Talent Acquisition Partner (FTC)

The Outsiders Perspective; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Outsiders Perspective is a founder-led, fast-growing talent and recruitment business working with luxury fashion and beauty brands. We are seeking a proactive Talent Acquisition Manager on a FTC basis to run recruitment across multiple workstreams, end-to-end from intake to offer, across corporate functions and retail.

You will partner with brand partners, support the biannual accelerator programme, and manage multiple projects with high attention to detail, confidentiality, and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end-to-end recruitment across multiple workstreams (360 recruitment).
• Experience partnering with brand partners in luxury fashion/beauty is a plus.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to manage sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle (360) recruitment across multiple concurrent searches and clients.
• Recruit across Finance, HR, Digital Marketing, Legal, Supply Chain, and Retail.
• Lead recruitment for accelerator programme with biannual cycles.
• Match candidates to roles with brands, ensuring strong fit for both sides.
• Build relationships with brand partners and understand their hiring needs.
• Proactively source and build talent pipelines via networks and direct outreach.
• Maintain accurate ATS, trackers, and reporting.
• Contribute ideas to improve processes as the business scales.

Skills

360 recruitment

Talent Acquisition

Stakeholder management

Sourcing - LinkedIn Recruiter

Project management

Brand partnerships

High-volume recruitment

Candidate relationship management

Tools

ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Talent Acquisition Manager (FTC)

The Outsiders Perspective - London - Hybrid - Full time

Reporting to - Global Talent Director

About us

The Outsiders Perspective is a founder-led, fast-growing talent and recruitment business working with some of the most influential names in luxury fashion and beauty. Our brand partners include Beauty Pie, Business of Fashion, British Fashion Council, Burberry, Capri (Jimmy Choo & Michael Kors), Chanel, dunhill, Future Group, Harrods, Liberty, L'Oréal, lululemon, Karla Otto, Mulberry, McQueen, Paul Smith, Puig, Ralph Lauren, Selfridges and Soho House.

We’re a lean, ambitious team with high standards and a hands‑on approach. Everyone has real ownership, and everyone contributes.

The role

We’re looking for a proactive, experienced Talent Acquisition Manager on an, FTC basis, to run our recruitment across multiple workstreams at once. You’ll work on 360 recruitment (end to end, from intake to offer) across corporate functions and retail, partnering with our brand partners and supporting our biannual accelerator programme.

This is a role for someone who thrives on variety and pace, takes initiative without waiting to be asked, and cares about getting the details right. You’ll get close exposure to the leading luxury fashion and beauty brands and a seat at the table in a business that’s growing quickly.

What you’ll do

• Manage full-cycle (360) recruitment across multiple concurrent searches and clients, from briefing and sourcing through to offer negotiation and onboarding
• Recruit across a broad range of functions, including Finance, HR, Digital Marketing, Legal, Supply Chain and Retail (e.g. store managers)
• Lead recruitment for our accelerator programme, which runs twice a year: attraction, selection, and candidate assessment and management throughout the programme
• Match suitable programme candidates to roles with our brand partners, ensuring strong fit for both candidate and brand
• Build and maintain strong relationships with brand partners, understanding their culture, hiring needs and standards
• Proactively source and build talent pipelines through networks, market mapping and direct outreach
• Deliver every project with a high quality of output and meticulous attention to detail, from shortlists to candidate communications
• Handle sensitive information and conversations with discretion, tact and professionalism
• Keep our ATS, trackers and reporting accurate and up to date
• Contribute ideas to improve our processes, tools and ways of working as we scale

What you bring

• Proven experience as a TA Manager, Senior Recruiter or equivalent, ideally with agency experience and a sensibility to luxury fashion and beauty
• Demonstrable experience managing 360 recruitment across a mix of corporate functions (Finance, HR, Digital Marketing, Legal, Supply Chain) and retail roles
• Comfort running multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously, with strong prioritisation and organisation
• Resilience, initiative and a mature, steady mindset, with the agility to switch between roles and priorities without losing quality
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including with senior leaders and founders
• Real discretion and sensitivity when handling confidential or delicate situations
• A genuine passion for luxury fashion and beauty and an understanding of the industry landscape
• A can-do attitude: you’re happy to roll up your sleeves, you take initiative, and you take pride in doing things properly
• Experience with ATS and sourcing tools (e.g. LinkedIn Recruiter)

Why join us

• Work with some of the most recognised luxury fashion and beauty brands in the world
• High visibility and ownership in a founder‑led startup
• Variety: no two weeks look the same
• The chance to shape how we grow as the business scales