Talent Acquisition Manager – High‑Volume Hiring

About This Role

Overview

This role leads the delivery and transformation of high‑volume frontline hiring across multiple markets. It is accountable for building a fast, scalable, and data‑driven hiring engine that supports business growth through disciplined execution, technology adoption, and insight led decision making.

The role sits at the intersection of volume recruitment, data, and automation. A significant portion of the role is focused on reporting, analytics, and turning hiring data into clear stories that influence senior stakeholders and operational leaders.

This is not a traditional recruitment role. It is a transformation and delivery leadership role for someone comfortable operating at scale, under pressure, and with high visibility.

Key Accountabilities

• High‑Volume Hiring Delivery

Own end to end delivery of high‑volume hiring across multiple locations and markets. Manage large candidate pipelines while maintaining pace, quality, and compliance. Use structured planning and prioritisation to ensure hiring demand is met consistently.

• Hiring Process Transformation

Lead the shift from manual, recruiter dependent hiring toward system driven, process led execution. Drive adoption of standardised workflows, automation, and digital tools to improve speed, consistency, and quality.

• Technology and Systems Adoption

Act as a strong user and advocate of ATS platforms, automation tools, and AI enabled hiring solutions. Ensure recruiters and hiring managers use systems effectively and consistently, rather than relying on offline tracking or informal workarounds. Partner with central Talent Acquisition and Technology teams to embed new tools and ways of working.

• Volume Hiring Optimisation

Continuously improve time to hire, candidate experience, offer acceptance, quality of hire, and early attrition. Use data and dashboards to monitor funnel health, identify bottlenecks, and drive corrective action.

• Data, Reporting, and Insights

Own hiring data, reporting, and performance insights for high‑volume recruitment. Produce regular dashboards and reports covering hiring progress, funnel health, quality, and risk. Use Excel and Power BI to bring data to life, turning numbers into clear insights that influence decisions and priorities. Present hiring performance and trends to senior stakeholders with confidence and clarity.

• Hiring Manager Partnership

Partner closely with operational leaders to align hiring plans, timelines, and expectations. Use data and insight to influence behaviour, challenge assumptions, and drive disciplined decision making. Reduce ad hoc hiring by introducing structured, predictable hiring practices.

• Team Leadership and Capability Building

Lead and develop a team of high‑volume recruiters. Build capability in data usage, system adoption, and operational execution. Set clear expectations, track performance through metrics, and drive accountability, pace, and consistency.

• Compliance and Governance

Ensure high‑volume hiring activity meets local regulatory, policy, and data requirements while remaining fast and scalable. Maintain strong controls across offers, documentation, and system data integrity.

What Success Looks Like:

• High‑volume hiring delivered through repeatable, system driven processes
• Strong visibility of hiring demand, progress, and risk through dashboards
• Improved candidate experience and quality of hire at scale
• Reduced reliance on manual tracking and recruiter heroics
• Hiring managers and leaders using data to make faster, better decisions

Required Experience:

• Minimum 3 to 5 years in a managerial role leading high‑volume recruitment teams
• Proven experience delivering volume hiring across multiple locations or markets
• Strong operational Talent Acquisition background with clear delivery accountability
• Experience working with ATS platforms, recruitment technology, and reporting tools
• Regular experience presenting performance, insights, and outcomes to senior stakeholders

Required Skills and Profile

• Strong data literacy with hands on capability in Excel and Power BI
• Comfortable building, interpreting, and presenting dashboards and reports
• Uses data to influence decisions rather than intuition alone
• Process oriented, structured, and execution focused
• Comfortable with pace, pressure, and ambiguity
• Curious, adaptable, and confident adopting new technology and automation