# Talent Acquisition Partner

**Company**: Zendesk
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://zendesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/zendesk/job/Dublin-Ireland/Talent-Acquisition-Partner---6-Month-Fixed-Term-Contract_R35680-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Join Zendesk as a Talent Acquisition Partner to build high-performing Sales teams across EMEA. You'll partner with Go-to-Market leaders to hire Account Executives, xDRs, and Sales Consultants. This six-month, end-to-end recruiting role involves owning hiring from strategy through offer, balancing hands-on sourcing with trusted business partnership.

**Responsibilities:**

- Partner with Sales and GTM leaders to define hiring plans, role profiles, interview approaches, and talent-market strategies.

- Manage full-cycle recruitment for a varied portfolio of Sales roles.

- Build proactive, inclusive pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs.

- Advise hiring managers on market conditions, candidate availability, and offer strategy.

- Deliver a clear, transparent, and respectful candidate experience.

- Use recruiting data to identify blockers and improve hiring outcomes.

- Maintain accurate candidate and requisition data in Workday.

- Use approved AI-enabled tools to improve sourcing, research, communication, and workflow efficiency.

**Requirements:**

- Proven experience delivering end-to-end recruitment for Sales or broader GTM roles in a high-growth, fast-paced SaaS or technology environment.

- Strong experience hiring for roles such as Account Executives, Sales Development or xDR talent, and Sales Consultants across EMEA markets.

- A consultative approach to stakeholder partnership.

- Hands-on sourcing capability.

- Sound judgment and strong organisational skills.

- Comfort using recruiting data and AI tools.

**Basic Qualifications:**

- 4+ years of full-cycle Talent Acquisition experience.

- Demonstrated experience recruiting Account Executives and at least one of the following populations: xDRs/Sales Development Representatives or Sales Consultants.

- Experience independently managing multiple concurrent requisitions across EMEA.

- Experience using an applicant tracking system.

- Fluent written and spoken English.

**Benefits:**

- Physical well-being benefits: Private Medical Insurance, Family-Forming Support, Fitness Credits & Gym Pass, Glasses and Contacts Coverage.

- Emotional well-being benefits: Recharge Fridays, Employee Assistance Program, Mental Fitness Tools, Extra Time-Off.

- Financial Support: Phone and Internet Allowances, Pension Plan, Life and Income Protection Insurance.

- Access to Learning Resource.

- Extended Stay Policy, ZenFlex Credits, Social Connection Budget, and funded Paternity Leave.

## Skills

### Required
- recruitment
- talent acquisition
- sales
- GTM
- Workday
- AI tools

### Nice to have
- recruiting metrics
- pipeline quality
- interview conversion
- source mix
- time to fill

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