Tech Talent Acquisition Partner – Contract (Software / Data / AI / Product Management)

🚨 The in-house TA market has been decimated. AI. Hiring freezes. Entire TA teams wiped out overnight. If you've been made redundant or you're watching your team shrink, you're not alone and it's not your fault. Your skills didn't disappear with your job.

About Vetted TA

Vetted TA is a retained recruitment marketplace connecting independent recruiters with companies that need hiring help.

Not Upwork. Not Fiverr. A properly vetted platform where experienced recruiters load their profile, specialisms, track record and get matched with exclusive retained briefs.

Every recruiter is personally vetted before going live. Every role is exclusive. Every payment is protected by milestones.

The Role

We're specifically looking for recruiters with a proven track record placing in one or more of the following:

- Software Engineering (full-stack, backend, frontend)

- Data Engineering / Data Science / AI & ML

- Product Management

You'll take on exclusive retained briefs from funded, scaling companies that need senior technical hiring expertise but can't justify a full-time in-house recruiter yet.

You manage the process end to end, sourcing, screening, managing hiring managers, exactly what you've always done. Just without the politics.

ZERO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS NOT A RECRUITMENT AGENCY. IT IS A MARKETPLACE WHERE WORK FINDS YOU.

What You'll Do

- Manage end-to-end recruitment on exclusive retained briefs

- Deliver an agreed shortlist of quality candidates to the hiring company

- Manage the interview process and candidate experience

- See the placement through to offer accepted and signed

Compensation

This is where it gets interesting.

Fees on Vetted TA are capped at 8–12%, fair for clients, and life-changing for you compared to what you were earning in-house or what you'd take home in agency.

Here's the maths:

Fill an €80k role at 12% → €8,000 fee → you take home €6,720 after the platform fee.

When were you last paid €6,720 for a single placement as an in-house TA?

Payment is released in milestones and protected by escrow, so your time is always covered:

- 20% when your agreed CVs are delivered and approved

- 30% when first round interviews are confirmed

- 50% when the offer is accepted

No invoice chasing. No contingency risk. No competing against other recruiters on the same role.

PLEASE NOTE

We're currently accepting recruiters with a proven history placing technical talent in the following markets: Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Nordics or UAE.

👉 Apply at www.vettedta.com — founding cohort open now.

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