Junior Talent Acquisition Lead at Sezzle

About Sezzle With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we’re building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping! About the Role We are seeking a talented and motivated Talent Acquisition Lead who is best in class with a high IQ plus a high EQ. Based in Turkey, you will build the recruiting function for the region from the ground up — hiring and developing a team of 2–4 recruiters — while personally driving full-cycle search for senior and highly technical roles. Turkey is a strategic growth hub for Sezzle, and this role is foundational to that vision. You will be a player-coach: a strategic partner to hiring managers across the business who also rolls up their sleeves to recruit for the hardest positions themselves. What You’ll Do • Build the Turkey recruiting function from the ground up — define the team structure, roles, and success criteria in partnership with People leadership, and hire a team of 2–4 recruiters to support the hub’s growth. • Lead, coach, and develop the recruiting team once in place — setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, holding a high performance bar, and building a culture where the best people want to stay and grow. • Own the full-cycle recruiting process for technical and non-technical roles — from intake and sourcing through offer and close — applying Sezzle’s MEI (Merit, Excellence, Intelligence) philosophy to every hire. • Design and continuously improve talent acquisition processes, frameworks, and tooling — drive efficiency and quality of hire, not just speed to fill. • Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce needs, build proactive talent pipelines, and act as a trusted advisor — not just an order-taker. • Define and track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rate) and present regular, data-driven reporting to People leadership. • Ensure a consistently excellent, human-centered candidate experience throughout the hiring journey — how we treat candidates reflects how we treat customers. • Stay current on market trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability across Turkey’s technology and fintech ecosystem. Working Hours: This role operates on a fixed schedule of 12:00 PM to 8:30 PM GMT+3. While the role supports teams in Türkiye, candidates must be available to consistently work during these hours. What We Look For • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field. • 3+ years of experience in talent acquisition, with meaningful time leading or developing recruiting teams in a fast-paced tech or fintech environment. • Proven track record recruiting for highly technical roles in IT (software engineers, data, infrastructure, product, and beyond). • Demonstrated ability to build or meaningfully improve a recruiting function — not just operate within one. We want a builder, not a maintainer. • Strong command of modern sourcing techniques, ATS platforms, and recruiting analytics; you use data to make decisions, not just to report them. • Advanced English proficiency (written and verbal) with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills — you can hold the line on quality with a frustrated hiring manager without damaging the relationship. • Fluency in Turkish; solid working knowledge of Turkish labor law and local hiring practices. Preferred Qualifications • Experience working for a US-headquartered or globally distributed company — you know how to bridge HQ culture with local market realities. • Exposure to high-growth or startup environments where ambiguity is the default and speed is a competitive advantage. • Familiarity with structured candidate assessment — behavioral frameworks, competency-based interviewing, or psychometric tools. • Experience using data and dashboards to influence hiring decisions, resource planning, and senior leadership conversations. About You • You have relentlessly high standards – many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed. • You're not bound by convention – your success—and much of the fun—lies in developing new ways to do things. • You need action – speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking. • You earn trust – you listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully. • You have backbone; disagree, then commit – you can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly. • You deliver results – you focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle. What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire. #LI-Remote #Full-time