Senior Recruiter / Talent Partner

VirtuHire is a high-growth South African talent partner working with international businesses across the UK, US, Europe, and Australia. We help founders and leadership teams build world-class remote teams across sales, marketing, finance/accounting, technology, and operations.

We are hiring a Senior Recruiter / Talent Partner to take ownership of end-to-end recruitment delivery and play a key role in scaling our core offering. We are looking for someone who excels at headhunting, running structured recruitment processes, and consistently delivering exceptional hires.

Responsibilities

• Proactive Headhunting & Sourcing: Identify and engage top talent across sales, marketing, finance/accounting, tech, and professional services roles.
• Full Recruitment Lifecycle Ownership: From role briefing to sourcing, screening, interviews, shortlisting, offers, and placements.
• High-Quality Delivery: Produce detailed candidate summaries and shortlists for international clients.
• Pipeline Development: Build long-term talent pipelines for commercial, technical, and marketing roles.
• Collaboration & Strategy: Work closely with operations and leadership to ensure successful onboarding, placement outcomes, and overall talent strategy.
• Process Improvement: Continuously optimize recruitment processes, tools, and candidate experience, bringing your expertise and fresh ideas to the team.
• Business Contribution: Leverage your background in finance, tech, or other relevant sectors to provide insight and value beyond recruiting.

Requirements:
• Experience: 3+ years in recruitment, headhunting, or talent acquisition, preferably in commercial, tech, or finance sectors.
• Proven Track Record: Consistent delivery of senior-level placements across sales, marketing, finance, and/or technology roles.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to advise leadership, contribute ideas, and challenge processes where needed.
• Organised & Process-Driven: Able to manage multiple live roles with accountability and attention to detail.
• Tech-Savvy: Confident using LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS systems, sourcing tools, and CRM platforms.
• Strong Communicator: Professional, clear, and persuasive, with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• A True A Team Player: Takes ownership, pride in outcomes, and elevates the team’s performance.

Benefits:
Why VirtuHire

• International, high-quality roles (not churn recruitment).
• Real ownership and autonomy.
• Lean, senior team with direct access to decision-makers.
• Long-term growth opportunity as the business scales.
• Competitive salary with performance-based upside.