Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, R&D

• You'll own a full Engineering and Product requisition load across the UK and India, setting the gold standard for sourcing quality and assessment rigour.

• You'll move beyond job boards to proactively headhunt high-calibre, diverse talent through direct outreach, communities, and networks, to maximise direct hires.

• You'll use market insights and commercial context to challenge hiring manager perspectives, ensuring we hire the best talent at the right time.

• You'll coach hiring managers on assessment best practice, ensuring every process is rigorous, consistent, and inclusive.

• You'll build and use AI in your day-to-day work, from sourcing and intake prep to reporting, to improve hiring quality and make you an even more effective recruiter.

• You'll contribute to the broader TA strategy by driving high-impact projects in areas like employer branding, DEI, and continuous process improvement.

• Significant talent acquisition experience, ideally in a B2B technology business, with a proven track record of successfully hiring technical talent.

• Experience recruiting in the UK and India, understanding how the two markets differ.

• Proactively uses market insights and data to drive efficient hiring processes and influence stakeholder buy-in.

• Credibility to advice and influence senior stakeholders, up to VP-level, with the evidence to back it up.

• Strong commercial awareness. Understands the business reason behind every hire and use it to shape strategy and manage expectations.

• High ownership. You have high standards for your own work, and those you partner with.

• Resilient, quality-obsessed, and comfortable with pace and ambiguity.

Our Hiring Process

Here's what to expect:

• Screening call (40 minutes). A conversation with our TA team about your background, what you're looking for, and how we work.

• Hiring Manager interview (1 hour). We'll dig into how you partner with stakeholders, challenge hiring briefs, and run a search.

• Take-home task. A practical exercise based on the work you'd do here.

• Stakeholder and culture interview virtual onsite. Meet the leaders and peers you'd partner with, and tell us how you'd contribute positively to our culture.

Compensation

At Matillion, we are committed to providing compensation in line with market standards based on the role, job family, job level and country. This role's estimated annual salaried pay range for this position is £56,000 - £80,000. The final salary will be based on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process.

More about Matillion

We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including:

• Company Equity

• 30 days holiday + bank holiday

• 5 days paid volunteering leave

• Private Health Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Pension

• Access to mental health support

Your Safety

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Want to know more?

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Matillion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our team. Matillion prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Matillion does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.