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Talent Acquisition Partner

Zendesk Hybrid senior contract

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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

Nice to have

  • recruiting metrics
  • pipeline quality
  • interview conversion
  • source mix
  • time to fill
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