Head Talent Acquisition

Supermetrics
Summary
Join Supermetrics as the Head of Global Talent Acquisition, leading a dispersed recruitment team to attract and hire experienced individuals. This 18-month maternity leave cover position, based in Dublin or Helsinki, requires a capable people manager with experience in leading recruitment teams across multiple regions, particularly in scaling environments. The ideal candidate possesses strategic vision, operational know-how, and excels at building capability, elevating standards, and embedding global best practices. Responsibilities include managing and scaling the TA function, leading and developing the recruitment team, building Supermetrics' talent strategy, partnering with the Employer Branding Manager to enhance the company's image, enhancing sourcing and pipelining strategies, promoting consistency and data-driven practices in recruitment processes, collaborating with leadership and hiring managers, and offering talent advisory.
Requirements
- Approximately 8-10 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with at least 5+ years managing a geographically dispersed team
- Demonstrated capability in establishing, enhancing, or evolving recruitment strategies in a growing international technology organization
- Advanced stakeholder management skills, with experience working with senior leaders and hiring managers to align recruitment with business needs
- Experience navigating high-growth and transformation periods with a problem-solving mindset
- Ability to balance both strategic improvements and operational execution
- Practical experience with modern applicant tracking systems (ATS), HR tech tools, and talent marketing platforms
- Robust understanding of talent analytics, workforce planning, and data-driven decision-making
Responsibilities
- Managing and globally scaling the TA function with a strategic, practical approach to talent acquisition
- Leading, mentoring, and developing a small, dispersed recruitment team (based in Helsinki, Ireland, and the US), encouraging collaboration, capability growth, and continuous improvement
- Building Supermetrics' talent strategy ensures we're all aligned on what ideal talent looks like for us and what we can offer them
- Partner with your team and the Employer Branding Manager to elevate the company's image and candidate journey, making us an appealing choice for individuals in various talent markets worldwide
- Enhancing our sourcing and pipelining strategy to strategically address hiring needs across all regions
- Enhancing our existing structures to promote consistency and data-driven practices in our recruitment processes, leveraging technology and metrics to increase efficiency and insight
- Collaborating closely with our leadership team and hiring managers, offering thought leadership and talent advisory to support critical hiring decisions
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Great work equipment, and home office allowance for those working in our fully remote locations
- Health care benefit and leisure time insurance
- An annual 1000 euros of personal learning budget
- Sports and well-being allowance