Talent Acquisition Lead

As Talent Acquisition Lead, you'll lead recruitment across Indigo's global markets, with a primary focus on the UK and US, alongside Europe and APAC. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you'll combine hands-on recruitment delivery with leadership of a small team, partnering closely with hiring managers to attract and secure the right talent. You'll take a proactive, commercially minded approach to sourcing, champion direct recruitment and build strong stakeholder relationships to deliver an effective, cost-conscious talent acquisition service that supports Indigo's continued growth. You can shape Indigo's talent acquisition approach, bringing new ideas, best practice and innovative sourcing strategies to support our global growth ambitions.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end global recruitment across Indigo, including roles within subsea, terrestrial, wireless, data centre, NOC, field services, managed services, PMO and back-office functions.
• Uphold a robust, consistent end-to-end hiring process, ensuring quality and rigour at every stage, from role briefing and candidate assessment through to offer management and onboarding.
• Build strong partnerships with hiring managers and senior stakeholders, aligning recruitment priorities with business needs and maintaining clear communication throughout the hiring process.
• Drive proactive sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter and other channels, including direct search and headhunting, to attract high-quality candidates for specialist and hard-to-fill roles.
• Maximise direct hiring while managing agency relationships effectively, ensuring external support is used strategically and delivers value within agreed budgets.
• Lead and support a small Talent Acquisition team, providing direction, managing priorities and driving continuous improvement across the recruitment function.
• Maintain efficient recruitment processes and a positive candidate experience, ensuring accurate records and effective administration throughout the hiring lifecycle.
• Support the implementation of a new Applicant Tracking System (ATS), identifying opportunities to improve recruitment efficiency, candidate engagement and sourcing through technology and automation.
• Partner with Marketing and key stakeholders to strengthen Indigo's employer brand and support diversity and inclusion objectives across recruitment activity.
• Monitor recruitment performance, produce meaningful reports and evaluate the return on investment (ROI) of recruitment tools and channels to inform future decisions.