Shape the Future

• Permanent Full-time
• Circa $200K inc. super
• Sydney or Melbourne CBD/ Hybrid

Most Talent Acquisition leadership roles ask you to lead a team. This role asks you to transform a function.

The Opportunity

Our client is a large, global organisation undergoing significant commercial and organisational transformation. As the business continues to evolve, Talent Acquisition is becoming a critical strategic capability rather than simply a recruitment function.

This leadership opportunity is designed for someone who can challenge hiring decisions, influence senior leaders and build a commercially focused Talent Acquisition function that supports broader business performance. This is not a purely operational recruitment leadership role. We’re looking for someone who enjoys partnering with executive leaders, influencing workforce planning, using market intelligence to shape decisions and coaching hiring managers to think differently about talent. You’ll lead a small, geographically dispersed Talent Acquisition team while remaining hands-on with senior and business-critical recruitment. More importantly, you’ll become a trusted advisor to leaders across the organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with senior leaders to shape workforce plans and hiring strategies
• Lead complex and business-critical recruitment across a broad range of functions
• Coach and develop a high-performing Talent Acquisition team
• Build stronger capability across stakeholder management and strategic hiring
• Use market insights and recruitment data to influence business decisions
• Improve hiring quality, efficiency and broader commercial outcomes
• Champion a proactive, solutions-focused approach to Talent Acquisition

About You

This role will suit someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of talent and commercial strategy. To be successful, you will bring:

• Proven experience leading Talent Acquisition within a global technology or SaaS organisation, this is a non-negotiable
• Experience supporting regional businesses within a global operating model
• Strong commercial acumen and confidence partnering with executive stakeholders
• Experience with Product, Technology and Go-to-Market recruitment
• A coaching leadership style with the ability to lift capability across a team
• A data-driven approach to hiring performance and workforce planning
• The confidence to challenge thinking and influence better business outcomes

Why Join?

You’ll join an organisation navigating significant business and organisational transformation, where Talent Acquisition has a genuine opportunity to influence how the business approaches talent.

Sydney-based candidates will be prioritised, although exceptional Melbourne-based candidates will also be considered. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across Australia and the broader global organisation.

If you’re looking for a role where you can shape strategy, influence leaders and build a more commercially focused Talent Acquisition function, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that this opportunity requires previous Talent Acquisition leadership experience within a large, global and complex organisation. Given the expected level of interest, we will prioritise applications demonstrating this experience. We do, however, endeavour to respond to all applicants as quickly as possible throughout the recruitment process.