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Head of Recruitment

START MEA

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in agency recruitment or embedded/RPO leadership
  • Track record building TA teams across multiple geographies
  • Strong hands-on sourcing skills with a commercial mindset
  • Data-driven, organised, and confident influencing stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute sourcing for senior and business-critical roles
  • Apply deep sourcing strategies and maintain evergreen pipelines
  • Act as the benchmark for sourcing best practices—this is a hands-on role

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Job description

This is a remote position.

Job Title: Head of Recruitment
Locations: London, UAE, or EU-based (Remote/Hybrid)
Reports To: Commercial Director
Type: Full-time, Permanent

About the Company:
We are a fast-scaling Marketing Tech Consultancy working with global brands and innovative startups. We embed specialist marketing talent into client teams to deliver high-impact digital campaigns and strategies. As we expand our client base across multiple markets, we are hiring a Head of Recruitment to elevate our TA function into a commercially focused, insight-led growth engine.

Role Overview:
This is not your typical internal TA role. You’ll be leading recruitment globally while also acting as a strategic partner to the commercial team—fueling revenue growth through talent intelligence and proactive pipelining.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Talent Acquisition


Own and execute sourcing for senior and business-critical roles


Apply deep sourcing strategies and maintain evergreen pipelines


Act as the benchmark for sourcing best practices—this is a hands-on role




Requirements

Requirements:


  • 8+ years in agency recruitment or embedded/RPO leadership

  • Track record building TA teams across multiple geographies

  • Strong hands-on sourcing skills with a commercial mindset

  • Data-driven, organised, and confident influencing stakeholders

  • Comfortable with sourcing tools, CRM, and ATS platforms


Success in Year 1 Looks Like:


  • TA directly supports revenue and GP margin growth
  • Scalable talent communities built for repeat hiring
  • Market insights regularly shared with Commercial & BD teams

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Marcus Rivera

Chief Revenue Officer

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