Senior Talent Specialist - Product and Engineering
Halter · Auckland, New Zealand · 2mo ago
About Halter
At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard.
We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.
To find out more, visit our LinkedIn & Instagram.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Talent Specialist to join our People and Culture team. This is a great role for someone who’s passionate about finding great talent and working across various markets. We fundamentally believe the biggest driver of company success will be the speed and quality of our hiring. It sets the foundation for everything else that we do to achieve our ambitious mission.
About the role
As a key member of the People & Performance team, you’ll play a hands-on role in attracting, sourcing, and hiring world-class talent to support our business as we scale globally. You’ll work closely with hiring managers to understand their team needs, anticipate upcoming roles, and manage end-to-end recruitment processes that ensure we bring in exceptional people who align with our mission and values.
Reporting to the Talent Lead, you’ll focus on executing recruitment strategies, managing candidate pipelines, and delivering an outstanding candidate experience that reflects the calibre of our product and culture. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment, enjoys partnering closely with teams across the business, and wants to have a direct impact on how we grow.
What your day will look like
Manage full-cycle recruitment for roles across regions and functions, from sourcing and screening to coordinating interviews and supporting offer processes.
Contribute to talent strategy and workforce planning, supporting forward-looking hiring plans, capability mapping, and future skill needs as the business scales.
Help shape and evolve our Employee Value Proposition (EVP), partnering with People & Performance and the business to ensure our story resonates in the market and reflects the real employee experience.
Build scalable recruitment practices and foundations, designing processes, tools, and ways of working that can flex across regions, functions, and increasing hiring volumes.
Upskill and enable hiring leaders, through coaching, training, and ongoing partnership to lift interviewing quality, assessment rigour, and hiring decision-making.
Support compensation benchmarking and market insights, contributing data and insights to inform fair, competitive, and consistent offers aligned to our compensation philosophy.
Partner on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, helping embed inclusive hiring practices and broaden access to talent across all roles.
Represent Halter in the market, acting as an ambassador at events, universities, and industry forums to strengthen our talent brand.
Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines for current and future roles, proactively sourcing talent through multiple channels.
Work closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements, team goals, and key success profiles.
Provide guidance on hiring processes and help managers run smooth, effective, and inclusive recruitment cycles.
Deliver an exceptional, consistent candidate experience at every stage of the process, reflecting our culture and values.
Ensure all communication and interactions contribute positively to our employer brand.
Maintain our ATS and recruitment workflows to keep the hiring process efficient and organised.
Track and share key metrics like time-to-fill, pipeline progress, and candidate feedback to help improve our approach over time.Support initiatives around internal mobility, diversity, and employer branding.
Look for opportunities to improve recruitment processes and tools as we scale.We’re a fast-moving growth company, so from time to time, other responsibilities will pop up and you’ll be part of making it all happen!
Who are we looking for
5+ years in talent acquisition, ideally in high-growth or global tech environments and multiple disciplines (even better if you have extensive experience recruiting hardware, software or wider technical roles!)
Proven experience building and scaling high-performing teams across multiple regions.
Strategic business partner who can zoom in and out: from exec-level reporting to day-to-day hiring excellence.
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, a true business partner to hiring teams.
Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced, high-volume hiring environment without compromising on the quality of talent we bring through the door.
You’ll have a deep knowledge of sourcing techniques and channels, and know what it takes to seek out the best talent globally.
Strong reporting and data skills; you’re able to track, analyse, and present key hiring metrics where needed.
Familiarity with employment laws, immigration requirements, and compliance across New Zealand and ideally Australia too.
High emotional intelligence with excellent communication skills; a proactive, solutions-focused self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and takes strong ownership and accountability.
Our Office First Approach
There’s a reason you visit your friends in person, live with your family and don’t do dinners over Zoom. Humans are wired for connection. We believe a world-class, in-person office culture is the best way for high-performing teams.
Being office first is a core pillar of our culture. We believe in-person connections are key to driving your own growth, learning, impact, and building genuine long-lasting relationships. Strong relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, and do meaningful and aligned work. We don’t like having heaps of rules or policies, but this means having strong, trusted relationships is critical.
We’re office first, not office only. This means working from the office everyday is our default setting, but we flex when we need to. We have a high-trust culture, so everyone is trusted to do what’s best for Halter.
Our office vibe is something special, it’s hard to describe until you’re here, but people at Halter who have come from fully remote or hybrid companies say they could never go back - the high energy and spectacular people they are now surrounded by everyday makes work so enjoyable. Your growth, your learning and your impact is truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.
Join our team
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!
Please also feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.
Why our team loves working at Halter:
Work that genuinely matters. Every now and again a company comes along that transforms an entire industry and leaves the world in a better place. Our team gets to be part of something truly meaningful, helping farmers improve their livelihoods, spend more time with their families, and build more sustainable operations.
Spectacular people solving hard problems. Our culture is designed for talented people to do work that changes lives. The team is filled with diverse, kind, and driven people who push each other to do their best work. You'll be thrown into the deep end, tackling complex challenges and building something tangible that solves real problems.
You'll grow here. Autonomy, mastery, and learning define how we work. You'll have the freedom to work on interesting problems, master new skills, and continuously develop yourself, both through your role and our $1,000 personal growth fund.
This isn't easy, and we love that it's hard. Working at Halter will be the most rewarding and the most challenging work of your life. We move fast, take bold bets, and work hard to reshape an entire industry. As one team member put it: "Joining Halter is a bit like strapping yourself to a rocket ship, but it's an epic journey to be a part of!"