Senior Recruitment Manager

Senior Manager Recruitment

• Belfast
• Leading global professional services employer
• Excellent salary & benefits

We are hiring for our client a leading global professional services organisation based in Belfast City Centre who are seeking an experienced Senior Manager Recruitment to lead Business Professional recruitment across EMEA.

This is a high-impact role managing a geographically dispersed team of recruiters specialists and coordinators. The successful candidate will deliver end-to-end talent acquisition strategies enhance candidate experience drive direct sourcing initiatives and ensure alignment with workforce planning goals.

Top Things to Know About this Job

• Lead a global Business Professional recruitment function across EMEA
• Manage and develop a geographically dispersed recruitment team
• Drive direct sourcing recruitment strategy and talent pipeline development

The Role

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for Business Professional functions across offices and centres
• Develop and execute scalable recruitment strategies aligned with workforce planning
• Standardise recruitment processes to improve efficiency and candidate experience
• Coach and develop the recruitment team on direct sourcing and talent attraction strategies
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation policies and internal risk protocols
• Track recruitment KPIs including time-to-hire cost savings and candidate sourcing metrics
• Partner with functional directors to understand staffing requirements and challenges
• Lead direct sourcing for senior and specialist roles
• Champion inclusive hiring practices and develop robust talent pipelines
• Implement AI-powered recruitment solutions to enhance candidate screening and efficiency
• Manage external agency relationships and negotiate supplier terms
• Promote employer branding and represent the organisation at relevant recruitment forums
• Drive continuous improvement within the recruitment function and participate in ad hoc projects

The Person

• Bachelors degree or equivalent
• Extensive experience in talent acquisition within professional services or global recruitment
• Proven experience managing coaching and developing a dispersed recruitment team
• Strong knowledge of international recruitment regulations and compliance
• Expertise in direct sourcing workforce planning ATS (Avature) and recruitment analytics
• Excellent interpersonal influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Strong problem-solving decision-making and organisational skills
• Able to operate independently and proactively within a globally dispersed team

The Reward

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Permanent senior recruitment leadership role
• Exposure to global recruitment strategy and high-level stakeholder management
• Work in a collaborative innovative and fast-paced environment
• Opportunity to influence talent acquisition and hiring practices at scale

Next Steps Why Hunter Savage

For further information and to apply for this Senior Manager Recruitment role please contact Stephanie Mulholland at Hunter Savage for a confidential discussion.

Hunter Savage is a specialist recruitment consultancy supporting talent acquisition professionals across Northern Ireland Ireland and the UK.

We reserve the right to heighten shortlisting criteria depending on the calibre of response.