Recruitment Manager - EG

Pearl Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Department: Human Resources

Work Arrangement: Remote

Job Type: Independent Contractor, Full Time

Work Schedule: US Time Zone (candidate expected to be flexible with the client's preference)

Locations: Philippines, LATAM, South Africa, Kenya, and other remote regions with excellent English communication skills

Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund. We're looking for the sharpest, hungriest candidates who we can consistently promote and work with over many years.

Candidates we've hired have been flown out to the US and EU to work with our clients, and even promoted to roles that match folks onshore in the US.

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At Pearl, we're not just another recruiting firm—we connect you with exceptional opportunities to work alongside visionary US and EU founders. Our focus is on placing you in roles where you can grow, be challenged, and build long‑term, meaningful careers.

The Recruitment Manager leads talent acquisition strategy and execution, balancing hands‑on hiring with team leadership and scalable recruitment operations. This role is responsible for building high‑performing recruiter teams, driving hiring outcomes, and ensuring recruitment processes, systems, and standards support consistent delivery at scale.

You will own talent acquisition from planning through execution—partnering with stakeholders on hiring needs, leading recruiters, overseeing full‑cycle recruitment, optimizing workflows, and using data to continuously improve performance. This role is ideal for recruitment leaders who enjoy coaching teams, driving results, and building structured, repeatable hiring engines in fast‑moving environments.

Your leadership directly influences hiring velocity, candidate quality, and recruiter performance. By developing strong recruiters, improving processes, and setting clear standards, you enable organizations to scale efficiently while maintaining a high bar for talent. Your ability to translate hiring needs into execution ensures teams stay ahead of growth demands.

• Recruitment Strategy & Workforce Planning – 25%: develop talent acquisition strategies aligned with hiring goals; partner with stakeholders on workforce planning and hiring forecasts; design scalable recruitment roadmaps and hiring plans; define sourcing strategies by role type, market, and seniority; anticipate hiring risks; align recruitment capacity with business growth plans.
• Team Leadership & Development – 25%: lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters (3–10+); set clear performance expectations, KPIs, and hiring standards; conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development planning; support recruiter skill‑building; balance workloads; foster a high‑accountability, collaborative team culture.
• Full‑cycle Recruitment Execution – 20%: oversee end‑to‑end recruitment delivery; ensure healthy pipelines; review candidate submissions; support or directly recruit on high‑priority roles; ensure consistent candidate experience; manage escalations.
• Recruitment Operations & Process Optimization – 20%: own and optimize recruitment processes, workflows, and SOPs; implement and maintain ATS and recruitment tools; standardize intake, sourcing, and interview processes; improve efficiency through automation; maintain pipeline hygiene; refine processes based on data.
• Metrics, Analytics & Reporting – 10%: track recruitment KPIs; monitor funnel health; build and review dashboards; use data to guide prioritization; forecast hiring capacity.

• 2–5+ years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment.
• 1–2+ years leading recruiters or managing recruitment delivery.
• Strong full‑cycle recruitment expertise across varied role types.
• Proven ability to coach, manage, and scale recruiter performance.
• Experience building or improving recruitment processes and systems.
• Strong understanding of recruitment…