About the job

A growing technology and data consulting business, with offices across Australia, New Zealand and the UK, is creating a Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner to lead talent acquisition across Australia and New Zealand. This is a senior individual contributor role, not a people management position.

You will work directly with business, technology and delivery leaders to understand the capability the business needs, then go into the market yourself to find it.

ResponsibilitiesPersonally source, identify and approach high-quality candidates across Australia and New ZealandMap talent markets and build target lists for priority roles and capability areasBuild and maintain deep pipelines of prospective talent ahead of immediate hiring requirementsRun initial candidate conversations and assess capability, experience, motivation and fitManage candidates through the recruitment process and maintain a high-quality candidate experienceWork directly with business, technology and delivery leaders to translate requirements into clear search strategiesAdvise hiring managers on talent availability, market conditions and search approach, and challenge briefs where requiredShare candidate intelligence, sourcing approaches and market insights with the UK talent acquisition team

Candidates should haveSignificant experience inside an internal talent acquisition function, partnering directly with hiring managers and business leadersA background in a recruitment agency, executive search firm or specialist recruitment business, we want both sides of the fence, not oneA genuine track record hiring software engineering, data engineering, data and analytics, AI and ML, cloud and platform, architecture or technology consulting talent, as market knowledge here is non-negotiableDemonstrable personal sourcing through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, direct outreach and referral networksExperience building pipelines for hard-to-fill or specialist rolesStrong assessment and interviewing skills, and the credibility to challenge a brief with a senior stakeholder

This isn't a fit for HR generalists where recruitment was one part of the role, recruitment operations or coordination profiles, agency people who were primarily business development rather than candidate-side, or TA leaders who have moved into management and are no longer personally sourcing.