Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition AMEA

NOV is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager to lead recruitment across Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Global Innovation Center.

This regional leadership role will own the AMEA Talent Acquisition strategy and lead a geographically dispersed team supporting business growth across technical, commercial, operational, corporate, leadership and high-volume hiring. A major focus will be supporting the scale-up of the Global Innovation Center in Kochi.

Working closely with senior business and HR leaders, the role will translate workforce plans and labour-market insight into effective hiring strategies, strong talent pipelines and a consistent candidate experience. The role will also play a key part in NOV’s ongoing Talent Acquisition transformation by driving the practical and responsible use of AI, automation and recruitment technology.

• Own and deliver the AMEA Talent Acquisition strategy in alignment with business plans, workforce requirements and NOV’s people strategy.
• Lead, coach and develop a geographically dispersed Talent Acquisition team across Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
• Partner with senior business and HR leaders on workforce planning, talent availability, labour-market insights, location strategy and recruitment risks.
• Oversee recruitment across technical, engineering, commercial, operational, manufacturing, corporate, leadership and high-volume roles.
• Lead the Talent Acquisition strategy for the Global Innovation Center scale-up in Kochi, including talent mapping, recruitment campaigns, employer branding and stakeholder engagement.
• Build sustainable pipelines for critical, specialist, leadership and hard-to-fill roles across the region.
• Drive the responsible use of AI, automation and recruitment technology to improve sourcing, productivity, hiring quality and candidate experience.
• Use recruitment data and market insights to improve performance against measures including time to fill, quality of hire, cost, offer acceptance and candidate experience.
• Ensure effective recruitment governance, vendor management, systems compliance, data privacy and adherence to employment, immigration and NOV requirements.

• Extensive Talent Acquisition leadership experience in a complex, matrixed and geographically dispersed organization.
• Proven experience leading recruitment across multiple countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific; experience across all three regions is strongly preferred.
• Practical experience using AI, generative AI, automation or emerging talent technologies in recruitment. Candidates should be able to identify valuable use cases, evaluate outputs and apply appropriate human oversight.
• Demonstrated understanding of responsible AI in hiring, including accuracy, bias, privacy, confidentiality, cultural context and regulatory compliance.
• Strong experience recruiting for technical, engineering, commercial, operational, manufacturing, corporate and leadership roles.
• Proven ability to lead strategic hiring programmes and large-scale recruitment initiatives; experience supporting the GIC scale-up in Kochi is highly desirable.
• Strong commercial, analytical and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and translate data into action.
• Experience leading change, technology adoption or Talent Acquisition transformation initiatives.
• Fluent English required. Additional regional languages are an advantage. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience is preferred.