Talent Acquisition Partner

About Stake We’re an Australian investing platform that helps ambitious people confidently grow their wealth. By offering seamless, immersive access to ASX and Wall St, we’ve empowered a new wave of investors. Today, we have 750,000+ customers and more than A$8B under administration. Join us as we continue to reshape the financial industry, inspire investor confidence and unleash the investor in everyone. About the role We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join our People team in Sydney. You’ll own end-to-end hiring across a diverse portfolio of roles and divisions, with an initial focus on our evolving Operations and Customer Success teams, and help Stake bring exceptional people into the business. You’ll work closely with hiring managers to get clear on what great looks like, build smart sourcing strategies and run focused hiring processes that lead to better decisions. You’ll have the freedom to shape your approach and the accountability to deliver the outcome. You’ll also help us keep raising the bar for how we hire. That means using data, technology, AI and automation thoughtfully to make recruitment faster and more effective, while creating an experience that gives candidates a genuine sense of Stake. We work hybrid spending 3 days in our beautiful, dog-friendly Sydney office. What success looks like Delivered high-quality hires who met the agreed role outcomes, raised the capability of their teams and continued to perform at a high bar Established a clear plan for every search, including the target profile, market insights, sourcing strategy, role mission and scorecards, interview process and expected timeline Ran efficient, high-touch hiring processes by setting clear expectations, maintaining regular candidate contact, prompt interview feedback and ensuring every candidate received a timely outcome Built proactive local and global pipelines for critical roles by mapping target companies, engaging passive talent and nurturing relationships before vacancies arose Improved hiring decisions through role-specific scorecards, structured interviews, interviewer briefings and evidence-based debriefs that reduced reliance on instinct or “culture fit” Became a trusted talent adviser who used market evidence to challenge unrealistic briefs, reshape roles, adjust search strategies and influence hiring decisions Consistently brought Stake’s opportunity to life throughout the process, tailoring the story to each candidate and clearly communicating the role’s impact, growth opportunity, culture and challenges Used hiring data to drive practical improvements, including identifying candidate drop-off points, the sources producing quality hires, causes of delays and the assessments most predictive of success Identified, tested and embedded new uses of AI and automation to improve talent mapping, sourcing insights, interview preparation and reporting—leading to better decisions and candidate experiences Elevated…