Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

About Nscale

Nscale is the hyperscaler engineered for AI. We are a leading provider of enterprise-grade GPU cloud infrastructure, specialising in high-performance computing solutions for LLM and MML workloads. Working with premier hardware partners including NVIDIA, AMD, and major OEMs, we deliver cutting-edge AI infrastructure across multiple data centres globally.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building and driving the technology that powers the future.

About the Role 

As the Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, you will work closely with the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to support the growth of Nscale. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a critical function in a start-up/scale-up environment, where you’ll support everything from sourcing to process improvements to onboarding.

You’ll play a pivotal role in attracting, engaging, and hiring top talent across diverse roles while ensuring a seamless candidate experience. Your commercial acumen, innovative sourcing strategies, and commitment to building a robust employer brand will drive our success in securing world-class talent.

We’re looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner that has a passion for recruitment and can use their skills to make a real difference! You’ll also be a:

• Creator: You’re happy to own projects or process improvement plans
• Problem Solver: You're comfortable problem solving & making decisions with support from the team
• Influencer:  You’re comfortable influencing without authority and exceptional at building relationships with stakeholders across the business to get things done to the agreed timescales
• Do-er:  You’re a doer who is extremely organised and diligent
• Proactive: You’re a self starter, curious, and quick to learn, knowing what questions to ask to get up to speed quickly  
• Expert: You’re knowledgeable and resourceful and have a great familiarity with recruitment approaches, tools, platforms, and industry trends, particularly in the tech world
• Champion for Inclusion:  You’re a strong advocate for equity and diversity in hiring

Talent Acquisition Execution

• Work closely with the People team to support the company’s talent acquisition strategy in line with business needs.
• Help refine recruitment processes, systems and metrics to improve efficiency and scalability.

Full-Cycle Recruitment

• Manage the end-to-end hiring process for a variety of roles (e.g., technical, GTM and operational positions).
• Conduct phone screenings, interviews and active sourcing to identify top talent.
• Write compelling job adverts and build strong talent pipelines for future hiring needs.
• Proactively source candidates using a variety of tools (e.g., LinkedIn, GitHub, online/offline communities) to attract both active and passive talent.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to ensure structured assessments and interviews are in place to select the best candidates.

Candidate Experience

• Ensure an engaging candidate journey that reflects the company’s culture.
• Maintain clear and timely communication with candidates throughout their process.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and provide support.
• Offer insights on market trends, candidate availability and best practices.

Employer Branding & Talent Attraction

• Support employer branding initiatives by contributing industry events, blogs and other talent attraction efforts.
• Help showcase the company’s mission and culture to potential candidates through storytelling

Process Improvement & Market Insights

• Use data and recruitment metrics to enhance hiring processes and improve efficiency.
• Stay up to date with best practices and industry trends, bringing fresh ideas to improve talent acquisition efforts.

Talent Acquisition Execution

• Work closely with the People team to support and implement the company’s talent acquisition strategy in line with business needs.
• Help refine recruitment processes, systems, and metrics to improve efficiency and scalability.

Full-Cycle Recruitment

• Manage the end-to-end hiring process for a variety of roles (e.g., technical, sales, and operational positions).
• Conduct phone screenings, interviews, and active sourcing to identify top talent.
• Write compelling job adverts and build strong talent pipelines for future hiring needs.
• Proactively source candidates using a variety of tools (e.g., LinkedIn, GitHub, networking) to attract both active and passive talent.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to ensure structured assessments and interviews are in place to select the best candidates.

Candidate Experience

• Ensure a seamless and engaging candidate journey that reflects the company’s culture.
• Maintain clear and timely communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with hiring managers to understand their hiring needs and provide recruitment support.
• Offer insights on market trends, candidate availability, and hiring best practices.

Employer Branding & Talent Attraction

• Support employer branding initiatives by contributing to social media content, events, and other talent attraction efforts.
• Help showcase the company’s mission and culture to potential candidates through storytelling and creative engagement.

Process Improvement & Market Insights

• Use data and recruitment metrics to enhance hiring processes and improve efficiency.
• Stay up to date with best practices and industry trends, bringing fresh ideas to improve talent acquisition efforts.

We’re looking for a passionate, hands-on talent acquisition expert who thrives in dynamic, high-growth environments as well as:

• A good understanding of employer branding and how to attract top talent through engaging content and outreach.
• Proven ability in active sourcing, networking and building talent pipelines.
• Hands-on experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle across various roles.
• The ability to quickly build trust and credibility with hiring managers and stakeholders.
• A data-driven approach to recruitment, using insights to improve processes and decision-making.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills to manage multiple hiring priorities effectively.
• Experience working in AI, Cloud or SaaS.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment marketing tools, with experience implementing or optimizing ATS tools being a plus.
• Some knowledge of technical hiring (e.g. engineering, DC roles) and a willingness to learn more.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.