Talent Acquisition Manager, Uganda

• PositionTalent Acquisition Manager, Uganda
• CompanyM-KOPA
• LocationKampala, Uganda
• Job TypeFull Time
• CategoryManagement Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryFintech
• DepartmentCorporate
• DeadlineApplications reviewed on a rolling basis

M-KOPA is an African fintech platform that provides financed smartphones and other digital and financial products for everyday earners. Its operating model spans customer-facing field teams, technology, finance, operations and cross-market corporate functions.

The company states that its Uganda operation has unlocked more than UGX 1 trillion in credit for over one million customers. Across the group, its scale includes more than 10 million customers, 2,500-plus employees and 35,000-plus agents, creating a broad recruitment brief for this Kampala-based role.

The Talent Acquisition Manager owns recruitment outcomes across Uganda and beyond, working directly with leadership teams on a broad mix of high-volume and specialist roles. The role goes beyond filling requisitions: it helps shape briefs around the realities of the Ugandan talent market and builds the sourcing engine through talent pools, referrals and professional communities.

The position is hybrid and reports to the Head of TA. It also treats recruitment like a product by measuring quality of hire, advising managers when a brief does not match the market, and using tools such as Claude, Notion and Ashby to improve the quality of work.

• Own hiring across a broad mix of roles in Uganda and beyond, including Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria and Europe, partnering directly with leadership teams.
• Build the sourcing engine through talent pools, referrals and professional community relationships.
• Run recruitment like a product by measuring quality of hire.
• Tell hiring managers honestly when a brief does not match the market.
• Use AI tools including Claude, Notion and Ashby to improve the quality of recruitment work.
• Source and attract candidates directly through adverts, referrals and your own network.
• Apply strong knowledge of the Ugandan labour market, including closing a candidate holding a counter-offer.

Required Education

• Not stated in the advert.

Work Experience

• Demonstrable end-to-end recruitment experience in Uganda across both high-volume and specialist hiring.

Additional Requirements

• Experience in other African countries is a significant benefit or growth opportunity.
• A proven track record of direct sourcing through adverts, referrals and your own network.
• Strong command of the Ugandan labour market, including counter-offer situations.
• The role is hybrid and reports to the Head of TA.

Technical Skills

• Recruitment tools: Use Claude, Notion and Ashby to improve recruitment work.
• Sourcing: Build talent pools and source through adverts, referrals and professional networks.
• Hiring analytics: Measure quality of hire and assess brief-to-market fit.
• Market knowledge: Apply detailed knowledge of the Ugandan labour market.

Soft Skills

• Advisory communication: Tell hiring managers honestly when a brief does not match the market.
• Stakeholder partnership: Work directly with leadership teams across functions and countries.
• Candidate influence: Handle candidate decisions including counter-offers.
• Ownership: Be accountable for recruitment outcomes rather than activity.
• Adaptability: Work across high-volume and specialist hiring needs.

M-KOPA states that it offers diverse development programmes, coaching partnerships and on-the-job training, alongside family-friendly policies, well-being support and flexibility.

• Shape hiring briefs around Uganda’s labour market.
• Work across field sales, support, operations, technology, finance, fraud and leadership roles.
• Partner directly with leaders in Uganda and other markets.
• Build talent pools, referral routes and professional communities.
• Measure quality of hire as an outcome.
• Use Claude, Notion and Ashby in a modern recruitment workflow.
• Work in a hybrid Kampala arrangement and report to the Head of TA.
• Help hiring scale alongside a large multi-market workforce.

Submit your application through the M-KOPA application page. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

• Show end-to-end recruitment examples from Uganda.
• Separate your high-volume and specialist hiring experience.
• Describe direct sourcing through adverts, referrals and personal networks.
• Give evidence of building talent pools or professional community relationships.
• Explain how you advise managers when a brief does not fit the market.
• Prepare a specific example of handling a candidate with a counter-offer.
• Name the recruitment, AI or productivity tools you have used, where relevant.