Role Overview
Talent Acquisition Manager (Technology)
The Talent Acquisition Manager will own and lead the end-to-end hiring function for a fast-growing, technology-driven organization. This role is responsible for building, managing, and scaling a high-performing recruitment team, delivering hiring outcomes for critical technical and corporate roles, and ensuring hiring execution directly supports business growth.
Reporting into senior leadership, this role combines strategy with hands-on delivery, acting as a key partner to business leaders while maintaining direct accountability for hiring performance, team capability, and process excellence across regions.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Management
- Lead, coach, and performance-manage a team of recruiters across technical and non-technical hiring
- Set clear hiring targets, KPIs, and accountability for the recruitment function
- Hire, onboard, and develop recruiters to support scale and changing business needs
- Establish consistent recruitment standards, governance, and operating rhythms
Hiring Strategy & Workforce Planning
- Translate business plans into actionable hiring roadmaps and workforce plans
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Data, Security, and Corporate leaders to forecast and prioritize hiring needs
- Balance speed, quality, and cost while managing hiring demand in fast-paced environments
- Own delivery for permanent and contingent hiring
Tech Hiring & Execution
- Oversee hiring for complex technical roles including engineering, product, data, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity
- Ensure structured, fair, and scalable interview and assessment processes
- Act as escalation point for critical hires, difficult searches, and senior technical roles
- Drive consistent candidate and hiring-manager experience across regions
Employer Branding & Talent Attraction
- Strengthen employer value proposition for technical and digital talent
- Partner with Marketing to improve employer brand presence across LinkedIn, careers pages, and tech communities
- Support participation in tech events, meetups, and talent pipelines
Data, Tools & Process Optimization
- Own recruitment metrics including time-to-hire, quality of hire, funnel conversion, cost, and DEI indicators
- Use ATS, CRM, and AI-enabled sourcing tools to improve efficiency and visibility
- Continuously improve recruitment processes through automation and simplification
- Produce regular hiring performance reports for senior leadership
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Embed inclusive hiring practices into job design, sourcing, and interview processes
- Train hiring managers and recruiters on bias awareness and structured interviewing
- Build diverse pipelines aligned with business and regulatory expectations
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Manage and optimize relationships with recruitment agencies and vendors
- Control recruitment spend and ensure value-driven vendor usage
- Act as the primary recruitment point of contact for business stakeholders
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or a related discipline
- 612 years of experience in talent acquisition, with direct people-management responsibility
- Strong background hiring at scale within technology, digital, or product-led organizations
- Demonstrated experience leading recruiters and delivering hiring outcomes in fast-growth environments
- Solid understanding of technical roles and competitive tech talent markets
Key Skills & Competencies
- Proven people leadership and team development
- Deep expertise in tech recruiting and hiring operations
- Workforce planning and execution ownership
- Data-driven decision-making and performance management
- Strong stakeholder influence with hiring managers and senior leaders
- Clear, confident communication and negotiation skills
Success Metrics
- Hiring targets consistently met for priority technical and business roles
- Improved time-to-hire and quality-of-hire
- High recruiter productivity and engagement
- Strong hiring-manager and candidate satisfaction
- Scalable, repeatable hiring processes that support growth
