Talent Lead - Product & Engineering
HalterAucklandPosted 26 March 2026
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Talent Lead - Product & Engineering
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 https://foundersfund.com, Bessemer Venture Partners https://www.bvp.com/, BOND, https://www.bondcap.com/ DCVC https://www.dcvc.com/, Blackbird https://www.blackbird.vc/, Promus Ventures https://www.promusventures.com/, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures https://www.icehouseventures.co.nz/?utm_term=icehouse%20ventures&utm_campaign=Brand+Keywords&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4064636360&hsa_cam=16902737884&hsa_grp=134004309485&hsa_ad=592971340272&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1082530126230&hsa_kw=icehouse%20ventures&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v-gBhC1ARIsAOQdKY0J0DepRVFDmjQlAkJPbZuQnLSA5UVzUzOXYiPxkjX-SeVa513_BhkaAr-MEALw_wcB.
To find out more, visit our LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/halter-limited & Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeathalter/.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a key member of the Talent leadership team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering Halter’s global recruitment strategy as we scale rapidly across new and existing markets.
Reporting into the Head of Talent, you’ll lead a growing team, providing direction, coaching, and support to ensure we consistently hire exceptional people who raise the bar and align deeply with our mission and values. You’ll balance hands on recruitment delivery with team leadership, strategic planning, and continuous improvement of our recruitment engine.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys operating at a systems and leadership level, thrives in high-growth environments, and wants to have a meaningful influence on how a company scales, through thoughtful strategy, strong teams, and disciplined execution.
WHAT YOUR DAY WILL LOOK LIKE
- Lead and develop a team of Recruiters across the Product and Engineering portfolio, you’ll set clear expectations, coach for performance, and support career growth.
- Own recruitment delivery across different portfolios and functions, while ensuring the wider team delivers consistently high-quality hiring outcomes.
- Partner closely with the Head of Talent on recruitment strategy, workforce planning, and capacity modelling to support near and long term growth.
- Act as a senior partner to hiring leaders, helping them anticipate talent needs, define success profiles, and make strong, data informed hiring decisions.
- Design and evolve scalable recruitment processes, tools, and ways of working that support increasing volume without sacrificing quality.
- Upskill and enable hiring managers through structured coaching, training sessions, and real-time feedback to lift interview quality and assessment rigour.
- Help shape and refine Halter’s Employee Value Proposition, ensuring our external talent story reflects the real employee experience.
- Embed inclusive hiring practices across the team, supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in both process and outcomes.
- Represent Halter externally as a talent ambassador, at events, industry forums, and universities - strengthening our employer brand.
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