About the Position

Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: London

About the Company

Tripledot Studios is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world. We are a multi-award-winning organization with a global team of over 2,500 people across 12 studios. Our portfolio includes some of the biggest titles in mobile gaming, engaging over 25 million daily active users worldwide.

Our guiding principle is that when people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others. We're building a company we're proud of, filled with driven, smart, and detail-oriented people who LOVE making games.

Role Overview

The Talent Acquisition Manager leads a small team of Talent Acquisition Partners while continuing to own hiring for several of our studios and departments. You will be accountable for the people, performance, and process of your pod, setting goals, coaching your team, and ensuring the business receives an exceptional in-house hiring service that prioritizes quality over quantity and an unparalleled candidate experience.

This is a hands-on management role. You will still run your own searches while developing the people around you to do the same.

Responsibilities

Leading Your Team

Line managing a pod of Talent Acquisition Partners and Senior Talent Acquisition Partners, running regular 1:1s and owning their development.
Coaching your team on the craft: brief taking, sourcing strategy, interviewing, offer management, and candidate experience.
Balancing workload across the pod as business needs change, and flagging capacity risks early.
Setting and upholding standards so the team follows and improves our process rather than working around it.

Partnering with the Business

Acting as the main point of contact for the Studio leads and CEOs you work with, advising on hiring strategy and market conditions.
Working closely with HRBPs and business leaders on headcount plans and hiring priorities.
Providing an industry-leading candidate and hiring manager experience, ensuring the business is in a strong position to hire and onboard high-value talent.
Giving consistent, clear updates and being comfortable challenging hiring decisions with objective evidence.

Hiring and Market Expertise

Owning and running your own roles across Group and Studios.
Engaging the best talent directly, and building strategies to effectively map and engage the market.
Learning about our competitors and keeping up to date with the market so our offers stay competitive.
Creating and maintaining talent maps across hard-to-hire, technical, strategic, and operational disciplines.

Process, Data, and Projects

Maintaining accurate data across all of our processes.
Proactively seeking out ways to improve workflows and systems, and bringing ideas and solutions to the TA Director.
Leading or supporting wider projects that add value to the business, such as external events, systems and tools, AI adoption, and data and analytics.

Requirements

At least 5 years' experience in Talent Acquisition, including experience hiring for technical and hard-to-fill roles.
Experience line managing, mentoring, or formally coaching other recruiters, with a track record of helping people improve.
Comfortable being accountable for a team's results, not just your own, and able to have honest performance conversations with care.
Strong stakeholder management with senior leaders, with consistent, clear updates and the confidence to push back when needed.
Inquisitive mindset, naturally curious, asking insightful questions to understand people and the business.
Good judgment in making objective decisions based on business needs and gathered insights.
Organized and methodical, with a structured approach to your own work and your team's.
Proactive mindset, seeking out improvements, potential problems, and solutions before they are asked for.
Thrives in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment, staying flexible and adaptable as priorities shift.
Strong interest in multiple business areas and a genuine interest in Mobile Games and staying on top of industry trends.

We Offer

25 days paid holiday in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year.
Hybrid Working
20 days remote working: Work from anywhere in the world, or use the time to cover mandatory office days to WFH, 20 days of the year.
Daily Free Lunch: when in the office you get £12 every day to order from JustEat.
Regular company events and rewards: quarterly on-site and off-site events that celebrate cultural events, our achievements, and our team spirit.
Employee Assistance Program: Anytime you need it, tap into confidential, caring support with our Employee Assistance Program, always here to lend an ear and a helping hand.
Family Forming Support: Receive vital support on your family forming/fertility journey with our support program [subject to policy].
Life Assurance & Group Income Cover: Financial protection for you and your loved ones.
Continuous Professional Development: Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.
Private Medical Cover & Health Cash Plan: Opt-in (P11d benefit) comprehensive private medical cover with Bupa and cash plan with Medicash.
Dental Cover: Opt-in (P11d benefit).
Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary sacrifice bike purchase scheme.
Pension Plan: Qualifying earnings or opt-in 4% contributory match schemes offered.

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