Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

You will own our most senior internal searches end to end, from first conversation with the candidate through to offer. The people you'll be hiring are directors and C-level, so you are the first impression this company makes on them.

You'll run intake directly with our founders and department heads, which includes telling them when the brief they've given you will not produce the hire they want. This is not a coordination role. It is not suited to someone who needs the search strategy decided before they start.

Requirements

• 6+ years in talent acquisition, at least 3 of them in-house, embedded or RPO. Agency-only will not clear the bar
• Senior or leadership search experience. Volume-only backgrounds are not a fit for this seat
• Demonstrable hiring into the US or UK market, representing an employer to candidates in that market
• Near-native spoken and written English
• Evidence of managing senior stakeholders, including disagreeing with them productively
• Direct sourcing that works, with response rates you can point to
• Comfortable operating as an independent contractor, invoicing monthly and managing your own tax position
• Real schedule flexibility across UAE, UK and US East Coast hours. Calls outside standard business hours are routine, not occasional
• Evidence of building talent pipelines ahead of demand, not only filling open roles reactively
• You have kept candidates engaged over months and converted them later
• You can articulate an employer value proposition and adapt it by audience, rather than repeating the careers page
• Experience designing or running structured candidate assessments
• You have tested and iterated on your own job posts and can tell us what changed and what it produced
• An active, credible LinkedIn presence

Benefits

• Up to $80K/Annually, as an independent contractor, based on experience
• Direct access to founders
• A real AI stack, used daily
• A seat that rewards building