A leading professional services organisation is seeking an experienced Head of Talent to lead talent acquisition, talent marketing, and pipeline development across priority professional verticals and markets.

This is a hybrid Talent Acquisition and Talent Marketing leadership role, combining talent attraction, employer branding, campaign strategy, candidate nurturing, and talent pipeline management. The role will own the candidate database as a strategic asset, building and nurturing a warm, well-segmented pool of qualified professionals so the organisation can proactively respond to future hiring demand rather than relying primarily on reactive, role-by-role recruitment.

The role reports to the Chief People Officer and will lead a recruitment marketing and sourcing team of approximately 20 FTE.

The engagement is expected to run for a minimum of 6 months, with potential to convert to a permanent position.

Location: Clarke/Pampanga or Ortigas/Manila, Philippines

Working model: Hybrid, 3 days onsite per week

Language: English

Key Activities

Talent Acquisition & Pipeline Strategy

• Own the talent database as a strategic asset, continuously growing and nurturing qualified talent pools across priority verticals and regions.
• Build forward-looking pipelines aligned to anticipated hiring demand, ensuring priority professional talent is identified and engaged before roles become available.
• Develop strategies to proactively identify and engage potential talent rather than relying solely on reactive recruitment.
• Segment talent pipelines by vertical, region, and candidate profile to ensure resources are focused on priority hiring areas.
• Develop approaches to attract professional talent across areas such as accounting, HR, IT, and other specialist functions.
• Monitor pipeline quality and continuously identify opportunities to improve the number and quality of qualified registrations.

Talent Marketing & Campaigns

• Develop and execute the organisation's Employer Value Proposition (EVP) across candidate touchpoints, including job advertisements, careers site, social media, and campaign creative.
• Design, build, and prioritise always-on and time-bound talent nurturing campaigns to attract and keep potential talent engaged between hiring requirements.
• Own the talent marketing budget and media mix across paid social, job boards, programmatic advertising, search, and other relevant channels.
• Allocate spend across verticals and regions based on performance metrics such as cost per qualified registration.
• Own the candidate-facing careers experience and marketing automation / CRM tools supporting candidate nurture pathways.
• Develop targeted campaigns around priority professional communities, including opportunities to build awareness through relevant industry associations and networks.
• Lead incentive-based talent campaigns, working with stakeholders across Sales, Finance, Legal, and HR to ensure all candidate-facing offers and commitments are deliverable and appropriately approved.
• Use campaign, conversion, and pipeline data to continuously optimise talent attraction and engagement.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and performance-manage a recruitment marketing and sourcing team of approximately 20 FTE.
• Set team priorities based on business hiring requirements and talent pipeline demand.
• Establish and monitor individual and team performance targets.
• Drive continuous improvement in sourcing, campaign execution, candidate engagement, and pipeline outcomes.
• Ensure the team is focused on proactive pipeline development and measurable talent acquisition results.

Your Background

Essential

• Proven experience leading Talent Acquisition, Talent Attraction, Talent Marketing, Recruitment Marketing, Employer Branding, or talent pipeline functions at scale.
• Strong understanding of both talent acquisition and marketing principles, with the ability to apply campaign and demand-generation approaches to talent attraction.
• Experience building and managing talent databases, pipelines, or talent communities.
• Proven experience designing and managing multi-channel talent attraction or recruitment campaigns.
• Strong understanding of campaign performance, conversion metrics, and data-driven optimisation.
• Experience managing channels such as paid social, job boards, search, programmatic advertising, CRM, or marketing automation.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify opportunities and continuously improve talent attraction and recruitment results.
• Experience leading and developing a sizeable team, ideally across recruitment marketing, sourcing, talent acquisition, or related functions.
• Strong strategic and global perspective with the ability to solve problems independently and adapt approaches across markets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a focus on improving measurable results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Desirable

• 3+ years of living and working internationally, with 5–7 years preferred.
• Experience working across multiple international markets or regions.
• Experience building pipelines of professional or specialist talent, particularly across areas such as accounting, HR, IT, finance, or other skilled functions.
• Experience developing and implementing employer brand / EVP strategies.
• Experience working with talent CRM, marketing automation, or candidate relationship management platforms.
• Experience building relationships with professional associations, industry communities, or external talent networks.
• Previous experience combining Talent Acquisition and Talent Marketing / Recruitment Marketing responsibilities.