Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

We’re looking for a highly credible, commercially minded Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead hiring across our US business.

This is a high-impact, senior-facing role partnering directly with business leaders to shape hiring strategy, drive delivery, and improve how we attract and hire talent across M+C Saatchi Group.

You’ll operate with a high degree of ownership - balancing hands-on delivery with stakeholder influence - bringing structure, pace, and clarity to hiring in a fast-moving, creatively led environment.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Own Hiring Across the US

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across multiple business areas and disciplines

• Drive pace, structure and accountability across all hiring activity

• Maintain a focus on high direct hiring rates (85%+) and reduced reliance on agencies

• Deliver consistently strong outcomes across both mid-level and senior hires

Partner and Influence Senior Stakeholders

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and hiring managers

• Bring clarity to hiring priorities and challenge where needed to improve outcomes

• Align stakeholders across teams, balancing competing priorities and driving decisions

• Elevate hiring practices through coaching, guidance, and clear expectations

Improve How We Hire

• Embed consistent, efficient and scalable hiring processes

• Raise the bar on candidate experience and hiring manager engagement

• Ensure hiring is aligned to both business needs and market realities

• Bring structure to environments that need focus and prioritization

Drive Performance Through Data

• Track and optimize key hiring metrics (time to fill, direct hiring, pipeline health)

• Use data and market insight to guide decision-making and improve delivery

• Provide clear visibility of hiring activity and progress to senior stakeholders

Own Agency Strategy and Spend

• Manage agency partnerships where required, ensuring strong delivery and alignment

• Drive a disciplined approach to agency usage, balancing speed, quality and cost

• Actively reduce unnecessary external spend by strengthening direct sourcing

Build Talent Pipelines

• Partner with the business to anticipate future hiring needs

• Build and maintain proactive, high-quality talent pipelines

• Develop targeted attraction strategies across key skill areas

ABOUT YOU

You’re a senior, in-house recruiter who combines strong delivery with real stakeholder influence. You’re comfortable operating in fast-paced environments, managing complexity, and bringing structure where it’s needed.

Your strengths:

• Proven experience leading hiring in a creative, agency, marketing or consulting environment

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels

• A commercial mindset - balancing speed, quality, and cost

• Hands-on, delivery-focused, and able to manage multiple priorities at pace

• Highly organized, with a structured approach to problem-solving

• Data-driven, using insight to guide decisions and improve outcomes

• Confident communicator, both verbally and in writing

Why Join Us

• Play a key role in shaping Talent Acquisition across the US business

• Work directly with senior leaders across a highly creative global organization

• High impact role with real ownership and visibility

What you'll get

We value our team and are committed to their success. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive employer subsidized benefits package which includes group medical, dental, vision coverage, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401(k) retirement plan with up to 3% annual employer match, generous paid time off including Summer Fridays and Holiday break, and employee volunteer day to encourage social responsibility giving time to the non-profit, community service or charity of choice. Salary range is $180,000-$200,000 and is commensurate with qualifications and experience. All candidates must have the ability to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor any work visas for this role.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Sunday 07 June, midnight GMT. We may take the decision to close the role earlier should we receive a high number of applicants. We will review applications on a rolling basis so early submission is recommended.

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