Talent Acquisition, Team Leader

Role Overview 

Wood Mackenzie is seeking a Talent Acquisition Team Leader to drive our UK and regional technical recruitment efforts. This is a high-impact, player-coach role. You will manage a small team of global recruiters while personally executing senior and business-critical technical hires. You will partner directly with technology leaders to scale our digital, data science, and engineering capabilities, maximizing our Workday system to streamline operations. 

Key Responsibilities 

Team Leadership & Coaching (Coach) 

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of recruiters. 

• Manage workload distribution and monitor team performance metrics. 

• Coach the team on Workday best practices to ensure seamless candidate management  

• Act as the escalation point for complex recruitment challenges. 

Hands-on Technical Recruiting (Player) 

• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process for senior engineering, product, data, and commercial tech roles. 

• Build deep pipelines of passive tech talent using advanced sourcing strategies. 

• Deliver an exceptional, inclusive candidate experience from first contact to onboarding. 

• Take full ownership of the Workday ATS to ensure meticulous data integrity. 

Strategic Partnerships & Delivery 

• Consult with senior tech stakeholders to map out workforce plans and talent requirements. 

• Leverage Workday data and analytics to provide leadership with market insights and progress reports. 

• Drive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the hiring process. 

• Optimize recruitment workflows within Workday to reduce time-to-hire. 

Qualifications & Experience 

Required Experience 

• Proven experience in a technical recruitment role, either in-house or agency. 

• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, or supervising other recruiters. 

• Hands-on experience using Workday ATS to manage candidate pipelines and generate reports. 

• Strong track record of hiring complex technical roles. 

• Deep understanding of the tech talent landscape. 

Skills & Competencies 

• Mastery of advanced sourcing tools, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Boolean logic. 

• Ability to balance operational team management with individual hiring targets. 

• Superb stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership. 

• Data-driven mindset with experience using recruitment analytics to shape strategy.