🌍 Location: South Africa (Cape Town or Johannesburg)

As a Talent Manager, you’ll take ownership of a high-profile financial services account, leading recruitment operations that handle high-volume hiring across multiple business functions. You’ll shape talent strategy, lead and inspire your team, and ensure recruitment delivery runs smoothly at scale.

This is a fast-paced role where your leadership and operational expertise will directly impact both client satisfaction and team performance.

🤩 What You’ll Be Doing

• Own end-to-end recruitment delivery across non-technical roles, managing high-volume hiring with efficiency and precision.

• Partner with senior client stakeholders to align recruitment strategies with business objectives and forecasted needs.

• Oversee profitability for the account, ensuring effective resource allocation.

• Implement innovative sourcing strategies and leverage market intelligence to anticipate hiring needs and trends.

• Proactively identify process improvements to streamline high-volume recruitment operations while maintaining candidate experience.

🔎 What We’re Looking For

• Extensive experience in high-volume recruitment management.

• A proven track record of developing and retaining high-performing recruitment teams.

• Confidence managing senior and challenging stakeholders in high-pressure environments.

• Experience in consulting & banking or RPO environments ideally with global exposure.

• Strong understanding of talent markets, recruitment trends, and high-volume sourcing strategies.

• A proactive, results-driven leader who thrives under pressure and can maintain service excellence at scale.

❓ Why Join aston holmes

At aston holmes, recruitment goes beyond filling roles, they act as catalysts for growth. Guided by the principles of audacity, legacy, and unity, the business focuses on building high-performing teams while creating meaningful impact.

What you can expect:

• A flexible hybrid working model across teams.

• Exposure to international recruitment environments.

• Opportunities to contribute to company-wide initiatives, including work with their NGO, Holmies in the Community.

• A strong culture of learning and development, supported by book and audiobook incentives.

🏆 Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Flexible working hours, supporting work-life integration

• Access to learning and development incentives

• Opportunities to work on impactful projects aligned to personal passions

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