Talent Acquisition Specialist

About This Role

This role focuses on recruiting for technology positions within Mastercard's European Technology Talent Acquisition team. The specialist will manage end-to-end hiring for specific technology job families, becoming a talent expert in those areas. The position involves working with hiring managers across Europe to deliver strong hiring outcomes and a positive candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Help hire engineers, product people, and technical specialists who build Mastercard's future
• Focus on a group of related technology job families and become the go-to talent expert for them
• Build deep knowledge of the skills, markets, and people involved
• Work with hiring managers across Europe and use a skills-based approach, modern tools, and data to deliver great hiring outcomes and a candidate experience
• Own end-to-end hiring for your job families, from intake to offer, across Dublin and wider European locations
• Lead skills-focused kick-off meetings with hiring managers to agree on role requirements, critical skills, level, and how candidates will be assessed
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for your job families that stay open all the time
• Source and engage talent directly through LinkedIn, networking, communities, referrals, events, and social media
• Write clear, inclusive job postings that describe roles in terms of skills
• Screen and assess candidates against defined skills, using structured interviews, scorecards, and technical assessment partners
• Share market insight with stakeholders on talent availability, compensation benchmarks, competitor activity, and emerging skills
• Track hiring data, including pipeline health, time-to-fill, and diversity, and use it to spot risks and keep hiring moving
• Keep candidates, hiring managers, and your leader informed with clear, timely updates
• Use AI-enabled recruiting tools and suggest new ways to make hiring smarter and simpler
• Take practical, deliberate steps to make the hiring process inclusive and fair

Requirements

• Experience recruiting for technology roles from start to finish, whether in-house, in an agency, or both
• Confident sourcing people directly and building talent pipelines for technical roles
• Good understanding of the Irish and European technology talent market
• Comfortable talking about technical skills with engineers and hiring managers; curiosity is key
• Organised and able to manage several open roles at once with pace, accuracy, and follow-through
• Comfortable using data to make decisions and share insights
• Open to using AI and new technology in your work

Nice to have:

• Experience with Workday or a similar applicant tracking system

Important Details

• Application deadline: October 31, 2026

Application Process

• Application end date: October 31, 2026