Talent Partner

Role Description

The People & Talent Team helps build and support the people who drive Workstreet's success. We partner with leaders across the business to attract, hire, develop, and retain exceptional talent while creating programs and processes that enable employees to do their best work.

As a Talent Partner , you'll play a key role in helping Workstreet grow by partnering with hiring managers to identify, attract, and hire exceptional talent across global markets.

The Opportunity: We are looking for a seasoned Talent Partner to support our rapid growth by identifying and hiring exceptional cybersecurity professionals across multiple regions.

• Extensive experience recruiting cybersecurity professionals across a wide range of roles, from entry-level analysts to managers and senior leaders.
• Understanding of the nuances of the U.S. cybersecurity talent landscape.
• Adept at navigating regional hiring practices, compensation expectations, and candidate engagement strategies across global markets.

As a Talent Partner, your ability to build trusted relationships with hiring managers, influence hiring decisions, leverage strong negotiation skills, and consistently identify, engage, and close top cybersecurity talent will be critical to our continued growth and success.

What You'll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting - from intake through offer acceptance for technical and business-critical roles, with a strong focus on cybersecurity, GRC, compliance, engineering, and other strategic functions.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders - serve as a trusted talent advisor by leading intake meetings, defining hiring strategies, calibrating candidate profiles, developing interview scorecards, and influencing hiring decisions with market insights and data.
• Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies - identify, engage, and attract exceptional talent through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, talent communities, networking, Boolean search techniques, and other modern sourcing channels across the US, UK, India, the Philippines, and other markets where we operate.
• Lead candidate assessment and interview management - evaluate candidates for technical capability, leadership potential, communication skills, and long-term organizational fit while ensuring a consistent, structured, and high-quality hiring experience.
• Drive offer strategy and negotiations - partner with hiring managers and candidates to develop competitive offers, navigate complex negotiations, manage expectations, and consistently achieve strong offer acceptance rates, particularly within the US market.
• Provide talent market intelligence - advise stakeholders on compensation benchmarks, talent availability, competitive hiring activity, and recruiting trends to support informed hiring decisions.
• Maintain recruiting excellence - manage pipelines, reporting, and hiring activity within Workstreet's ATS (currently Rippling), ensuring data accuracy, process consistency, and an exceptional candidate experience.
• Champion continuous improvement - identify opportunities to optimize recruiting processes, improve hiring manager experience, strengthen employer branding, and contribute to building high-performing teams.

Who You Are

• A trusted talent partner - you build credibility quickly with hiring managers and business leaders, confidently guiding conversations, setting expectations, and influencing hiring decisions.
• Skilled at stakeholder management - you excel at managing multiple stakeholders with differing priorities, facilitating alignment, communicating proactively, and navigating complex hiring decisions with confidence.
• Exceptional at offer negotiations - you understand candidate motivations, compensation strategies, and market dynamics.
• A strategic recruiter and proactive sourcer - you consistently identify and engage high-quality talent through creative sourcing strategies.
• Comfortable recruiting across global markets - you understand regional hiring practices, compensation considerations, and candidate expectations across the US, UK, India, and the Philippines.
• Knowledgeable in cybersecurity hiring - you're familiar with recruiting for cybersecurity, GRC, risk, compliance, cloud security, and infrastructure roles.
• Highly organized and execution-focused - you're able to manage multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining exceptional candidate experience.
• Data-driven and process-oriented - you leverage recruiting metrics, market insights, and ATS data to improve hiring outcomes.
• Experienced with modern recruiting technology - you're comfortable using ATS platforms (Rippling preferred), LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing tools, and recruiting analytics.
• An excellent communicator - you communicate with clarity, professionalism, and confidence across candidates, hiring managers, executives, and cross-functional partners.

What will help you succeed

• Experience recruiting for high-growth SaaS and MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) organizations.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity roles, security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security+).
• Experience partnering with hiring managers across multiple regions, particularly the US, UK, India, and the Philippines.
• Experience improving recruiting operations by optimizing hiring processes, interviewer enablement, recruiting workflows, or talent acquisition best practices.
• Exposure to executive or leadership hiring, workforce planning, succession planning, or strategic talent initiatives.
• A consultative, data-driven approach to recruiting.

What We Offer

• Career Development: Clear path with mentorship and training opportunities.
• Role-Related Training: Reimbursement for the successful completion of approved training and certification courses relevant to your current role.
• Competitive Compensation: A competitive base salary with regular performance reviews linked to merit-based appraisals and bonus opportunities.
• Growth Opportunity: Early-stage company with significant room for career advancement.
• Remote-First Culture: Flexibility to work from anywhere while collaborating with a global team.

What You'll Need to Thrive

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• A reliable, high-speed internet connection and a professional home office environment.
• Commitment to working a standard schedule of 8:00 AM–5:00 PM US Eastern Time (ET).
• Willingness and ability to travel locally for occasional onsite meetings, team gatherings, or business activities as needed.

Hiring and Selection Process

• Candidates must participate in live video interviews throughout the hiring process with camera on (non-negotiable).
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of identity verification and background screening, where permitted by law.
• Selected candidates will participate in structured interviews with hiring managers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Candidates will receive prompt updates and consistent communication throughout the interview process.

Workstreet Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Workstreet is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Workstreet will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.