Senior Digital Talent Partner

Mayfleet Recruitment Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A government organisation is seeking a Senior Digital Talent Partner to identify and resource digital talent. You will lead resourcing and recruitment for critical hires, working with senior leaders and managing a small team of Digital Talent Partners.

Day-to-day duties involve leading difficult searches, direct candidate engagement, advising on market realities, building talent relationships, guiding leaders through offers, designing assessments, coaching teammates, and leveraging data to

Qualifications

• Experience finding scarce tech talent directly across engineering, AI, data, cyber, product or digital delivery.
• Track record of filling hard roles and adapting approach when needed.
• Ability to advise senior hiring managers with market context.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end searches from brief to accepted offer.
• Map the market and approach candidates directly.
• Advise senior leaders and challenge briefs or timelines when needed.
• Build relationships with talent in hard-to-find areas ahead of demand.
• Provide honest insights on talent supply, pay, location and expectations.
• Coach and manage up to three Digital Talent Partners.
• Use data and learnings to improve recruitment methods.

Skills

Tech talent sourcing

Executive advisory

Team coaching

Data-driven

Relationship building

Job description

A government organisation is recruiting for a Senior Digital Talent Partner to identify and resource digital talent.

As a Senior Digital Talent Partner, you'll lead resourcing and recruitment for some of the most important hires within the organisation. You'll work closely with senior leaders and manage a small team of Digital Talent Partners.

Day to day duties:

• Lead difficult searches from start to finish, from the first brief to an accepted offer
• Map the market and approach candidates directly instead of waiting for applications
• Advise senior leaders and push back when a brief, timeline or expectation doesn't match the market
• Build relationships with talent in hard-to-find areas before we need them
• Give leaders honest insight on talent supply, pay, location and what candidates want
• Help leaders through offer and closing conversations
• Design fair assessments that test what matters for the job
• Manage and coach up to three Digital Talent Partners
• Use data and lessons learned to improve how we recruit

Key experience and skills required:

• Experience finding scarce tech talent directly in areas such as engineering, AI, data, cyber, product or digital delivery
• A track record of filling hard roles, and changing your approach when something isn't working
• Confidence advising and challenging senior hiring managers
• The ability to turn recruitment data into clear recommendations
• Strong candidate relationship skills, and an understanding of what makes experienced people decide to move
• Experience leading or coaching other recruiters
• Examples of improving a recruitment process, tool or way of working beyond a single campaign
• Previous experience of working for l arge technology firms such as Amazon, Google or Microsoft would be an advantage