Talent Acquisition Manager

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: UK. 100% Remote

Company: MarkJames Search

Salary: $Negotiable + Bonus

Hours: Full time or Part time considered

About MarkJames Search

MarkJames Search is an international recruitment and staffing specialist supporting clients across Europe and North America. With a strong reputation in professional services, technology, engineering, and operations recruitment, we are experiencing continued growth across both permanent and contingent workforce solutions. To support this expansion, we are seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to build and scale our internal commercial and delivery teams globally.

The Role

The Talent Acquisition Manager will lead and execute the end-to-end hiring strategy for experienced Sales, Account Management, and Delivery professionals within the agency staffing industry. This role is critical to ensuring MarkJames Search attracts, hires, and retains high-performing recruiters and sales talent across the USA and Europe.

You will act as a strategic partner to senior leadership, owning workforce planning, employer branding, and direct sourcing initiatives, while also being hands-on in candidate engagement and selection.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

• Develop and execute a scalable talent acquisition strategy aligned to MarkJames Search’s growth plans in the USA and Europe.
• Partner with leadership to forecast hiring needs across sales, account management, and recruitment delivery teams.
• Advise on market conditions, compensation benchmarks, and competitor intelligence within the staffing industry.

End-to-End Recruitment

• Own full-cycle recruitment for experienced agency professionals, from role briefing through to offer and onboarding.
• Proactively source passive candidates using LinkedIn, industry networks, referrals, and direct outreach.
• Conduct in-depth interviews assessing sales capability, recruitment delivery performance, and cultural fit.
• Manage offer processes, negotiations, and closing of senior and revenue-generating hires.

Employer Branding & Market Positioning

• Strengthen MarkJames Search’s employer brand within the agency staffing market in the USA and Europe.
• Create compelling job messaging that attracts high-calibre, experienced recruitment professionals.
• Represent the business professionally in confidential approaches and market conversations.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a trusted advisor to Directors and Hiring Managers across regions.
• Challenge hiring assumptions where needed and ensure consistent hiring standards globally.
• Provide regular reporting on hiring activity, time-to-hire, and pipeline health.

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Implement best-in-class recruitment processes, tools, and assessment methodologies.
• Ensure compliance with local employment laws and hiring practices across jurisdictions.
• Continuously improve candidate experience and internal hiring efficiency.

Required Experience & Skills

• Proven experience as a Talent Acquisition Manager / Internal Recruiter within a recruitment agency environment.
• Proven experience of scaling a staffing agency through high-level talent acquisition.
• Demonstrable track record of hiring experienced Sales Directors, Business Development Managers, Account Managers, and Delivery Consultants.
• Strong knowledge of the UK/European and/or US recruitment agency markets.
• Expertise in direct sourcing and headhunting of passive candidates and talent pool management.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to assess sales performance and revenue potential.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, growth-focused environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting multi-country or international recruitment teams.
• Familiarity with ATS and CRM systems used in staffing agencies.
• Background of hiring contractor/contingent worker recruitment professionals.

What We Offer

• 100% remote working and flexible working arrangements.
• A strategic, high-impact role within a growing international recruitment business.
• Competitive base salary plus performance-related incentives.
• Flexible working environment (remote/hybrid).
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and influence over global growth strategy.
• Long-term career progression as the business continues to scale.

Please apply online to be considered.