Talent Acquisition Partner

Talent Acquisition Partner

Technologies: Cloud Cyber Data AI
Location: UK

The role in a nutshell

Find great people. Great people make great hires.

Were looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner who thrives in a fast-moving specialist environment and knows that the best candidates arent always the ones applying first. Youll own the full recruitment cycle across our digital transformation business: partnering closely with hiring managers shaping how we attract talent and building the kind of candidate experience people talk about positively.

This is a role with real ownership. You wont be executing a playbook someone else wrote; youll help write it. Youll be joining an established People & TA team working collaboratively across the business and genuinely shaping how we grow.

What youll be doing

Full Hiring Cycle Ownership:

• Run end-to-end recruitment across our core practice areas: Cloud Cyber Security Data and AI Solutions as well as Sales Leadership and internal functions including Finance People and IT. Expect around 3050 hires per year across a mix of technical commercial and corporate roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to deeply understand what great looks like for each role challenging assumptions and bringing market insight to every conversation.
• Advise on role feasibility levelling and the right resource mix: permanent fixed-term or contract.
• Keep SmartRecruiters up-to-date and use it to its full potential with clean data strong reporting and a consistent process.

Specialist Sourcing:

• Write concise accurate and compelling job adverts
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter Boolean search specialist communities referrals and emerging AI-assisted sourcing tools to build targeted pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across Cloud Cyber Data and AI.
• Build and nurture talent pools proactively so were not starting from scratch every time a role opens.
• Craft compelling personalised outreach that cuts through the noise. You understand what specialists in digital transformation actually care about.

Candidate Experience Champion:

• Design structured fair and human interview processes and coach hiring managers to show up at their best too.
• Give every candidate a clear timely and respectful experience regardless of outcome. Our reputation as an employer lives here.
• Collect and act on candidate feedback to continuously improve the process.

Build our Employer Brand:

• Be an authentic ambassador for who we are using real culture stories career development narratives and honest EVP messaging to differentiate us from competitors.
• Partner with People & Marketing teams to develop content that resonates with the specialist talent we want to attract across our practice areas.
• Help shape our presence on LinkedIn professional communities and events relevant to Cloud Cyber Data AI and digital transformation audiences.

Data-driven and Strategic:

• Track and report on key hiring metrics including time to hire source of hire offer acceptance rate and DEI data then use the insight to improve.
• Contribute to workforce planning conversations with the Head of Talent and business leaders.

What were looking for

• Demonstrable experience in-house or hybrid (agency plus in-house) recruitment experience with demonstrable success hiring specialist tech talent in a digital transformation IT services or professional services environment.
• Breadth across hiring types: youre as comfortable filling a Cloud Architect role as you are a Sales Account Director or HR Business Partner.
• A genuinely proactive sourcing approach. You dont wait for applications; you go and find people.
• Experience running structured interview processes and coaching hiring managers who are new to recruiting.
• Familiarity with a modern ATS. SmartRecruiters experience is a bonus but what matters is that you keep data clean and pipelines moving.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills whether in candidate outreach interviews or stakeholder conversations.
• A track record of introducing or improving hiring practices not just talking about it.

Nice to have

• Experience hiring across multiple markets or geographies.
• Comfort using AI tools to support sourcing screening or candidate communication workflows.
• Experience supporting employer brand content creation or running recruitment marketing campaigns.

Who you are

Beyond skills and experience we care a lot about the kind of person you are:

• Curious: you love learning about the roles you hire for and the people you meet and you share what you know with your team.
• Collaborative: you see yourself as a true partner to hiring managers
• Compassionate: you treat every candidate with genuine care knowing that how people experience our process matters.
• Proud of your craft: you care about doing this well not just getting it done.

How youll know youre thriving

We dont leave people to figure out what good looks your first 12 months success looks like:

• Hiring managers actively seek you out for advice. Youre seen as a trusted partner not just someone who sends CVs.
• Your hiring metrics tell a positive story: lower time-to-hire strong offer acceptance rates and improving diversity across shortlists.
• Youve contributed something new whether a process improvement a sourcing approach or an employer brand asset that the team didnt have before you arrived.
• Candidates who dont get the job still leave the process feeling good about us.
• Youre getting regular structured feedback from your line manager and peers and youre using it.

We dont believe hiring is a tick-box exercise so if you dont match the job description 100% but feel youd be a great fit wed still love to hear from youwere committed to building a diverse inclusive team and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and if you need any adjustments during the interview process just let us know.

Additional Information :

At Telefónica Tech we believe inclusion is the bridge that empowers everyone to be their authentic selves. We celebrate and respect our differences because diversity drives innovation and makes us stronger.
 
Be yourself with us and feel that you belong. 

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities regardless of age disability gender reassignment marital or civil partnership status pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex and sexual orientation. 
 
We are also committed to equity accessible hiring practices and creating an inclusive culture through many means including TogetHer (Womens network) and our Employee Resource Groups which include Diversity and Inclusion Telefónica Tech Pride Neurodiversity ELEVATE (African and Caribbean heritage network) and Sustainability.

 We dont believe hiring is a tick box exercise so if you feel that you dont match the job description 100% but would still be a great fit for role please get in touch. 

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time