Regional Talent Acquisition Manager MEA & APAC

NOV is seeking an experienced Regional Talent Acquisition Manager to lead recruitment across Africa the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

In this newly created role you will partner with senior business and HR leaders to develop effective data-driven hiring strategies that support workforce plans and business growth. You will lead a geographically dispersed Talent Acquisition team and oversee recruitment for technical commercial operational corporate leadership and high-volume positions across diverse markets.

• Develop and deliver the regional Talent Acquisition strategy in line with business plans and workforce requirements.
• Advise leaders on talent availability labour-market trends sourcing options recruitment risks and location strategies.
• Build strong talent pipelines for critical specialist leadership and hard-to-fill roles.
• Oversee the full recruitment process from role intake and sourcing through assessment offer management and onboarding handover.
• Monitor recruitment performance against agreed KPIs and service levels including time to fill offer acceptance cost quality and candidate experience.
• Lead coach and develop a regional team of Talent Acquisition professionals.
• Partner with business leaders HR Business Partners and functional teams across Engineering Sales Operations Manufacturing Supply Chain Field Service and Corporate functions.
• Support recruitment campaigns referral programmes campus initiatives talent mapping and high-volume hiring including the GBS scale-up in Kochi.
• Strengthen NOVs employer brand and ensure candidates receive a consistent professional and inclusive experience.
• Maintain strong recruitment governance vendor management documentation and system compliance.
• Ensure recruitment activities comply with applicable employment legislation data privacy requirements immigration regulations and NOV policies.

• Extensive end-to-end Talent Acquisition experience including leadership responsibility within a complex matrixed and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Proven experience leading recruitment across multiple countries in Africa the Middle East and/or Asia Pacific. Experience covering all three regions is strongly preferred.
• Experience recruiting for engineering technical sales operations manufacturing corporate and leadership positions.
• Experience in the energy industrial manufacturing or oilfield services sectors is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Talent Acquisition strategy workforce planning sourcing talent pipelining recruitment campaigns and supplier management.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage competing business priorities.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using recruitment data to improve performance quality cost and candidate experience.
• Excellent communication consulting and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English is required. Additional regional languages are an advantage.
• A bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Psychology or a related discipline is preferred. Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

You will be a strategic and commercially focused Talent Acquisition leader who combines market insight operational discipline and strong people leadership. You will build trusted relationships with stakeholders develop high-performing recruitment teams and deliver consistent inclusive and effective hiring outcomes across the region.