Talent Acquisition & Experienced Hire Lead

Location: London or Austin (Hybrid: 3 days in office)

Salary: Up to £50,000 - £65,000 base + performance bonus

Start: Ideally January

Reporting to: Head of L&D (or Senior Leadership)

About the Business

A high-growth, award-winning executive search firm specialising in end-to-end supply chain leadership is looking for a Head of TA to join the business.

With offices in both London and the US this professional, driven, social and sales-focused business are looking for a well rounded TA professional to define the hiring strategy and deliver on hires.

The Opportunity

This is a unique role for a high-calibre Talent Acquisition professional to shape and deliver an experienced-hire recruitment strategy for a boutique executive search firm entering a new phase of expansion.

You will be responsible for attracting, assessing and hiring top-tier talent across London and the US, with a focus on bringing in consultants who have the maturity, intellect and capability to thrive within a high-performance, specialist search environment.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Attraction & Hiring

• Hire high-quality experienced recruiters across London and US.
• Own the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to offer across both 180 and 360 hiring needs.
• Map the competitor landscape and network effectively within relevant talent pools.

Process Design & Talent Strategy

• Build a robust, high-quality hiring process aligned with the business’ boutique, credible positioning.
• Shape interview frameworks, assessments, scorecards, and candidate experience.
• Partner closely with Leadership, L&D, Marketing and Operations to refine EVP, hiring collateral and market positioning.
• Support the design of hiring strategies for new market launches.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work directly with senior leaders and founders.
• Influence hiring strategy for multiple global offices.

Culture & Employer Brand

• Champion a high-performance, social, low-ego, mature culture.
• Promote the business’ strengths: tailored L&D, direct access to leaders, strong commission structure (no thresholds), and long-term shareholder opportunities.

What They’re Looking For

• Experience hiring senior-level or mid-senior perm recruiters (internal TA, agency or search).
• Proven ability to attract and engage high-calibre commercial talent.
• Comfortable engaging credible, mature profiles and maintaining long-term communication pipelines.
• Autonomous, quality-obsessed, professional, and commercially driven.
• Sociable and engaging
• Ability to operate in fast-growing, entrepreneurial, boutique environments.
• Ideally experience hiring for US markets (not essential).

Benefits & Incentives

• Health insurance
• Unlimited holiday
• Regular incentives (e.g., international trips, lunch clubs)
• Per-hire bonus structure (to be designed collaboratively)
• Access to coaching courses and professional development
• Direct exposure to senior leadership
• Clear progression and impact on business scaling

Why This Role?

• Shape and own the entire experienced-hire function during a pivotal growth phase.
• Work with exceptionally high-calibre people in a boutique, specialist environment.
• Influence global expansion and new market launches.
• Enjoy real autonomy, impact, and visibility.
• Join a company where high-potential talent has a clear path to shareholder status.