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Fractional Talent Leader
Ben Elson
Areas of expertise: Talent Acquisition Strategy, TA Function Build & Scale-Up, EMEA & APAC Recruitment, Data & Tech-Driven Sourcing, Candidate & Hiring Manager Experience, Employer Branding, DE&I Recruitment Strategy, Cost & Time-to-Hire Optimisation, Business Partnering, Global Sourcing, Team Development & Leadership, Executive Search
Sector experience: Technology, Life Sciences, Engineering, Testing, Inspection & Certification, Pharma & Clinical Research, Research & Advisory, Executive Search
Career arc: Agency & RPO Foundation → Research & Advisory TA Leadership → Executive Search → TA Function Builder → Fractional Talent Leader
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Meet Ben
About
I scale Talent Acquisition functions from zero to high-performing — building data-driven, true-partnership recruitment across EMEA and APAC.
A strategic Talent Acquisition leader with in-depth experience across Tech, Life Sciences and Engineering, scaling TA teams from 0 to 25+ across EMEA and APAC.
Focused on technology- and data-driven recruitment solutions that build true partnership models between TA and the business.
Career spanning in-house leadership, RPO and executive search, from Microsoft to global research and testing organisations.
How I partner
TA Function Build & Scale-Up — Standing up Talent Acquisition functions from the ground up, scaling teams from 0 to 25+ across EMEA and APAC.
Data & Technology-Driven Sourcing — Identifying and implementing new technologies to streamline sourcing operations and improve diversity, equity and inclusion outcomes.
KPI & Metrics Ownership — Developing key metrics and targets — cost per hire, time to hire, quality of hire — to drive consistent recruitment performance.
Business & HRBP Partnership — Building true partnership models between Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners and business leaders to enhance candidate and hiring manager experience.
What I deliver
Senior Talent Acquisition leadership without the full-time overhead — building and scaling TA functions that deliver measurable results.
Having led TA transformation at UL Solutions and built the function from scratch at IQVIA, I bring proven playbooks for scaling recruitment teams across complex, multi-region organisations.
I focus on data-driven, technology-enabled recruitment that strengthens the partnership between TA and the business.