Lead Talent Acquisition Partnering Support

Metrea Management LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense technology company based in the UK is looking for a Talent Acquisition Lead to design and execute a global recruiting strategy. The ideal candidate will balance hands-on recruiting with strategic initiatives, lead a team, and collaborate with various departments to ensure a world-class candidate experience. This role is crucial in supporting critical enterprise functions like Finance and People within the organization. An entrepreneurial mindset and prior experience in a dynamic environment are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Talent Lead or Manager in a dynamic hierarchical business.
• Ability to teach and leverage sourcing tools and platforms.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute a global recruiting strategy.
• Lead and balance hands-on recruiting with strategic initiatives.
• Partner with leaders to translate operational needs into recruitment strategies.
• Build diverse candidate pipelines for enterprise roles.
• Champion a world-class candidate experience.
• Use market intelligence to inform workforce planning decisions.
• Collaborate across teams to align recruitment processes and systems.
• Drive improvement in recruiting operations and employer branding.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal communication

Sourcing techniques

Talent market knowledge

Data analytics

Job description

• Design, develop, and execute a full-scale, global recruiting strategy to attract top talent across Metrea's enterprise support functions - including People, LCC, Finance, Ops, Market Development and Engagement.
• Be a player-coach. Lead directly and indirectly by example, balancing hands-on recruiting delivery with strategic talent initiatives that strengthen Metrea's workforce capability and global footprint.
• Partner with enterprise People Leaders, wider People Team and hiring managers across domains to deeply understand operational requirements, workforce plans, and organizational priorities - translating these into proactive recruitment strategies.
• Exemplify disciplined sourcing and talent pipelining practices. Build and maintain diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines for critical enterprise roles, anticipating future business needs and skill demands.
• Champion a world-class candidate experience. Engage and nurture candidates with empathy, clarity, and authenticity, ensuring every interaction reflects Metrea's mission, culture, and values.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and industry expert. Use market intelligence and research to identify key talent pools, monitor industry and labour trends, and inform workforce planning decisions.
• Collaborate across global teams to align recruitment processes, systems, and messaging - ensuring consistency, efficiency, and compliance across jurisdictions.
• Drive continuous improvement in recruiting operations, data analytics, and employer branding, supporting Metrea's reputation as a mission-focused, high-performance organization.
  Rooted in Humility: You value the universal over the personal. Maximizing what you know, skeptically filtering what you believe you know, and further limiting what you project to know.
• Previous experience as a Talent Lead or Manageringlobal highly dynamic hierarchical business (defense experience a plus).
• Ability to teach and leverage sourcing tools, techniques, and platforms to identify and attract top talent.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust, credibility, and influence stakeholders and candidates alike.
• Familiarity with a wide range of domain-specific talent markets, including key talent pools and industry trends.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced complex environment, collaborating with multiple stakeholders across different teams and time zones.
  At Metrea we're on a mission to build a world-class Talent Acquisition team, made up of 3 pillars - Aviation, Support and Technical roles. This is a new role to lead our support function which is focused on all the incredible teams that support the wider enterprise, such as LCC, People, Finance etc.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands-on leadership capacity-balancing strategy and execution, rolling up their sleeves to source and close talent while guiding a team toward recruiting excellence. If you're entrepreneurial, mission-driven, and ready to help shape the future of aviation recruiting at Metrea, we want to hear from you.

Metrea is a defense company dedicated to translating commercial innovation into solutions for the hardest problems in national security. With deep mission expertise, Metrea focuses on delivering effects-as-a-service across Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, Digital & Synthetic domains via its capability groups. Metrea also consists of six support groups (Operations, People, Finance, Legal, Strategy and Solutions) that guide the development of specific capabilities that Metrea's files (product, projects, programs etc.) leverage to achieve their targets.