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Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, GTM & Commercial

Rowden

Job Location:

Bristol - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 65000 - 75000

Posted: 29 September 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 27 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Were building the UKs next generation engineering powerhouse providing critical technology that strengthens national security and resilience.

We specialise in turning advances in sensing AI and communications into operational capability for the edge where connectivity may be degraded or denied. Our work focuses on accelerating the deployment of technology improving decision-making for frontline teams and protecting people and critical assets in demanding environments.

Headquartered in Bristol Rowden employs around 200 people and operates over 20000 square feet of engineering and manufacturing facilities. We have a growing international footprint and are one of Europes fastest-growing engineering businesses.

The Role

Rowden is growing fast. Were winning programmes expanding internationally and building out the commercial teams that will define how we scale. Finding the right sales business development and capture talent in specialist markets across multiple geographies is one of the most consequential things we can do right now.

Were looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to own GTM and commercial hiring across Rowden. This is an end to end specialist role: youll be responsible for sourcing pipeline development candidate assessment and end-to-end delivery across Sales BD Capture Customer Success and related commercial functions including our growing US presence.

This is a role for someone who understands that hiring great commercial talent looks different from hiring engineers: the networks are different the motivations are different and the ability to assess a candidates commercial credibility takes a different kind of judgement. Youll be part of a small high-performing People and Talent team operating as a genuine partner to the business not a CV-forwarding service.

This role offers hybrid working with a minimum of 3 days per week on-site at our Bristol HQ.

Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance.

More information about security clearance is available here: Key areas of responsibility

Youll own GTM and commercial hiring end to end. This includes (but is not limited to) the following:

Take full ownership of the hiring lifecycle for Sales Business Development Capture Revenue Operations and related commercial roles across Rowden from briefing through to offer.
Build and manage strong shortlists through proactive outreach and headhunting as well as inbound channel management rather than relying on applications alone.
Conduct structured candidate assessments that go beyond CV screening evaluating commercial credibility track record cultural alignment and the specific judgement each role requires.
Manage multiple live roles simultaneously prioritising effectively and keeping hiring managers and candidates well-informed at every stage.

Build proactive pipelines for hard-to-fill commercial roles

Develop warm candidate pipelines for priority GTM and commercial disciplines before roles are formally raised particularly for senior specialist or globally-scoped positions.
Maintain an active network of commercial talent across defence deep tech government and adjacent markets engaging candidates before theyre needed.
Work closely with the Sourcing Specialist to agree priorities share market intelligence and ensure pipelines are ready when hiring demand lands.
Stay close to the competitive landscape understanding where strong commercial talent exists whos moving and what it takes to attract them to Rowden.

Act as a genuine partner to GTM and commercial hiring managers

Build trusted productive relationships with hiring managers across Revenue Operations Business Development and commercial leadership understanding their team structures strategic direction and what good looks like for their roles.
Lead structured briefing meetings that set clear expectations define the ideal candidate profile and agree a realistic hiring plan.
Provide honest data-informed counsel on market conditions candidate availability and compensation including when a brief needs to flex.
Coach hiring managers on interview technique assessment frameworks and candidate experience ensuring every process reflects well on Rowden.

Lead Rowdens US and international commercial hiring

Take ownership of commercial hiring across Rowdens growing US footprint navigating the nuances of sourcing assessing and closing candidates in a different market.
Develop fluency in US defence and technology commercial talent markets understanding the candidate landscape compensation norms and how Rowdens proposition lands with US-based hires.
Build relationships with US-based commercial talent proactively ahead of formally scoped roles to shorten lead times as Rowdens business scales.
Work effectively across time zones adapting communication and process to ensure a consistently strong experience for candidates and hiring managers regardless of location.

Key skills experience and behaviours

Were less interested in volume and more interested in the quality of your judgement; on candidates on markets and on what great GTM & commercial hiring actually requires.

Youll likely bring:

Significant experience hiring GTM and commercial roles Sales Business Development Capture Revenue Operations or similar. Youve owned these searches end to end not just supported them.
A blend of agency and inhouse recruitment experience.
Familiarity with defence national security deep tech government or other specialist B2B technology markets.
A track record of proactive sourcing and headhunting for commercial talent not just managing inbound pipelines. You know how to find and engage candidates who arent looking.
International hiring experience ideally including the US market. You understand how commercial talent markets differ across geographies and can navigate that confidently.
Strong commercial acumen you can assess a candidates track record critically hold a credible conversation about their experience and make confident recommendations to the business.
The ability to build genuine partnerships with senior commercial stakeholders including when that means pushing back or delivering difficult market realities.
Experience operating in high-growth fast-moving environments where priorities shift and pace is non-negotiable.
Comfort working with a high degree of autonomy: you create your own structure manage your own pipeline and dont need to be chased.

What success looks like

Commercial roles are filled with the right people in competitive timescales without over-reliance on agencies.
Hiring managers in GTM and commercial functions trust your judgement and engage you early not when theyre already behind.
Rowden has warm pipelines of commercial talent before roles are formally raised reducing time-to-hire for the positions that matter most.
Candidates (hired and not) leave the process with a strong impression of Rowden regardless of outcome.
Rowdens US commercial hiring capability is established with active pipelines and a growing network in place.

Why Rowden

Rowden is building commercial teams in markets that are genuinely complex; defence technology national security and operational edge environments where the stakes are real. Youll be hiring people who go on to shape how Rowden grows not filling boxes on an org chart.

If you want to do serious commercial hiring in a business thats growing fast and values the people who help it do that wed like to hear from you.

Working at Rowden

We are committed to building a flexible inclusive and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills experience and backgrounds so please apply and come as you are!

We also recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can. We typically operate a flexible hybrid-working model with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role). We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.

Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles. Please let us know your requirements early on so that we can make sure you have everything you need up front to help make the recruitment process and experience as easy as possible.

Finally if you feel that you dont meet all the criteria included above but have transferable skills and relevant experience wed still love to hear from you!

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About Company

Rowden

Rowden designs and builds systems, infrastructure, and applications to deliver mission advantage to those working to protect the security of the UK and its allies. We are setting a new standard in government technology provision: hyper-efficient engineering, better customer relationsh ... View more

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