aston holmes

Talent Manager

aston holmes  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Hybrid)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

As a Talent Manager, you’ll take the lead on a high-volume client account. You’ll be driving end-to-end recruitment delivery, shaping the talent approach, and partnering with senior client stakeholders, all while leading, developing, and inspiring a high-performing recruitment team.

This is your chance to make a real impact, managing complex recruitment operations, ensuring consistent delivery at scale, and guiding a team responsible for bulk recruitment activity in a fast-paced environment.

🤩 What You’ll Be Doing

  • Leading recruitment delivery across non-technical roles within a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

  • Partnering with highly engaged hiring managers across the US to ensure alignment on hiring needs and strategies.

  • Managing, coaching, and developing a team of recruiters to ensure high performance, engagement, and delivery excellence.

  • Driving operational excellence, ensuring KPIs are met and continuously improving processes and team output.

  • Overseeing account profitability and ensuring effective resource planning and allocation across your team.

  • Implementing innovative sourcing strategies and leveraging talent insights to anticipate hiring needs and market trends.

🔎 What We’re Looking For

  • Extensive experience in talent acquisition leadership, with proven people management responsibility.

  • A strong track record of building, leading, and retaining high-performing recruitment teams.

  • Confidence managing senior and challenging stakeholders in high-pressure, client-facing environments.

  • Experience within consulting or RPO environments, ideally with global or multi-market exposure.

  • Strong understanding of non-technical recruitment markets, talent trends, and workforce insights.

  • A self-starter who takes ownership, drives results, and builds trust with both clients and internal teams.

Why Join aston holmes

At aston holmes, recruitment goes beyond filling roles, they act as catalysts for growth. Guided by the principles of audacity, legacy, and unity, the business focuses on building high-performing teams while creating meaningful impact.

What you can expect:

  • A flexible hybrid working model across teams

  • Exposure to international recruitment environments

  • Opportunities to contribute to company-wide initiatives, including work with their NGO, Holmies in the Community

  • A strong culture of learning and development, supported by book and audiobook incentives

🏆 Perks & Benefits

  • Competitive salary

  • Flexible working hours, supporting work-life integration

  • Access to learning and development incentives

  • Opportunities to work on impactful projects aligned to personal passions

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About aston holmes

We help businesses scale quickly by mixing creativity, expertise and technology to attract and hire the best people in the market for our clients. We walk the line between strategy and creativity, where disruption isn’t mandatory, but innovative ideas are. Our mission surpasses recruitment; we are catalysts for growth, propelling businesses to new heights.

We are a talent solutions business that partners with successful, growing companies across the globe to not only connect them with the best talent the market has to offer, but also provide solutions to help scale at pace, reduce costs, and provide the right expertise at the right time to solve their most urgent and complex hiring challenges. Our tailor-made solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technology as well as comprehensive data and insights, giving our clients a competitive edge in finding great talent.

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Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
2015
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