A growing technology and data consulting business, with offices across Australia, New Zealand and the UK, is creating a Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner to lead talent acquisition across Australia and New Zealand. This is a senior individual contributor role, not a people management position.

You will work directly with business, technology and delivery leaders to understand the capability the business needs, then go into the market yourself to find it. You will map talent markets, personally approach passive candidates, build pipelines ahead of demand, and assess people to a high standard. You will also work closely with a UK-based talent acquisition colleague, sharing market intelligence, sourcing approaches and candidate networks across regions.

Responsibilities

Personally source, identify and approach high-quality candidates across Australia and New Zealand

Map talent markets and build target lists for priority roles and capability areas

Build and maintain deep pipelines of prospective talent ahead of immediate hiring requirements

Run initial candidate conversations and assess capability, experience, motivation and fit

Manage candidates through the recruitment process and maintain a high-quality candidate experience

Work directly with business, technology and delivery leaders to translate requirements into transparent search strategies

Advise hiring managers on talent availability,



market conditions and search approach, and challenge briefs where required

Share candidate intelligence, sourcing approaches and market insights with the UK talent acquisition team

Candidates should have

Significant experience inside an internal talent acquisition function, partnering directly with hiring managers and business leaders A background in a recruitment agency, executive search firm or specialist recruitment business, we want both sides of the fence, not one A genuine track record hiring software engineering, data engineering, data and analytics, AI and ML, cloud and platform, architecture or technology consulting talent, as market knowledge here is non-negotiable

Demonstrable personal sourcing through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, direct outreach and referral networks

Experience building pipelines for hard-to-fill or specialist roles

Strong assessment and interviewing skills, and the credibility to challenge a brief with a senior stakeholder

This isn't a fit for HR generalists where recruitment was one part of the role, recruitment operations or coordination profiles, agency people who were primarily business development rather than candidate-side, or TA leaders who have moved into management and are no longer personally sourcing. Experience with Metaview and Workable is an advantage.

For more information please contact Steve Grace

📌 Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner (Sydney)
🏢 The Nudge Group
📍 Sydney