Talent Acquisition Executive – Private Equity | Aqua Capital

Mission

Support Aqua Capital’s Talent Acquisition strategy by identifying, engaging, and hiring top-tier candidates who align with the firm’s high-performance culture, ethical standards, and strategic growth objectives.

Key Success Drivers

Talent Alignment: Ensure candidates technically fit and also culturally aligned with Aqua’s high standards in ethics, performance orientation, and customer focus.

Execution Excellence: Manage recruitment processes with high agility, speed, and precision, maintaining excellent stakeholder engagement throughout.

Innovation in Recruitment: Continuously improve sourcing strategies by leveraging innovative methods and market intelligence to attract diverse and top-performing candidates.

Expected Results:

• Hiring Delivery: Meet the assigned recruitment goals within deadlines, ensuring technical and cultural fit. Guarantee a reasonable candidate drop-offs post-acceptance and also time-to-fill.
• Quality and Impact: Achieve a positive evaluation from managers, considering performance and cultural fit. Ensure compliance with internal recruitment policies and local labor regulations.
• Stakeholder and Candidate Experience: Engage hiring managers in recruitment process, foster for high standard evaluation. Ensure a positive experience for the candidates.
• Continuous Improvement and Reporting: Implement recruitment process improvements with demonstrable results and maintain updated recruiting KPIs dashboards and provide monthly reporting to leadership.
• D&I and Branding: Guarantee a candidate pipeline consists of diverse profiles aligned with Aqua’s policies. Promote Aqua's employer brand during the recruitment process in order to attract top tier professionals.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in corporate recruitment or executive search.
• Proven track record of hiring in fast-paced, high-performance environments.
• Strong experience with competency-based interviewing and candidate evaluation.
• High-level English communication skills.

Desirable:

• Prior experience recruiting for private equity or financial services firms.
• Familiarity with culture-fit assessments and stakeholder consulting.
• Exposure to diversity recruitment initiatives.

Aqua Capital is one of the largest and most experienced investment managers in the Ag & Food sector globally, with a focus on innovation and sustainability. The company identifies opportunities across the entire sector value chain, including high-value agricultural inputs, multichannel agri-food retail, ag tech and services, as well as emerging consumer trends.

The agri-food sector has a significant impact on the climate, accounting for a large share of global greenhouse gas emissions. Latin America stands out as one of the world's leading food-exporting regions, and Aqua Capital has been widely recognized for its sustainable approach, earning awards as one of the top Private Equity managers in the region.

With multiple investment funds, Aqua Capital maintains a strong market presence, consolidating investments across various platforms and leveraging a team of specialized professionals throughout the Americas. Its commitment to sustainability and innovation is reinforced by certifications and awards from renowned institutions such as GIIN, PRI Awards, ESG AAA, and Ecovadis.