Talent Acquisition Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a forward-looking talent acquisition strategy aligned with the team’s performance goals and workforce plan.
• Partner with senior leadership, HR, and functional heads to anticipate hiring needs and shape future capability pipelines.
• Use data and insights to drive workforce decisions, improve processes, and measure effectiveness.

• Build and lead employer branding initiatives that position the team as an employer of choice across engineering, performance, and business disciplines.
• Partner with our ESG team to support and champion DE&I in all recruitment activity, ensuring diverse representation and inclusive candidate experiences.
• Collaborate with Communications and Marketing to craft compelling candidate messaging, creative content and recruitment campaigns.

• Lead, coach, and develop the TA team to deliver high-quality, timely hiring outcomes across all business areas.
• Drive consistency and efficiency in recruitment processes, from briefing and sourcing to selection and offer management.
• Ensure exceptional candidate experience and hiring manager engagement throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Manage and continuously improve tools, systems (ATS/CRM), and reporting to optimize efficiency and data accuracy.

• Work with Emerging Talent and wider team to support strong relationships with external partners, universities, and industry networks to maintain a steady flow of top-tier talent.
• Conduct market mapping, competitor analysis to inform proactive sourcing strategies and maintain critical talent pipelines with proactive management of niche talent.
• Advise hiring managers and senior stakeholders on recruitment best practice, compensation benchmarking, and talent trends.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven experience in a Talent Acquisition Manager or senior recruitment leadership role in high-performance, fast-paced environment (e.g., motorsport, elite sport, advanced engineering, or technology).
• Strong knowledge of talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning and recruitment best practice.
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching and developing recruitment teams.
• Proven track record of delivering recruitment process improvements and operational excellence.
• Ideally a proven and strong network across engineering, technology, and performance-driven talent markets.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the business.
• Excellent analytical capability with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent relationship-building and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of workforce analytics and recruitment marketing strategies.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with a passion for delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

Benefits