Talent Partner

The Talent Partner is both a strategic and operational role responsible for aligning business objectives and talent. The Talent Partner will work closely with hiring teams, fellow culture team, and leaders across the business to attract and hire top talent.

The Talent Partner is a full lifecycle recruiting role and requires ‘hands on’ candidate engagement and business partnering. 

Talent Acquisition:

• Partner with hiring teams to understand workforce planning and help define role requirements and ideal candidate profiles
• Develop and deliver talent engagement strategies to attract high-calibre candidates for current and future needs of the business
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from candidate sourcing to offer accept and pre-boarding
• Provide coaching and guidance to hiring teams on approach to interviewing, candidate experience, and decision-making.
• Leverage data and analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of sourcing channels, interview process and refine hiring strategies.
• Ensure a positive and seamless experience for candidates throughout the recruitment process.
• Agility to work across multiple teams as required by the business

Employer Branding:

• Develop and execute initiatives to showcase PortSwigger culture, values, and career opportunities.
• Engage in networking and outreach activities, including attending and hosting industry events.
• Act as a brand ambassador, embodying PortSwigger mission and values.

This might be for you if you

• Love collaborating with others and see the benefit of diverse perspecitves
• Have a proven track record and at least 5 years managing full lifecycle talent acquisition in a scale up, tech business.
• Specialise in Tech Recruitment (London) or Go To Market Recruitment (Knutsford, Cheshire)
• Love discovering and engaging talented individuals through creative sourcing techniques
• Are passionate about business partnership, raising the bar and hiring the very best talent
• Are tech and data savvy

This is probably not be for you if you...

• Prefer to keep your work private until you’re sure it’s perfect.
• Hate dropping something you’ve started.
• Take your time over decisions, make sure every minor point is correct.
• Think following industry “best practice” is more important than crafting the right solution for the problem at hand.
• Prefer to over-plan than deliver something that’s not the very best it could possibly be.
• Prefer to delegate than get the job done yourself.

Why join us?

• We foster an inclusive and high-performance culture with a focus on work-life balance.
• We believe in rewarding people generously and offer a competitive salary based on individual skills and contribution.
• We host regular team events and have fantastic summer and winter parties.
• You’ll be part of a humble, supportive, and fun team that values collaboration, humour, and a strong sense of belonging.
• We offer share options, 8% employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection, private medical insurance, and 25 days holiday (plus public holidays).
• We love to collaborate in person and we work on site 5 days per week.
• Our working hours are flexible, with core hours from 9am to 4pm.