Hybrid Talent Acquisition Manager

at Bridge

• Job title: Talent Acquisition Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

About the role

• Talent Acquisition Manager for BR-DGE, a fintech enhancing e-commerce payment infrastructures. Leading sourcing and hiring efforts for diverse tech and non-tech roles.

Responsibilities

• Proactively source, engage, and attract high-quality candidates across technology, product, commercial, and corporate functions.
• Own end-to-end recruitment processes, from role definition through to offer management and hiring decision support.
• Use a range of sourcing techniques, including direct sourcing, market mapping, and network-driven approaches, tailored to role seniority and scarcity.
• Manage advertising strategy and response, ensuring ads are strategically placed to access the most relevant audience and drive high-quality volume.
• Deliver an excellent candidate experience that reflects BR-DGE’s values and employer brand.
• Partner closely with line managers and senior leaders to build robust hiring plans aligned to business growth and workforce strategy.
• Support managers in scoping roles, defining success profiles, and understanding the nuances of hiring across different levels and disciplines.
• Provide guidance on market conditions, role feasibility, compensation benchmarking, and realistic timelines.
• Coach and influence stakeholders to make effective, inclusive, and data-informed hiring decisions.
• Partner with the wider P&C team and line managers to ensure new joiners receive a high-quality onboarding experience that sets them up for success through their probation and beyond.
• Manage and coordinate relationships with external recruiters, ensuring clear briefs, high-quality delivery, and strong return on investment.
• Continuously assess when to recruit directly versus using external support and steer the business to make decisions that drive high-quality decision-making whilst protecting our operating pace and budget.
• Contribute to the evolution of BR-DGE’s talent acquisition processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Use recruitment data and insights to inform decisions, improve effectiveness, and report on hiring performance.
• Champion best practices in diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the hiring lifecycle.

Requirements

• Proven experience in talent acquisition within a tech or fintech environment.
• Demonstrable hands-on sourcing expertise, including hiring for hard-to-fill technical and specialist roles.
• Experience hiring across a broad range of seniority levels, from early career through to senior leadership, with a clear understanding of how approach and assessment differ by role type.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to partner with and influence senior leaders.
• Experience managing external recruiters and recruitment partners.
• Commercially minded, pragmatic, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, scaling business.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-focused mindset.

Benefits

• Flexible, remote-first working
• 33 days holiday, including public holidays
• Birthday off
• Family healthcare
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Investment in learning and development
• Regular team events and off-sites
• A collaborative culture where documentation is treated as a first-class product