Talent Acquisition Manager
Senior Global TA Partner (Team Lead) | Cambridge (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Permanent | Full-time | Salary: £60,000 - £75,000
We’re supporting a high-growth, venture-backed deep-tech scale-up based in central Cambridge, operating at the cutting edge of advanced computing and engineering. With a multi-year runway, the business is entering its next phase of sustainable, internationally-focused growth.
They are now looking to appoint a Lead / Manager-level Talent Acquisition professional to strengthen and mature their TA function, while remaining hands-on in delivery.
This is a people-first leadership role, ideal for a calm, consultative recruiter who enjoys partnering closely with highly technical stakeholders and supporting a small TA team through complexity and change.
What you’ll be doing
- Acting as a hands-on Talent Acquisition Lead, managing end-to-end hiring across highly technical and niche roles
- Providing line management, coaching, and support to an existing TA Partner (with scope to grow the team)
- Partnering closely with senior leaders to advise on role scoping, hiring priorities, and realistic timelines
- Supporting hiring across the UK, US and Europe
- Building credibility with deeply technical stakeholders across software, hardwar,e and scientific disciplines
- Improving hiring cadence, prioritisation and pipeline visibility without over-engineering processes
What they’re looking for
- Proven experience with specialist, technical candidate markets (deep tech, engineering, semiconductor, scientific or adjacent fields)
- Comfortable remaining hands-on in delivery while managing and supporting others
- Confident stakeholder partner – able to listen, challenge constructively and mediate competing priorities
- Calm, ego-free and adaptable – comfortable with ambiguity and evolving plans
- Exposure to international hiring, particularly the US, is highly desirable
For more information, please reach out to Jacquelyn or Alesia at The ONE Group