Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

A Snapshot

As the Associate Director, Talent Acquisition, you will lead the country talent acquisition strategy, ensuring alignment with business growth objectives, workforce priorities, and broader people strategies. You will operate as a strategic partner to senior business leaders, providing expertise on talent market trends, workforce planning, and hiring strategies to enable organisational capability and long-term growth.

You will lead the end-to-end recruitment function for the country, balancing strategic direction with operational excellence to deliver high-quality, scalable, and data-driven hiring outcomes. Working cross-functionally with People & Culture, business leaders, and external partners, you will drive continuous improvement across recruitment practices, talent pipelines, employer branding, and candidate experience. As a people leader, you will develop and lead a high-performing recruitment team, fostering capability, innovation, accountability, and strong stakeholder partnership across the business.

Your Day to Day
• Lead and execute the country talent acquisition strategy aligned to business hiring priorities, workforce plans, and organisational growth objectives
• Partner with senior leaders and People & Culture stakeholders to shape hiring strategies, workforce capability plans, and talent outcomes across the business
• Lead end-to-end recruitment operations, ensuring consistent, efficient, and high-quality delivery across all hiring activity
• Provide strategic market insights and talent intelligence to influence hiring decisions, organisational planning, and competitive positioning
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on talent acquisition strategy, market conditions, and hiring challenges
• Lead and develop a high-performing recruitment team, driving capability uplift, performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Oversee the development of diverse and sustainable talent pipelines for critical and future-focused roles
• Use data, reporting, and workforce insights to monitor performance, identify trends, and drive informed decision-making and operational improvements
• Drive operational excellence across recruitment governance, systems, processes, employer branding, and candidate experience
• Manage external agency and vendor partnerships, ensuring effective delivery, commercial value, and alignment to business expectations
• Ensure recruitment practices comply with local legislation, governance requirements, and inclusive hiring standards
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional talent and transformation initiatives that enhance organisational capability and hiring effectiveness

Requirements
• 10–12+ years’ experience in talent acquisition, including leadership experience within complex, fast-paced, or high-growth environments
• Proven ability to lead and scale talent acquisition functions and develop high performing recruitment teams
• Strong strategic stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively with senior leaders
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing workforce and hiring strategies aligned to business objectives
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to solve complex organisational and talent challenges
• Experience using market insights, workforce analytics, and data to drive hiring decisions and continuous improvement
• Strong understanding of local talent markets, hiring trends, and workforce dynamics
• Experience leading recruitment operations, governance, vendor management, and process optimisation initiatives
• Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organisational skills
• Experience with recruitment technologies and talent systems (e.g. Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, BambooHR or similar)