Talent Acquisition Specialist - 6 month FTC

Pinewood.AI is seeking a proactive and adaptable Talent Acquisition Partner to join our People & Culture team on a 6‐month fixed‐term contract. You will be responsible for attracting and hiring high‐quality candidates across software development, product, business, and commercial roles. You will also support new recruitment initiatives in North America, South Africa, Europe, Asia and other geographies as we continue our global expansion. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys the full recruitment lifecycle, thrives in a fast‐paced environment, and is confident navigating new geographical markets. You will also contribute to key People projects, internal mobility, and succession planning, ensuring our recruitment strategies align with Pinewood's wider business goals.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from role creation to onboarding, ensuring a seamless candidate experience and effective collaboration with stakeholders.
• Specialise in recruiting for a diverse range of software development, product, business and commercial roles, applying a tailored approach to understanding the unique skills, qualifications, and requirements for each position.
• Liaise with hiring leaders across the business to ensure that clear job briefs have been taken and understand requirements from a candidate perspective.
• Be an expert in direct sourcing and proactively create, build, and maintain talent communities and candidate networks using a variety of attraction and search techniques.
• Utilise various recruitment tools and platforms, including Workable, job boards, LinkedIn, and attraction campaigns to identify, attract, and engage quality candidates.
• Screen and interview candidates to ensure both skill alignment and cultural fit, then coordinate and set up interviews by establishing availability and booking directly into hiring leaders' diaries.
• Manage offer processes, including salary negotiations, and ensure a smooth transition into onboarding.
• Collaborate with the wider people team on onboarding processes to ensure new hires are integrated effectively, maintaining a positive experience from offer acceptance to their start date.
• Develop strategies and solutions to source talent in North America, Europe, and other regions, adapting to local recruitment landscapes and challenges.
• Participate in and manage recruitment projects, which may include process improvements and employer branding initiatives.
• Create engaging LinkedIn posts to help generate applications for the vacancies being recruited.
• Provide guidance and support to hiring leaders for any queries around our ATS (Workable).

Requirements

• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment, ideally within software (dev/product), business or commercial functions.
• Strong sourcing expertise, with a track record of building talent pipelines and engaging passive candidates.
• Ability to adapt recruitment strategies for new geographies and evolving role types.
• Collaborative and confident in working with stakeholders across multiple regions.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• An analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and recruitment metrics.
• Proactive, resourceful, and solutions-focused, with the ability to work independently.

Desirable Experience

• Experience recruiting in international markets (e.g., North America, Europe, South Africa).
• Familiarity with Workable or similar ATS systems.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Bonus scheme.
• Share scheme.
• Hybrid working.
• 25 days holiday plus all UK bank holidays.
• 4x life assurance.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave - 5 months' full pay for maternity or adoption, plus 2 weeks' fully paid paternity/adoption leave and an extra 2 weeks to use as paid annual leave within 24 months of birth or adoption.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - free, confidential 24/7 support for you and your immediate family (including counselling, legal & financial advice, and wellbeing resources).
• Ongoing training & professional development.
• Cycle to Work scheme - save up to 40% on bikes and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• Eyecare vouchers - free eye test and contribution towards prescription glasses.
• Regular social events.
• Employee recognition and awards.

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a direct impact on Pinewood.AI's global growth. You will gain exposure to international recruitment, support a variety of exciting functions across the business, and play a role in shaping our talent strategies for the future. If you are passionate about recruitment and want to contribute to an innovative, growing software company, Pinewood.AI offers the platform to do just that.

About Us

Our story began more than 20 years ago, but right from the start, it has been rooted in the specific needs of the automotive industry. As automotive professionals as well as technologists, we wanted to build practical technology solutions that were designed around how automotive businesses work, recognising what makes them different. Pinewood.AI is an unparalleled Automotive Intelligence Platform that enables automotive retail customers and OEMs to drive growth and profitability throughout every aspect of their business. Pinewood's cloud-based, secure end-to-end ecosystem unlocks the value of every customer. Our vision is to be the full-service technology partner that helps automotive retailers and OEMs run more efficiently and increase revenue by making better commercial and business decisions more easily.