Play a key role in executing the company’s talent strategy across the UK and South Africa.
Ensure a strong pipeline of talent and drive exceptional candidate and employee experiences
from first contact to onboarding.
Build and run the hiring engine for Theodo UK: designing the process, sourcing candidates directly, managing stakeholders, and filling roles across tech, sales, and delivery.
Manage external recruitment partners and internal stakeholders to ensure excellence in hiring delivery (quality, speed, and experience).
Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring alignment with company culture and diversity goals.
Define and implement a consistent, data-driven recruitment process across markets.
Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in all talent decisions.
Design and implement scalable onboarding plans for new joiners to ensure rapid integration and productivity.

5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition with a proven track record of delivering results in technical hiring.
Deep experience in end-to-end hiring, including technical & non-technical recruitment, assessment methodologies, and stakeholder engagement.
Proven ability to manage and evaluate external recruitment agencies/search firms to ensure consistent quality and brand alignment.
Data-driven decision-making: ability to interpret hiring metrics and translate insights into action plans.
Experience directly sourcing candidates across technical and non-technical roles.
Analytical mindset with a proven history of consistent drive to seek improvements in the systems you work with and ways of working.

25 Days annual leave
Learning and Development support throughout your career at Theodo
Private Health Insurance via Vitality
3 week work from anywhere policy
Equipment budget for your tech set up
Company pension
Monthly Socials
A Slack network of 700+ “Theodoers” across our extended ecosystem — ask questions, share patterns, or troubleshoot obscure challenges with some of the sharpest minds out there

Talent Acquisition Lead

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