Senior Talent & Delivery Director

6-Month Contract | Outside IR35 | Potential to Become Permanent

Location: Fully Remote (with occasional travel to London and Europe)
Start Date: ASAP
Availability: Candidates must be immediately available
Working Pattern: Full-time, with occasional extra Sunday working to support a Middle East-based partners.

Salary: Daily rate of £500-£700 (Outside of IR 35)

Goodman Masson are delighted to be exlusively partnered with our client who is an ambitious and fast-growing digital marketing agency entering an exciting scaling phase. With fewer than 20 employees in the UK and a growing presence across Europe, the business is investing in its people strategy to build the infrastructure, talent, and processes required for sustainable international growth. 

This is a unique opportunity to join the organisation at a pivotal stage, working directly with senior leadership to shape the future of the business.

Reporting directly to the Chief Administrator & Operations Officer, this is a highly visible interim role responsible for transforming the organisation's talent strategy while supporting wider organisational development initiatives.

This position combines strategic workforce planning with hands-on delivery. You'll assess current capability, identify talent gaps, build scalable recruitment strategies, improve organisational effectiveness, and implement best-in-class recruitment technology and processes.

Success in this role will come from your ability to deliver immediate results while creating long-term foundations for growth.

• Design and implement an international recruitment strategy aligned with business growth plans.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
• Build talent pipelines for specialist, leadership and business-critical roles.
• Identify current and future capability gaps and develop succession planning initiatives.
• Develop scalable recruitment processes that improve quality, speed and candidate experience.
• Support rapid business growth through effective workforce planning and hiring strategies.

• Assess organisational structure and recommend improvements to support future growth.
• Lead organisational development initiatives that improve capability, performance and engagement.
• Design and facilitate workshops for leaders and wider business teams.
• Support change management and embedding of new ways of working.
• Partner with Directors to provide strategic people advice and practical solutions.

• Review, implement, optimise and manage the company's Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Improve recruitment reporting, metrics and hiring performance.
• Introduce best practice recruitment processes and governance.
• Utilise market intelligence to support hiring decisions and workforce planning.

• Lead high-impact people and transformation projects from concept through to delivery.
• Work closely with Directors on strategic business priorities.
• Take ownership of multiple workstreams, ensuring projects are delivered on time and with measurable impact.
• Influence senior stakeholders and challenge existing approaches where appropriate.

We're looking for an experienced Talent, Organisational Development or People Transformation leader who enjoys building functions from the ground up and thrives in fast-paced, scaling businesses.

You'll be equally comfortable developing strategy and rolling up your sleeves to deliver.

• Significant experience leading Talent Acquisition, Talent Strategy or Organisational Development within international organisations.
• Experience recruiting across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
• Demonstrable success designing and delivering recruitment strategies and organisation frameworks in rapidly scaling businesses.
• Strong organisational development experience, including workforce planning, succession planning and organisational design.
• Experience identifying talent gaps and implementing practical solutions.
• Proven experience implementing, optimising and managing ATS platforms.
• Experience delivering recruitment transformation projects with measurable outcomes.
• Comfortable designing and facilitating organisation-wide workshops.
• Experience partnering with Directors and senior leadership teams on a daily basis.
• Track record of delivering results quickly within interim or transformation environments.

• Experience acting as Product Owner for ATS, HR technology or AI-enabled recruitment platforms.
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, Kanban or Prince2 delivery methodologies.
• Experience with psychometric and technical assessment tools such as SHL, DiSC, Myers-Briggs or HackerRank.
• Experience using ATS platforms including Greenhouse, Workday, SuccessFactors, SmartRecruiters, Bullhorn, iCIMS or Zoho.
• Strong analytical skills with experience producing recruitment MI, dashboards and market insights.
• Prince2 Qualification is also highly desirable

• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach.
• Comfortable working autonomously with minimal supervision.
• Commercially minded and delivery focused.
• Able to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Highly organised, adaptable and resilient.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Passionate about helping organisations scale effectively through great people practices.

• 6-month interim contract
• Outside IR35
• Potential for the role to become permanent
• Fully remote with occasional travel to London and Europe
• Immediate start required
• Full-time with occasional Sunday working to support international operations
• No direct line management responsibility
• Reports to the Chief Administrator & Operations Officer

If you are interested in this role, immediately available and have the requisite skills and experience, please ensure that as much of the essential experience is clearly detailed in blullet point form in your CV under your previous organisations and then send to (url removed) ASAP as deadline for submissions is Monday 6th of July at 12:00. As this is a fast moving role, earlier submission is preferable.