Interim Talent Acquisition Lead – Technology Organisation

Client Profile
Australian fintech organisation
780 employees
Entering rapid workforce growth phase

Role Delivered
Interim Talent Acquisition Lead (9-month contract)

Context

Following new product launches and international expansion, hiring demand increased significantly across engineering, product, and operational functions.

The existing Talent Acquisition function lacked leadership capability to manage hiring volume and design scalable hiring processes.

Challenge

Permanent Talent leadership recruitment was expected to take several months, but hiring demand was immediate.

Without Talent leadership, hiring delays were impacting product delivery and business growth.

Approach

Civitas Talent leveraged its contractor network to identify experienced Talent leaders capable of immediately stabilising and improving hiring capability.

Within 6 days, Civitas Talent presented qualified interim Talent leaders.

Solution Delivered

Successfully deployed Interim Talent Acquisition Lead with extensive experience scaling hiring functions within technology environments.

Measured Impact

During engagement:

• Supported hiring of 178 employees
• Reduced time-to-hire from 49 days to 29 days
• Improved hiring manager satisfaction

Strategic Outcome

Enabled workforce growth and improved hiring capability during critical growth phase.