Talent Acquisition Lead (IT / Technology)
Location: South Manchester / Cheshire (Hybrid working a following 3-month qualifying period) (3 Days office / 2 Days WFH)
Hours: 9am - 5.30pm Mon - Fri
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
This is a strategic and hands-on in-house recruitment role focused on scaling technology hiring across the UK and international markets.
Key Responsibilities:
* Identify recruitment bottlenecks and analyse KPI data to improve hiring performance
* Design and implement scalable recruitment processes
* Develop proactive sourcing strategies and talent mapping approaches
* Partner with leadership on workforce planning and forecasting
* Provide market insight on salary trends, competitor activity and talent availability
* Translate recruitment metrics into commercial insight
* Manage full recruitment lifecycle for niche technology roles
* Headhunt specialist talent using LinkedIn Recruiter and market mapping
* Mentor and support members of the Talent Acquisition team
Requirements:
* Extensive in-house experience recruiting niche technology roles
* Experience improving recruitment strategy within a scaling organisation
* Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision making
* Commercial awareness and ability to balance speed, cost and quality
* Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Benefits:
* Career progression and accredited training
* Professional certification support
* Hybrid working (qualifying period)
* Private healthcare (qualifying period)
* Life assurance
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Pension contribution
* Profit share scheme
* Wellbeing support including 24/7 GP access
* Professional subscriptions paid