Talent Acquisition Manager New

The Game Scientist; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid holiday

Hybrid Working

20 days remote working

Daily Free Lunch

Regular company events and rewards

Employee Assistance Program

Family Forming Support

Life Assurance & Group Income Cover

Continuous Professional Development

Private Medical Cover & Health Cash P…

Job summary

Tripledot Studios is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead a pod of Talent Acquisition Partners and own hiring for multiple studios and departments. You will coach and develop the team, drive high-quality hires, and optimise processes with a strong emphasis on candidate experience and data-driven decisions in a fast-paced mobile games environment.

You will still run your own searches while developing others, with a focus on growth, process discipline, and AI-enabled improvements across

Qualifications

• At least 5 years' experience in Talent Acquisition, including experience hiring for technical and hard to fill roles.
• Experience line managing, mentoring or formally coaching other recruiters.
• Comfortable being accountable for a team's results and conducting performance conversations with care.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior leaders and clear updates.
• Inquisitive mindset with data-driven decision making.
• Organised, methodical and proactive in driving improvements.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with flexibility.
• Genuine interest in Mobile Games and industry trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead a pod of Talent Acquisition Partners and Senior Talent Acquisition Partners and develop them.
• Coach the team on sourcing, interviewing, offer management and candidate experience.
• Balance workload across the pod and flag capacity risks early.
• Set and uphold standards for hiring processes.
• Advise studio leads on hiring strategy and market conditions.
• Own roles across Group and Studios and map top talent.
• Lead data, processes and projects including AI adoption and analytics.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Line management

Coaching recruiters

Stakeholder management

Curiosity

Decision making

Organised

Proactive mindset

Adaptability

Mobile games interest

Job description

Tripledot Studios is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world.

We are a multi-award-winning organisation, with a global 2,500+ strong team across 12 studios.

Our expanded portfolio includes some of the biggest titles in mobile gaming, collectively reaching top chart positions around the world and engaging over 25 million daily active users.

Tripledot’s guiding principle is that when people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others.

We’re building a company we’re proud of. One filled with driven, incredibly smart and detail-orientated people, who LOVE making games.

Our ambition is to be the most successful games company in the world, and we’re just getting started.

Role Overview

The Talent Acquisition Manager leads a small team of Talent Acquisition Partners while continuing to own hiring for a number of our studios and departments. You will be accountable for the people, performance and process of your pod: setting goals, coaching your team, and making sure the business gets an exceptional in house hiring service that prioritises quality over quantity and an unparalleled candidate experience.

This is a hands on management role. You will still run your own searches, while developing the people around you to do the same.

The type of person who will excel in this role is someone who gets a kick out of seeing others grow, is process driven and highly communicative, takes ownership of outcomes rather than activity, and has a real interest in mobile games. You love looking for ways to optimise and continuously improve how the TA function works, and you care about making sure AI is used in the best ways possible across everything we do.

Key Responsibilities

Leading your team

• Line managing a pod of Talent Acquisition Partners and Senior Talent Acquisition Partners, running regular 1:1s and owning their development.
• Coaching your team on the craft: brief taking, sourcing strategy, interviewing, offer management and candidate experience.
• Balancing workload across the pod as business needs change, and flagging capacity risks early.
• Setting and upholding standards so the team follows and improves our process rather than working around it.

Partnering with the business

• Acting as the main point of contact for the Studio leads and CEOs you work with, advising on hiring strategy and market conditions.
• Working closely with HRBPs and business leaders on headcount plans and hiring priorities.
• Providing an industry leading candidate and hiring manager experience, ensuring the business is in a strong position to hire and onboard high value talent.
• Giving consistent, clear updates and being comfortable challenging hiring decisions with objective evidence.

Hiring and market expertise

• Owning and running your own roles across Group and Studios.
• Engaging the best talent directly, and building strategies to effectively map and engage the market.
• Learning about our competitors and keeping up to date with the market so our offers stay competitive.
• Creating and maintaining talent maps across hard to hire, technical, strategic and operational disciplines.

Process, data and projects

• Maintaining accurate data across all of our processes.
• Proactively seeking out ways to improve workflows and systems, and bringing ideas and solutions to the TA Director.
• Leading or supporting wider projects that add value to the business, such as external events, systems and tools, AI adoption and data and analytics.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• At least 5 years' experience in Talent Acquisition, including experience hiring for technical and hard to fill roles.
• Experience line managing, mentoring or formally coaching other recruiters, with a track record of helping people improve.
• Comfortable being accountable for a team's results, not just your own, and able to have honest performance conversations with care.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior leaders, with consistent, clear updates and the confidence to push back when needed.
• Inquisitive mindset, naturally curious, asking insightful questions to understand people and the business.
• Good judgement in making objective decisions based on business needs and gathered insights.
• Organised and methodical, with a structured approach to your own work and your team's.
• Proactive mindset, seeking out improvements, potential problems and solutions before they are asked for.
• Thrives in a fast paced and sometimes ambiguous environment, staying flexible and adaptable as priorities shift.
• Strong interest in multiple business areas and a genuine interest in Mobile Games and staying on top of industry trends.

Working at Tripledot

• 25 days paid holiday in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year
• Hybrid Working
• 20 days remote working: Work from anywhere in the world, or use the time to cover mandatory office days to WFH, 20 days of the year.
• Daily Free Lunch: when in the office you get £12 every day to order from JustEat.
• Regular company events and rewards: quarterly on-site and off-site events that celebrate cultural events, our achievements and our team spirit.
• Employee Assistance Program: Anytime you need it, tap into confidential, caring support with our Employee Assistance Program, always here to lend an ear and a helping hand.
• Family Forming Support: Receive vital support on your family forming/ fertility journey with our support program [subject to policy]
• Life Assurance & Group Income Cover: Financial protection for you and your loved ones.
• Continuous Professional Development: Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.
• Private Medical Cover & Health Cash Plan: Opt-in (P11d benefit) comprehensive private medical cover with Bupa and cash plan with Medicash.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary sacrifice bike purchase scheme.
• Pension Plan: Qualifying earnings or opt-in 4% contributory match schemes offered.