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.

- 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.