Talent Acquisition Lead

Oritain is the global leader in product origin verification, with locations in Auckland, Dunedin, London, Singapore and Washington D.C.

Our Mission: Science, Technology, and Global Impact

Our organisation sits at the intersection of forensic science and supply chain technology. We harness science and services to verify the genuine origin of materials, building an interconnected community of verified buyers and suppliers. Our mission is critical: to protect people and the planet by ensuring transparency and integrity in global supply chains.

As demand for supply chain transparency grows worldwide, so does our team.

We’re now looking for a Talent Acquisition Lead to help deliver Oritain’s global hiring strategy while leading and developing our talent acquisition capability as we continue to scale.

About the Role

The Talent Acquisition Lead is a player–manager role responsible for leading the delivery of hiring across Oritain while supporting the development of our talent acquisition function.

As part of the People & Culture team, you’ll lead and support the talent acquisition team while remaining hands-on with priority hiring. You’ll work closely with leaders across the business to understand workforce needs, shape practical hiring plans, and ensure we bring exceptional talent into the organisation.

This role offers the opportunity to step into a broader leadership scope while continuing to build your experience in strategic hiring, stakeholder partnership, and team development. You’ll help strengthen how we attract, assess, and hire talent globally while contributing to the continued evolution of our recruitment practices.

It’s an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing leadership with delivery and is excited to grow their impact within a global organisation.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll lead, coach, and support the talent acquisition team, helping create a collaborative environment that delivers consistent, high-quality hiring outcomes.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you’ll help translate workforce plans and organisational priorities into clear hiring activity across the business. Alongside this, you’ll remain hands-on with senior and business-critical recruitment, ensuring important roles are filled effectively.

You’ll develop proactive sourcing strategies that strengthen diverse talent pipelines and help us connect with both active and passive candidates across global markets.

Championing a strong candidate experience will be central to your role. From initial engagement through to offer and feedback, you’ll ensure candidates experience thoughtful communication and a process that reflects Oritain’s culture and values.

You’ll work with hiring managers to support well-structured interview and assessment processes, coaching leaders on effective interviewing and helping maintain fair and consistent hiring decisions.

Using recruitment data and reporting, you’ll help monitor pipeline health, track hiring performance, and provide insights into time-to-hire, diversity representation, and future hiring demand.

You’ll also contribute to improving recruitment operations by refining ATS workflows, interview frameworks, and hiring processes to ensure efficiency and clarity as the organisation grows.

Building strong relationships across the business will be key. You’ll support leaders with market insights, talent availability, and salary benchmarking to help inform hiring decisions.

Throughout all hiring activity, you’ll ensure recruitment practices align with internal policies and relevant employment requirements, including right-to-work legislation and data protection standards across regions.

You’ll also collaborate closely with the wider People & Culture team to ensure a smooth and positive journey for candidates and new hires from attraction through onboarding.

If you’re ambitious, curious, and motivated by building great teams in a growing global organisation, this is an opportunity to accelerate your impact and career.

Skills & Experience

You bring strong experience in talent acquisition within a fast-paced, high expectation environment and are comfortable managing end-to-end recruitment across multiple roles and priorities.

You have experience leading hiring activity and managing/ mentoring others, and you’re motivated by the opportunity to continue developing your leadership capability.

You’re confident partnering with senior stakeholders, building talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, and using recruitment data to guide decisions and improve processes.

Highly organised and collaborative, you bring a proactive mindset and a genuine passion for delivering an excellent candidate experience.

Most importantly, you’re excited by the opportunity to grow your leadership impact and develop toward a future Head of Talent Acquisition role.

Experience hiring across New Zealand, the Americas, APAC, and EMEA would be advantageous.

Company Benefits

• Salary: £65,000- £75,000

• Hybrid working set-up (Minimum 3 days per week required in our office in Farringdon- London)

• Paid Leave- 35 days (inclusive of public holidays)

• Birthday Off

• Volunteering Leave Allowance

• Enhanced Parental Leave

• Life Insurance

• Healthcare Cash Plan

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Pension

• Monthly Wellbeing Allowance

• Breakfast, Snacks, Friday lunch & Barista Coffee Machine in the office

• Learning Portal with over 100,000 assets available to support professional development

We believe great teams are built from different perspectives, experiences, and ways of thinking. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to bring your whole self to the process. If there’s anything we can do to support you, including any reasonable adjustments at any stage of hiring, please let the team know.