Director of Recruiting

• Own and manage the complete recruitment lifecycle across multiple departments and seniority levels.
• Develop and execute effective sourcing strategies to attract high-calibre talent.
• Manage 5–10 active vacancies simultaneously while maintaining exceptional candidate quality and turnaround times.
• Conduct initial screening calls, structured interviews and candidate evaluations.
• Lead recruitment for specialist, managerial and director-level positions.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for current and future hiring requirements.
• Manage candidate negotiations, offers and hiring coordination.

• Develop, optimise and document recruitment processes, workflows and standard operating procedures.
• Administer and coordinate structured assessments, personality evaluations, practical assignments and case studies.
• Ensure consistent and objective candidate evaluation throughout the hiring process.
• Identify recruitment bottlenecks and introduce improvements to increase efficiency and hiring quality.
• Build scalable recruitment processes to support business growth.
• Implement AI-powered recruitment tools and automation to improve sourcing, screening and administration.

• Partner directly with senior leadership and hiring managers to understand recruitment priorities.
• Advise stakeholders on talent availability, candidate quality and hiring strategies.
• Manage external recruitment agencies and specialist talent partners.
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability across recruitment partners.
• Provide regular recruitment updates, candidate recommendations and market insights.

• Develop and maintain recruitment dashboards and weekly performance reports.
• Monitor recruitment funnel conversion, applicant quality, interview performance and hiring timelines.
• Track key recruitment metrics, including time-to-fill, sourcing effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Use recruitment data to improve decision-making and identify opportunities for process improvement.

• Represent the business professionally throughout the recruitment process.
• Maintain a strong employer brand across platforms such as LinkedIn, Glassdoor and Indeed.
• Deliver an engaging, professional and transparent candidate experience.
• Develop creative sourcing approaches through professional communities, referrals and industry networks.

• Minimum 3–5+ years of proven full-cycle recruitment experience.
• Previous experience in a senior recruitment, talent acquisition or recruitment leadership capacity.
• Strong experience recruiting for ecommerce, digital marketing, operations, product and leadership positions.
• Experience recruiting for international businesses, particularly US or UK organisations, is highly advantageous.
• Agency recruitment, RPO or offshore recruitment experience is a strong advantage.
• Advanced knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter, Workable and applicant tracking systems.
• Experience administering structured interviews, recruitment assessments and practical candidate evaluations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple vacancies and deliver successful placements under tight deadlines.
• Experience managing external recruitment agencies and hiring stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of recruitment KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting.
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve recruitment productivity and efficiency.
• Experience working with CRM systems and documented SOPs.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Confident and engaging on video calls, with strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organised, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of recruitment outcomes.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete structured recruitment assessments and provide a short professional video introduction.

Success in this position will be measured against:

• Average time-to-fill of fewer than 45 days.
• Generating 250+ qualified applicants per role per week.
• Achieving 15+ completed candidate case studies per role per week.
• Maintaining an employer rating of 4.5+ on Glassdoor.
• Consistently positive candidate experiences and hiring manager feedback.
• Strong recruitment funnel performance and high-quality hiring outcomes.

The ideal candidate is a commercially aware recruitment leader who enjoys being directly involved in sourcing, interviewing and closing talent rather than solely overseeing a recruitment team.

You should be confident communicating with senior executives, comfortable challenging recruitment processes when improvements are needed and capable of building a highly effective talent acquisition function.

A proactive approach, strong accountability, excellent communication skills and a genuine passion for connecting exceptional talent with growing businesses are essential.