Senior Commercial Talent Acquisition Specialist

Accountabilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for senior leadership, director-level, specialist, and business-critical positions across Commercial, Operations, and Support functions, including confidential and sensitive searches.

• Partner with senior leaders to translate business objectives into clear hiring strategies, advising on role scope, candidate profiles, seniority, location, compensation, and assessment criteria.

• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies using talent mapping, direct sourcing, market research, and personalized candidate engagement to reach high-caliber and hard-to-find talent.

• Facilitate recruitment kick-offs, calibration sessions, and hiring discussions to align stakeholders, challenge assumptions constructively, and support timely, evidence-based decisions.

• Assess leadership potential, relevant experience, and transferable skills while navigating evolving requirements, complex hiring scenarios, and competing priorities.

• Manage senior-level candidate relationships, offer negotiations, counter-offers, and sensitive conversations, ensuring trust, transparency, and momentum throughout the recruitment process.

• Coach and support Talent Acquisition colleagues through search reviews, candidate calibration, sourcing feedback, and practical guidance on assessment and stakeholder management.

• Help resolve stalled searches, improve recruitment strategies, and provide hands-on support for priority vacancies when additional expertise is needed.

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition leadership to prioritize critical hiring needs, identify capacity constraints, and recommend practical solutions to improve team delivery.

• Use recruitment data, market intelligence, and candidate feedback to identify risks, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend improvements across priority searches.

• Maintain accurate recruitment records and reporting in Greenhouse, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility of hiring progress, challenges, and next steps.

• Drive continuous improvement across sourcing, assessment, workflows, and recruitment technology, including automation where appropriate, to enhance hiring quality, speed, conversion rates, and candidate experience.

• Promote structured, inclusive, and candidate-centered recruitment practices, sharing effective approaches and developing reusable tools and guidance that strengthen the wider team.

Requirements:

• Proven experience delivering senior, complex, and business-critical hires across commercial and business functions, ideally within the iGaming and/or FinTech industries.

• Demonstrated success managing leadership and director-level recruitment, from initial role scoping and talent mapping through to offer negotiation and acceptance.

• Experience operating as a hands-on player-coach, balancing personal recruitment delivery with coaching colleagues and improving team-wide recruitment capabilities.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior decision-makers, challenge hiring requirements constructively, and navigate competing business priorities.

• Advanced practical expertise in direct sourcing, candidate engagement, talent assessment, offer negotiation, and closing candidates in competitive talent markets.

• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect recruitment strategies with broader business objectives while quickly developing an understanding of unfamiliar functions or talent markets.

• Excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills when managing confidential appointments, ambiguous requirements, and complex candidate conversations.

• The ability to interpret recruitment metrics and market intelligence, translating insights into actionable recommendations that improve hiring outcomes.

• Significant hands-on experience using Greenhouse for recruitment workflow management, data accuracy, reporting, and stakeholder visibility.

• Experience improving recruitment processes, tools, or workflows; familiarity with Greenhouse integrations, automation, or other recruitment technologies is an advantage.

• A high degree of autonomy, accountability, and ownership, combined with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

• A strong commitment to inclusive, evidence-based hiring and delivering a thoughtful, professional candidate experience.

• Excellent English communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and colleagues across an international organization.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary package with individual performance-based bonuses paid quarterly.

• 28 days of annual leave to support rest, personal commitments, and work-life balance.

• Remote-first working environment designed to support flexibility and long-term sustainability.

• High-quality equipment to help you perform at your best.

• Annual company retreats offering opportunities to connect with colleagues, strengthen relationships, and build an international professional network.