Talent Acquisition Manager

Catalyst Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyst Partners is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner in London to own recruitment across a growing group of specialist search and recruitment businesses. You’ll lead internal recruitment activity, shape hiring processes and policies, and collaborate with external partners when needed.

You’ll bring experience in talent acquisition, stakeholder management and process improvement, working across multiple brands and areas to attract high-performing talent and support business growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in talent acquisition, recruitment or talent partnering roles.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Enjoy improving processes and creating scalable solutions.
• Comfortable working across multiple business areas and hiring requirements.
• Organised, commercially minded and highly proactive.
• Experience managing agency partnerships would be advantageous.
• A passion for identifying and attracting high-performing talent.

Responsibilities

• Leading all internal recruitment activity across the group.
• Managing end-to-end hiring processes from briefing through to onboarding.
• Partnering with business leaders to understand hiring needs and workforce plans.
• Developing and improving recruitment processes, policies and candidate experience.
• Building talent pipelines for future growth areas.
• Managing agency relationships and ensuring external partners deliver value.
• Monitoring hiring performance, reporting and recruitment metrics.
• Supporting employer brand activity and talent attraction initiatives.
• Driving consistency and best practice across multiple brands and specialist teams.

Job description

Talent Acquisition Partner

London

£55,000 - £65,000 Base + Bonus

4 days a week in office

We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to take ownership of recruitment across a growing group of specialist search and recruitment businesses.

This is an opportunity to shape how we attract, engage and hire exceptional people across multiple brands, specialist practice areas and support functions. Sitting at the heart of the business, you'll lead internal recruitment activity, drive continuous improvement across hiring processes and policies, and manage relationships with external recruitment partners where required.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys finding and securing great talent but is equally motivated by creating structure, improving processes and influencing hiring outcomes across a complex, growing organisation.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading all internal recruitment activity across the group
• Managing end-to-end hiring processes from briefing through to onboarding
• Partnering with business leaders to understand hiring needs and workforce plans
• Developing and improving recruitment processes, policies and candidate experience
• Building talent pipelines for future growth areas
• Managing agency relationships and ensuring external partners deliver value
• Monitoring hiring performance, reporting and recruitment metrics
• Supporting employer brand activity and talent attraction initiatives
• Driving consistency and best practice across multiple brands and specialist teams

What We're Looking For

• Experience in talent acquisition, recruitment or talent partnering roles
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Someone who enjoys improving processes and creating scalable solutions
• Comfortable working across multiple business areas and hiring requirements
• Organised, commercially minded and highly proactive
• Experience managing agency partnerships would be advantageous
• A genuine passion for identifying and attracting high-performing talent

Why Join?

• A highly visible role with genuine influence across the business
• Opportunity to shape and improve talent acquisition strategy
• Exposure to multiple brands, markets and specialist sectors
• Collaborative and entrepreneurial environment
• The chance to make a tangible impact on business growth through hiring

If you're passionate about building high-performing teams, enjoy improving how recruitment works, and want a role with real variety and ownership, we'd love to hear from you.