Talent Acquisition Manager

Cloudscaler

. Lead Talent Acquisition and report to the Chief People Officer .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £75,000 - £90,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle recruitment, including direct sourcing and managing technical hiring processes. Proven ability to lead and develop a Talent Acquisition team while effectively managing recruitment metrics and agency relationships.

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Full-Cycle Recruitment ExperienceDirect Sourcing ExperiencePeople Management ExperienceData LiteracyTechnical Market Credibility

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Hard Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment Metrics ManagementCost-Per-Hire ReportingPipeline ReportingTechnical HiringDirect SourcingAgency Relationship ManagementQuota CarryingInterview Quality ImprovementEarly Careers Recruitment

Soft Skills

CoachingCollaborationLeadershipCommunicationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

AshbyClaudeMetaview

Certifications & Qualifications

SC Clearance Eligibility

Industry Keywords

Technical RecruitmentEngineering HiringCloud HiringTalent Acquisition Function RebuildingGraduate RecruitmentApprentice Recruitment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Talent Acquisition and report to the Chief People Officer
Personally recruit for senior, technical and business-critical roles while carrying a quota
Build and coach a Talent Acquisition team of three to five Partners
Assign technical verticals and develop team capability and capacity
Build direct-sourcing pipelines and establish a sourcing-first culture
Manage agency relationships, reduce agency reliance and lower agency spend
Own Ashby workflows, pipeline stages, reporting and data quality
Report and improve cost per hire, time to fill, pipeline health and quality of hire
Oversee early careers recruitment, including graduate and apprentice pipelines
Use Claude and Metaview to improve recruitment workflows and interview quality
Collaborate on offer-to-start handover with the People Partner team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be UK-based
Eligible to pass SC clearance; checks undertaken upon joining
Full-cycle recruitment experience, including carrying a quota and closing difficult roles
Direct sourcing experience and ability to teach direct sourcing
First-time or early people management experience, or readiness to become a people manager
Credibility in technical markets, including engineering and cloud hiring
Data literacy, including ownership of cost-per-hire and pipeline reporting
Comfortable rebuilding a Talent Acquisition function
Right to work in the UK
SC clearance eligibility generally requires five years of UK residency immediately before application, subject to exceptions

Benefits

Comp & perks

Periodic offer of share options schemes
Discretionary bonus scheme
25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering
Travel and accommodation expensed where eligible in line with our expenses policy
Life Assurance
Long Term Disability cover
Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)
Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support
24/7 GP access
Public holiday opt-out scheme
Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered
Recruitment referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire
Customer referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer
Cycle To Work Scheme
Dog friendly office