Ensera Design is a world-class user‑centred innovation and product development consultancy, specializing in the medical and consumer health sectors with offices in Bristol, Colorado and New Jersey. As part of Ensera, we collaborate globally with contract manufacturing facilities in Europe, the USA, and Asia.
Ensera Design is entering a key phase of growth and is looking for an experienced, strategically minded Talent Acquisition Lead to take ownership of our internal recruitment capability on a 12‑month fixed term basis.
In this role, you’ll deliver high quality hiring across the UK and US, combining hands‑on recruitment of complex, niche roles with leadership of a small, fixed‑term talent team. You’ll also lead initiatives across recruitment process improvement and proactive talent pipeline development, shaping how we attract and hire as we scale.
You’ll work closely with hiring managers, senior leaders and the People Team, acting as a trusted partner while building a more sustainable, efficient and candidate‑focused recruitment approach.
About you
You’re an experienced talent professional who enjoys balancing strategic ownership with hands‑on delivery. You’re comfortable recruiting for specialist and technical roles, confident leading and developing others, and motivated by improving how recruitment works in practice.
You may currently be working as a Talent Acquisition Lead, Senior Talent Partner, Recruitment Manager or similar, with experience operating across multiple markets and partnering closely with senior stakeholders.
Your skills and experience
Whilst you do not need to meet all of these points, please ensure you meet the majority before applying:
- Proven experience leading end‑to‑end recruitment delivery across technical, specialist or niche roles
- Experience recruiting across the UK and ideally the US
- Confidence personally managing high priority or hard‑to‑fill vacancies
- Experience leading, supporting or mentoring recruiters or talent partners
- Strong proactive sourcing capability and experience building long‑term talent pipelines
- A clear focus on inclusive, high quality candidate experience
- Experience improving recruitment processes, frameworks or assessment approaches
- Exposure to selecting, implementing or optimising an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to advise hiring managers on market conditions and hiring strategy
- A pragmatic, collaborative approach and the ability to balance delivery with longer term improvement
The salary for this role is up to £70,000.
Benefits
- Performance‑related company‑wide bonus.
- Flexible hybrid working in line with our core hours (Mon–Thu, 9:30am–12:00pm & 2:00pm–4:00pm; Fri, 9:30am–12:00pm).
- Private healthcare for you and your family.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Salary exchange pension scheme.
- 25 days of annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to one working week and additional days for length of service.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and digital wellbeing platform.
- Cycle to Work & Electric Vehicle Lease schemes.
- Death in service (x4 gross salary).
- Training and development opportunities, including dedicated learning days and regular knowledge‑sharing sessions.
- A free lunch the first Monday of every month alongside our company‑wide meeting.
- Free breakfast every Wednesday, and plenty of opportunities to socialise, including team‑organised activities, summer and Christmas parties, and more.
Equal Opportunities
At Ensera Design we believe that designing for people means including all people, starting with the team behind the work. Our human‑centred design ethos is rooted in empathy, and our values – pull together, find a way, and care – guide us in building a team that reflects the diversity of the world we design for.
We know that different perspectives lead to better ideas, stronger collaboration, and more meaningful outcomes. If you meet the skills and experience for this role, we welcome your application – whatever your background, identity, or path into design. What matters to us is that you share our belief in purposeful, people‑first design.
Application deadline: 24 April 2026 (the vacancy may close early if we have a high level of applications).
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