Talent Acquisition Partner – USA
New York City | Rockefeller Center
Oliver James is a global specialist agency recruitment partner operating across 15 international offices, with a market-leading presence across the Insurance, Asset Management and Banking spaces.
As our US business continues its exceptional growth trajectory, we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Global Talent Team in New York and play a central role in building the next generation of high performing teams across the business.
This is a highly commercial Talent Acquisition role partnering directly with senior leadership across the business, driving experienced hiring strategy and helping shape the next phase of Oliver James USA’s growth.
Backed by a proven growth story, established leadership team and clear long-term commercial strategy, Oliver James USA has grown revenue by more than 350% since 2020 and expanded from 35 to over 160 employees across North America.
Recruiters join Oliver James USA for bigger markets, faster progression, stronger infrastructure and the opportunity to build genuinely high-value desks, creating a compelling and highly credible proposition for experienced Talent Acquisition professionals to take to market.
For an experienced Talent Acquisition professional, this creates a genuinely exciting platform:
- Consistent hiring demand across a scaling business
- Senior stakeholders who are actively invested in growth
- A strong market reputation that opens doors with high-performing recruiters
- Clear success stories, progression pathways and infrastructure to sell into the market
- The opportunity to directly influence your own earnings through the volume and quality of hires delivered
This is an opportunity to join a business with momentum, credibility and ambition, where Talent Acquisition is viewed as a genuine growth function, not a support function.
The Opportunity
Working alongside an established Talent team, you will contribute to the attraction and hiring of experienced recruiters into Oliver James USA, proactively identifying top talent across our specialist markets and building strategic pipelines aligned to long-term business growth.
Working closely with Directors and senior stakeholders, you’ll play a key role in market mapping, hiring strategy and talent attraction initiatives across the US business.
Key Responsibilities
- Headhunt experienced recruiters across Oliver James’ specialist markets
- Build strategic talent pipelines aligned to future growth plans
- Manage candidates through the full recruitment lifecycle
- Partner closely with senior leadership on hiring strategy and market insights
- Conduct first-stage interviews and candidate assessments
- Promote the Oliver James brand across the recruitment market
- Manage referral initiatives
- Support onboarding and post-placement aftercare
- Work collaboratively with the wider Talent team and Marketing on talent attraction campaigns
- Track pipeline activity, hiring performance and recruitment data
What We’re Looking For
We are open to speaking with both experienced Talent Acquisition professionals and high-performing agency recruiters looking to transition internally; however, experience within a recruitment agency environment is essential.
Alongside strong market knowledge, we’re looking for someone proactive, commercially driven and relentless in their approach to talent attraction; someone who will leave no stone unturned in the search for the very best recruitment talent in the market, and who thrives on influencing high performers to make career defining moves.
In summary, you’ll bring:
- Strong knowledge of the recruitment industry and recruitment market
- Excellent headhunting and stakeholder management capability
- Commercial mindset with strong influencing skills
- Confident, engaging and relationship-driven approach
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
Why Join Oliver James?
At Oliver James, high performance is backed by genuine investment in people, development and long-term careers.
You’ll benefit from:
- Clear progression pathways and transparent targets
- Leadership coaching and development support
- Strong internal infrastructure and operational partnership
- A collaborative, high-performance culture
- Quarterly lunch clubs, monthly socials and team incentives
- A premium office environment in Rockefeller Center
Most importantly, you’ll join a business with proven momentum and ambitious growth plans, giving you the platform, opportunity and market credibility to build a highly successful Talent Acquisition career.
