About the Role

Zeraki is seeking a proactive, analytical, and strategic Talent Manager dedicated to sourcing, developing, and managing high-potential, early-career talent. This role is pivotal for Zeraki as we strongly prefer hiring talented young professionals and supporting their growth into world-class contributors. The Talent Manager will leverage Zeraki’s structured career ladders, comprehensive onboarding programs, clear performance frameworks, and strategic use of data analytics. While we do not expect extensive prior experience in all these areas, we seek a candidate with strong foundational HR skills, analytical aptitude, and the potential to rapidly develop into a talent management leader.

Key Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition Strategy:

• Develop and implement clear, structured recruitment processes aligned with Zeraki’s detailed career ladders.
• Collaborate closely with managers to maintain clearly defined role descriptions and structured expectations.
• Utilize competency-based assessment frameworks to accurately identify and select high-potential talent.

Talent Development & Performance Management:

• Implement and continually refine structured onboarding programs, clear performance frameworks (e.g., structured evaluations, competency-based assessments), ensuring fairness, consistency, and clarity.
• Support rigorous application of Zeraki’s performance management processes, emphasizing growth and development.
• Identify high-potential employees through structured performance reviews and develop tailored development pathways aligned with established career ladders.

Workforce Planning & Succession:

• Partner with leadership to forecast talent needs aligned with Zeraki’s growth objectives, focusing especially on cultivating talent internally.
• Lead structured succession planning efforts to ensure readiness for critical positions through consistent talent development and structured assessments.

Employee Engagement & Retention:

• Use structured engagement frameworks and clear career progression opportunities to foster high employee satisfaction and retention.
• Champion internal mobility and clear career paths, enabling employees to see and pursue growth opportunities within Zeraki.

Data & Analytics:

• Monitor and analyze key talent KPIs (e.g., hiring quality, retention, succession readiness), leveraging analytics and insights to inform strategy.
• Learn and integrate advanced analytics, including AI-driven tools, to enhance decision-making, predict talent trends, and optimize workforce performance.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Organizational Development, Psychology, Business, or related fields.
• Approximately 3-4 years of work experience, ideally in an HR generalist, recruitment, or talent development role.
• Demonstrated foundational understanding of structured onboarding, recruitment practices, and performance management frameworks. Experience or strong interest in learning data-driven talent management methods is preferred.
• Candidates with strong generalist HR backgrounds, analytical capabilities, and a willingness to learn structured methodologies and analytics tools are strongly encouraged to apply