Tech Talent Partner
🌍 Location: South Africa (Cape Town or Johannesburg)
As a Tech Talent Partner, you’ll join a global financial services organisation , supporting a high-impact technology recruitment project. This role is focused on proactive sourcing, market mapping, and building strong pipelines of top-tier technical talent across multiple disciplines.
You’ll work closely with Talent Acquisition teams and stakeholders to identify, engage, and deliver high-quality candidates in a fast-paced, US-aligned recruitment environment.
🤝 What You’ll Be Doing
• Source and identify high-quality technology talent across multiple skill sets and markets
• Provide dedicated sourcing support to Talent Acquisition teams across technical hiring requirements
• Conduct proactive headhunting and detailed market mapping for hard-to-fill roles
• Build and maintain strong, long-term talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Partner closely with recruiters and stakeholders to support end-to-end delivery
• Leverage multiple sourcing channels including direct search, research, and talent intelligence tools
• Track and maintain accurate records of sourcing activity and candidate engagement
• Engage passive candidates and drive initial interest in key technical opportunities
🔎 What We’re Looking For
• Strong experience as a Technical Sourcer, Talent Researcher, or Technical Talent Partner
• Proven ability to source passive technical talent in competitive markets
• Experience supporting recruitment teams in fast-paced, high-volume environments
• Strong understanding of technical roles such as software engineering, infrastructure, data, and cloud
• Excellent research, sourcing, and candidate engagement skills
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative team
• Comfortable working US hours - from approx 2pm to 10pm
• A proactive, delivery-focused mindset with strong attention to detail
This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, with the potential for renewal thereafter.
âť“ Why Join aston holmes
At aston holmes, we connect exceptional talent with high-impact global opportunities. This role sits within a fast-moving, specialist environment where sourcing excellence directly influences hiring success at scale.
What you can expect:
• A flexible hybrid working model (3 days per week in office from 2pm to 6pm)
• Exposure to a global financial services recruitment environment
• The opportunity to work on a high-impact, international enterprise account
• A collaborative, performance-driven culture
• Experience working closely with established recruitment teams on complex technical hiring
• A strong focus on delivery, quality, and continuous learning
🏆 Perks & Benefits
• Competitive contract rate
• Hybrid working model
• 12-month fixed-term contract with the potential for renewal thereafter.
• US-aligned working hours
• Opportunity to work on high-impact, global technical hiring projects
- Department
- aston holmes
- Locations
- Cape Town, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Why join us?
We pride ourselves on offering an environment where we enable people to do their best work, through a supportive and
As a minority-owned business, accredited by MSDUK, we encourage diversity at all levels of our business. Our philosophy of 'Ubuntu' - that we are a stronger as a team because of who we are as individuals - permeates through our entire business, making us better advisors to our clients.
We are humble in our nature but fierce in the way that we are not afraid to compete with larger organisations in our space.