# Senior Recruiter, Expansion at Wave

- Company: Wave
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://wave.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://www.wave.com/en/careers/job/6191347004?gh_jid=6191347004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/wave-senior-recruiter-expansion/

## About the role

This role exists to solve that. You'll be a deployable recruiter on our expansion recruiting team, sent into new markets ahead of launch to do the groundwork that can't be done remotely, and to stay long enough to hand a working hiring engine to the permanent team. We've proven this model works. What we need now is someone who can do it in francophone markets. Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years owning end-to-end recruitment
- 3+ years of in-house recruiting in Africa, in high-growth or scaling environments
- Full professional fluency in French and English, including negotiating comp and handling difficult conversations in both
- Experience recruiting in a market you did not previously know, where you had to build the map yourself rather than work an existing network
- Strong experience hiring for both field and office roles
- Right to work in one of our operating countries, and a passport and personal circumstances that allow you to move across the continent on short notice

Tags: People Operations