Talent Acquisition Specialist

Summary

Join Employment Hero as our Talent Acquisition Specialist and play a key role in scaling our UK and global tech teams. You will focus on attracting high-quality talent, delivering exceptional candidate experiences, and partnering with hiring managers to develop effective sourcing strategies. This role involves managing end-to-end recruitment processes, conducting interviews, building strong stakeholder relationships, and advocating for our employer value proposition. You will also track pipeline health, hiring metrics, and contribute to process improvements. Success in this position requires embodying Employment Hero's values and demonstrating a passion for candidate experience and a bias for action. Employment Hero offers a remote-first work environment with flexible hours and a wide range of benefits.

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in talent acquisition or recruitment
• Proven success hiring across engineering, product, or other technical teams
• Prior experience in SaaS, scaleups or high-growth tech environments
• Strong sourcing capability and tools proficiency (LinkedIn Recruiter, boolean, Github, etc.)
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills
• High energy, passion for candidate experience, and a bias for action
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Scaling high-performing product, engineering, and technical teams across the UK and EMEA
• Filling roles quickly without compromising on quality or candidate experience
• Partnering with hiring managers to develop sourcing strategies that attract best-in-class talent
• Championing process improvements and employer brand initiatives
• Finding and engaging high-calibre active and passive tech talent using creative sourcing techniques
• Running end-to-end recruitment processes across multiple technical functions
• Conducting structured interviews to assess technical and cultural alignment
• Building strong partnerships with hiring managers and key stakeholders
• Advocating for our EVP and telling our story to inspire the right candidates
• Tracking pipeline health and hiring metrics, and adjusting strategy accordingly
• Supporting ongoing initiatives to improve the efficiency and inclusivity of our hiring process

Benefits

• Work remotely, with the flexibility to own your time and impact
• Access cutting-edge tools to amplify your work, knowledge and outputs
• Surround yourself with ambitious, outcome-driven colleagues who challenge you to do the best work of your life
• Own ESOP (employee share options) in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies
• A very generous parental leave policy
• Subsidised egg freezing – so you can make the choice that’s right for you, on your terms
• A WFH office expense budget
• Outstanding learning & development opportunities