Job Description

Senior Manager – Recruitment

• Belfast
• Leading global professional services employer
• Excellent salary & benefits

We are hiring for our client, a leading global professional services organisation based in Belfast City Centre, who are seeking an experienced Senior Manager – Recruitment to lead Business Professional recruitment across EMEA.

This is a high-impact role managing a geographically dispersed team of recruiters, specialists, and coordinators. The successful candidate will deliver end-to-end talent acquisition strategies, enhance candidate experience, drive direct sourcing initiatives, and ensure alignment with workforce planning goals.

Top Things to Know About this Job

• Lead a global Business Professional recruitment function across EMEA
• Manage and develop a geographically dispersed recruitment team
• Drive direct sourcing, recruitment strategy and talent pipeline development

The Role

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for Business Professional functions across offices and centres
• Develop and execute scalable recruitment strategies aligned with workforce planning
• Standardise recruitment processes to improve efficiency and candidate experience
• Coach and develop the recruitment team on direct sourcing and talent attraction strategies
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, policies and internal risk protocols
• Track recruitment KPIs including time-to-hire, cost savings and candidate sourcing metrics
• Partner with functional directors to understand staffing requirements and challenges
• Lead direct sourcing for senior and specialist roles
• Champion inclusive hiring practices and develop robust talent pipelines
• Implement AI-powered recruitment solutions to enhance candidate screening and efficiency
• Manage external agency relationships and negotiate supplier terms
• Promote employer branding and represent the organisation at relevant recruitment forums
• Drive continuous improvement within the recruitment function and participate in ad hoc projects

The Person

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Extensive experience in talent acquisition within professional services or global recruitment
• Proven experience managing, coaching, and developing a dispersed recruitment team
• Strong knowledge of international recruitment regulations and compliance
• Expertise in direct sourcing, workforce planning, ATS (Avature), and recruitment analytics
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and organisational skills
• Able to operate independently and proactively within a globally dispersed team

The Reward

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Permanent, senior recruitment leadership role
• Exposure to global recruitment strategy and high-level stakeholder management
• Work in a collaborative, innovative, and fast-paced environment
• Opportunity to influence talent acquisition and hiring practices at scale

Next Steps – Why Hunter Savage?

For further information and to apply for this Senior Manager – Recruitment role, please contact Stephanie Mulholland at Hunter Savage for a confidential discussion.

Hunter Savage is a specialist recruitment consultancy supporting talent acquisition professionals across Northern Ireland, Ireland, and the UK.

We reserve the right to heighten shortlisting criteria depending on the calibre of response.