Talent Acquisition Manager (Remote)

Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: Fully Remote

Reports To: CEO

Start Date: ASAP

About the Role:

Our client is a global leader in cloud services, renowned for their cutting-edge technology, exceptional capabilities, and top-tier talent. Since their inception, they have consistently pushed the boundaries of cloud innovation, transforming, building, and optimizing products to enable businesses to fully leverage the power of the cloud’s native capabilities.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Talent to lead and evolve our recruitment strategy. This role requires a dynamic, forward-thinking professional who can scale a high-performing, global recruitment function while addressing critical hiring gaps in key areas such as sales, solutions architecture, technical executives, engineering leadership, and go-to-market roles.

We are looking for someone who will excel at creating and refining recruiting pipelines, building strong employer branding, and implementing innovative hiring processes. They will work closely with the CEO to align on goals and objectives but will have full autonomy to execute and build an efficient, diverse, and scalable recruiting function.

Key Responsibilities:

Immediate Priorities:

• Continue to build global, distributed teams, including ICs and team leads.
• Streamline, improve, and automate recruitment pipelines for technical hires.
• Address acute hiring challenges for sales, go-to-market, and executive roles.
• Develop strategies to effectively recruit salespeople, solutions architects, and client-facing roles.
• Build scalable approaches to attract and retain top-tier talent in these areas.

Forward-Looking Strategy:

• Build a forward-thinking recruitment machine:
• Expand networks of talent for both current and future needs.
• Lead efforts in employer branding to enhance visibility and appeal.
• Design innovative, scalable screening processes to attract diverse talent pools.
• Ensure the recruiting function is efficient, effective, and adaptable to changing business needs.

Long-Term Vision:

• Solve constraints in recruiting beyond tech and development roles.
• Enhance the attractiveness of the company to a broader range of candidates.
• Implement a data-driven recruitment funnel with comprehensive dashboards and reporting.
• Promote diversity as a core element of the recruitment strategy.

What We’re Looking For:

Proven Experience:

• Success in building global, distributed teams, including ICs, team leads, and executives.
• Expertise in addressing hiring challenges in sales, go-to-market, and client-facing roles.
• Strong understanding of recruitment for both tech and non-tech roles in fast-paced environments.
• Shaped the talent strategy for a growing, remote first global organization.

Skills & Attributes:

• Ability to think deeply about problem-solving and stand out in a competitive recruitment market.
• Familiarity with the UK recruitment market and service-side staffing.
• Proficiency in building and managing recruitment funnels and performance dashboards.
• Commitment to driving diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Exceptional autonomy and trustworthiness, with a track record of aligning with company goals and delivering results.

Mindset:

• Strategic and forward-thinking, with a passion for employer branding.
• Collaborative yet self-sufficient—able to build without micromanagement.
• Skilled at tailoring value propositions to different candidates and roles, particularly in a fully remote context.

• Opportunity to directly shape the talent strategy for a growing, global organization.
• A high degree of autonomy to innovate and implement solutions.
• Be part of a company that values diversity and fosters a culture of inclusion.