Principal Talent Advisor

Nutanix; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutanix is seeking a Principal Talent Advisor for the EMEA GTM teams. You will partner with hiring managers, map market insights, and lead AI-powered sourcing and end-to-end recruitment to secure top software sales talent.

You will drive candidate experiences, manage offers, and foster an inclusive, high-performing hiring culture across the region.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment in a fast-paced environment, focusing on software sales roles.
• Proficiency with modern AI recruiting platforms or sourcing engines to drive efficiency.
• Strong understanding of software sales and presales hiring.
• Excellent data-driven communication with senior stakeholders.
• Consultative relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple roles with high standards.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor to hiring managers on talent market trends and data-backed hiring.
• Run full recruitment lifecycle: intake, AI-powered sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers, closing.
• Build diverse talent pipelines through market mapping and direct sourcing.
• Embed AI tools into daily workflow to shorten hiring cycles.
• Use ATS and talent platforms to track analytics and maintain data integrity.
• Promote bias-conscious, structured hiring processes and fair candidate experiences.
• Lead or contribute to hiring strategy discussions and tech-enabled sourcing experiments.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

AI-powered sourcing

Data-driven hiring

Stakeholder consulting

Negotiation and closing

Talent market trends

Tools

Ashby

Greenhouse

Gem

Job description

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about connecting exceptional people with meaningful career opportunities through next-generation hiring strategies? Do you enjoy partnering with business leaders to shape high-performing teams using state-of-the-art recruiting technology? If so, we invite you to join Nutanix as a Principal Talent Advisor.

In this role, you will be a trusted partner to GTM hiring managers across EMEA, combining strategic human connection with modern AI tools to identify, attract, and secure top talent. You will own the recruitment lifecycle end-to-end — from workforce planning and AI-augmented sourcing strategies to offer negotiation and onboarding support — ensuring an efficient, seamless, and high-touch experience for every candidate.

This is an opportunity to make a visible impact in a fast-growing, innovative organisation. As part of a small, highly collaborative team, your ideas, insights, and technological agility will directly influence how we scale and build our future workforce. If you are motivated by delivering outstanding candidate experiences, championing AI-native recruiting platforms, and contributing to an inclusive culture, we would love to hear from you.

About the Team

Our EMEA Talent Acquisition team is a close-knit group of approximately 20 professionals who are passionate about recruiting excellence and operational innovation. We operate with a strong sense of collaboration, mutual support, and shared purpose, creating an energising environment where everyone’s contribution matters.

Key characteristics of our team and environment include:

• Collaborative culture: We actively share knowledge, workflow automations, and market insights
• Diverse expertise: Team members bring varied industry backgrounds, technical skills, and perspectives
• Innovation-focused: We continuously adopt cutting-edge AI recruiting tools, modern talent intelligence platforms, and data-driven approaches to work smarter
• Candidate-centric mindset: We prioritise respectful, transparent, and engaging hiring journeys, using automation to free up time for meaningful candidate interactions
• Hybrid work setup: We largely work remotely, with days when needed in the office to support collaboration and team connection
• Limited travel required: This role is home and office-based within your region, allowing you to focus on impact without frequent travel
• Work-life balance: We support flexible working and sustainable workloads so you can perform at your best

Your Role

As a Principal Talent Advisor, you will serve as both a modern recruiter and an AI-fluent strategic partner to the GTM business. Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on talent market trends, candidate availability, and data-backed hiring approaches
• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle, including intake meetings, AI-powered sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and closing
• Proactively building qualified, diverse talent pipelines through intelligent search, market mapping, and direct sourcing
• Embedding modern AI tools and talent tech into your daily workflow to optimise candidate discovery, streamline communications, and shorten hiring cycles
• Utilising modern ATS/talent intelligence systems to track analytics, manage pipeline health, and maintain data integrity
• Facilitating structured, bias-conscious hiring processes that promote fairness, diversity, and quality of hire
• Delivering an exceptional, personalised experience to both candidates and hiring teams at every stage
• Leading or contributing to hiring strategy discussions and tech-enabled sourcing experiments for critical roles

What You Will Bring

We are looking for a forward-thinking recruiting professional who combines strong execution skills, technological agility, and a people-first mindset.

Essential experience and capabilities:

• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment in a fast-paced environment, recruiting sales professionals in a software organisation
• Demonstrated proficiency using modern AI recruiting platforms, sourcing engines, or workflow automation tools to drive hiring efficiency
• Solid understanding of hiring for software sales and presales roles
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders using data and talent insights
• Excellent relationship-building skills and a consultative approach
• Confidence in negotiating offers and closing candidates
• Ability to manage multiple roles simultaneously while maintaining high operational and quality standards

Additional qualities that will help you succeed:

• Hands-on experience with modern ATS and talent platforms, ideally Ashby (or similar data-driven systems like Greenhouse or Gem)
• Active curiosity about generative AI, talent intelligence software, and modern recruiting automation
• Strong organisational skills, analytical capability, and attention to pipeline metrics
• Commitment to creating inclusive, equitable, and structured hiring processes
• A proactive, tech-forward, solutions-oriented mindset

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