Talent Acquisition Manager

About This Role

This role involves leading the talent acquisition efforts for a global consulting firm, specifically focusing on the French market. It suits an experienced recruitment professional who can develop and execute comprehensive sourcing strategies, act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, and support the company's growth plans in France and the wider EMEA region.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with business leaders to identify skills gaps and recruiting priorities.
• Develop and deploy candidate sourcing strategies, including direct approach, advertisement response, campus recruiting, and networking.
• Champion and manage a rigorous screening process, including interviews, skills testing, and referencing.
• Partner with hiring managers on talent requirements, sharing market intelligence, promoting employer brand, diversity and inclusion policies, and managing relationships with external search firms and contingent agencies.
• Provide accurate and timely status updates to the business, and organise thorough briefing and preparation sessions for hiring managers.
• Manage and support all aspects of the offer stage, acting as a conduit between candidates, hiring managers, HR, Legal, and the wider TA team across EMEA.

Requirements

• Extensive retained search or proactive sourcing experience, gained within an executive search firm or in-house Talent Acquisition team.
• Proven ability to recruit across multiple disciplines and seniority levels, including executive-level roles.
• Strong French market knowledge and candidate network; wider European experience is desirable.
• Skilled in direct sourcing, candidate engagement, and tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Experience managing end-to-end, inclusive recruitment processes for complex assignments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Highly organised, commercially aware, and able to quickly understand new business areas.
• Fluent French and English, written and spoken, is essential.
• Additional European language skills are highly desirable.

Important Details

• Team: dynamic Talent Acquisition team of 40+ colleagues across EMEA

About the Company

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm known for its entrepreneurial, action, and results-oriented professionals. The company takes a hands-on approach to solving client problems and assisting them in reaching their potential, guided by core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity.