demonstrated intellectual curiosity, learning agility, resilience, sound judgment, and resourcefulness, with the ability to adapt quickly to changing business priorities. Strong commercial acumen, including experience developing competitive offers and leading complex compensation and offer negotiations. Proven ability to build credibility and influence with senior leaders, providing strategic talent advice and market insights to support informed hiring decisions. Exceptional judgment and discretion, with a demonstrated ability to manage confidential information, navigate ambiguity, and prioritize multiple complex assignments with professionalism, diplomacy, and attention to detail. Outstanding communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently while contributing to a highly collaborative global team.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

Comfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic and operational situations, demonstrating culturally sensitive behaviour with a diverse range of people and a deep commitment to development issues and high standards of personal integrity. Ability to travel internationally.

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for technical, operational, and executive-level roles, including talent sourcing, candidate identification and engagement, assessment, interviewing, selection, offer negotiation, and onboarding support.
• Develop and execute innovative talent acquisition strategies to identify, attract, and secure high-caliber talent across diverse functions and global markets.
• Build trusted, collaborative relationships with candidates, hiring managers, HR partners, and key stakeholders, delivering a high-quality recruitment experience throughout the hiring lifecycle.
• Partner with Hiring Managers and HR Business Partners to understand current and future talent needs, identify critical capability gaps, and develop proactive talent pipeline strategies.
• Serve as a consultative talent advisor, influencing hiring decisions by providing market intelligence, talent insights, competitive benchmarking, and strategic guidance aligned with business priorities.
• Partner closely with colleagues across the People team - including HR Business Partners, Associates, Compensation, Global Mobility, and other regional and US-based colleagues - to navigate and execute internal processes that support the recruitment lifecycle.
• Leverage recruiting technologies and market intelligence tools, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Workday, TalentNeuron, and other sourcing platforms, to map talent markets, identify prospects, and build diverse talent pipelines.
• Conduct targeted talent mapping and competitive research to identify organizations and individuals aligned with immediate hiring needs and long-term workforce planning.
• Continuously build and maintain expertise on global talent markets, labor trends, and competitive intelligence to inform recruitment strategies across the foundation's regional offices.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Talent Acquisition by sharing best practices, market insights, and process innovations with colleagues across the global recruiting team.

• Executive search
• Talent mapping
• Proactive sourcing
• Stakeholder management
• Consultative approach
• Market intelligence analysis
• Recruiting technologies (LinkedIn Recruiter, Workday, TalentNeuron)
• Offer negotiation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive talent acquisition experience in the private sector, consulting, or nonprofit organizations.
• Proven track record of managing complex regional and global recruitment across a broad range of functions and seniority levels in a high-volume and fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in executive search, talent mapping, and proactive sourcing.
• Strong track record of identifying, engaging, and attracting diverse technical, operational, and programmatic talent across global markets in the Africa continent and beyond.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent end-to-end recruitment searches while balancing competing priorities, meeting deadlines, achieving performance goals, and delivering an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring managers.
• Results-oriented with a strong bias for action and a demonstrated ability to build high-quality, diverse talent pipelines that meet evolving business needs.
• Experience designing, implementing, and continuously improving innovative talent acquisition programs, processes, and technologies, including the application of AI and other emerging recruitment tools.
• Strong consultative and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and effectively apply internal policies, governance, and recruitment processes.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using talent market intelligence, recruiting metrics, and workforce data.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity, learning agility, resilience, sound judgment, and resourcefulness.
• Strong commercial acumen, including experience developing competitive offers and leading complex compensation and offer negotiations.
• Proven ability to build credibility and influence with senior leaders.
• Exceptional judgment and discretion, with a demonstrated ability to manage confidential information, navigate ambiguity, and prioritize multiple complex assignments.
• Outstanding communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.