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# Director, Talent Acquisition at Ideals

- **Company:** Ideals
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ideals/7906bb90-eb9d-4b3a-afb7-35d96797633c/application

**Skills:** ATS, Sourcing tools, Outreach tools, Data analysis, AI tools

> Ideals seeks a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead a global team, reporting directly to the CEO. The role focuses on strategic hiring alignment, process automation, and managing recruitment operations across EMEA, Americas, and APAC to support rapid company growth.

## Job description

Get to know us Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as [the most highly rated and customer-centric brand](https://www.g2.com/categories/virtual-data-room?tab=highest_rated) in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 300,000 companies globally, we help people run high-stakes processes and make important decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours. https://www.idealsvdr.com/: Secure document sharing and collaboration for due diligence, fundraising, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other complex transactions. [Ideals Board](https://idealsboard.com/): Board and leadership collaboration platform for faster, safer, and more compliant decision-making.

## The role

Ideals has grown 2x in the past four years to a team of 500+ people across 30+ countries. The next stage is more ambitious: scaling toward unicorn status, with significant hiring volume concentrated in GTM teams across the EMEA, Americas, and APAC. To get there, we need a Director of Talent Acquisition who operates at both levels. Strategically, you'll report directly to the CEO and shape how TA supports revenue growth – aligning hiring priorities with business targets, driving adoption of AI and automation, and holding quality of hire as a non-negotiable. Tactically, you'll lead a team across recruitment, sourcing, Employer Brand, and Operations – diagnosing bottlenecks, tightening processes, and ensuring the function executes consistently at scale. The TA foundation here is real: a skilled, senior team, strong tooling, and a hiring culture that's genuinely embedded across the organization. Until now, the TA function has reported to our VP of Operations, who, after 7 incredible years, is moving to the next challenge. To elevate Ideals' talent acquisition to the next level, we are creating an opportunity for a strategic owner to take the lead. This role calls for someone who can take what's working, sharpen it, and lead the function through the complexities of rapid, global growth without losing precision in the process.

## What you will do

- Act as an ambassador for the talent acquisition function, translating bottom-line data into executive-level insight
- Lead 6 managers and their teams across recruitment, sourcing, Employer Brand and Operations, utilizing a supportive, coaching-oriented management style
- Review and enhance the recruitment life cycle, using process improvement, resource planning and automation
- Advocate for excellent candidate experience, ensuring our diverse applicant pool encounters a fair and inclusive process
- Collaborate with the Executive team, Talent & Development, People Operations, and Legal to align hiring with our business goals
- Contribute to the company's stable growth trajectory and support its strategic expansion across multiple regions
- Own the delivery of measurable strategic impact across TA outcomes, including time to hire, quality and productivity of hire, and the successful adoption of AI tools

## What you bring

- 7+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition Leadership, with essential 2nd-line management experience and a history of guiding companies through rapid scale
- Demonstrated track record of diagnosing process inefficiencies and implementing tech to streamline hiring
- Knowledge of ATS, sourcing, and outreach tools
- Expert-level candidate assessment and selection skills, maintaining process consistency to hit quality of hire targets
- Ability to extract actionable insights from data with tech
- Fluency in English (C1+)
- Excellent stakeholder management experience, with the ability to act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and smoothly navigate relationships

## Nice to have

- Certification in a related field such as HCI, SHRM, CIPD, etc.

Our assessment process

- Screening call with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (40 mins)
- Technical interview with the Hiring Manager (60 mins)
- Competency-based interview with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (90 mins)
- Test task (2-4 hours)
- Call with CEO (30 mins)

## What we offer

We highly value our people, so we will empower you with all the resources and support to help you reach your full potential.

For your best work

- Home workplace budget
- Co-working expense coverage
- Individual IT budget for extra equipment
- Top-tier tech and AI-powered tools

For your growth

- Access to Ideals Academy with numerous courses
- Investment in external learning and development activities
- Guidance in Personal Development Plan creation
- Professional literature and subscriptions coverage
- Support of your passion as a speaker or writer
- Internal talent mobility opportunities

For your well-being

- Tailored Wellness Package for your physical and mental health
- Funding for sports competitions
- Paid health-related time-off

Extra perks

- Budget for local gatherings in global locations
- Generous internal referral program

Our culture Commitment, Excellence, Collaboration, Trust and Care are core values to the Ideals team. For us, these are the principles that every Idealer lives and breathes. We are on the lookout for like-minded individuals who share our values. By doing so, we are able to create a team where talents feel at ease and are able to work to the best of their abilities. [Discover more](https://ideals.jobs/our-culture/)

Ideals is an equal opportunity employer Ideals is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people from all walks of life. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, or citizenship.

## About Ideals

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ideals provides a market-leading virtual data room (VDR) platform that enables secure document sharing and due diligence for M&A, fundraising, IPOs, and other high-stakes financial transactions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: United States (with 9 global offices and employees in 37 countries)
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Virtual Data Room (VDR) software, Secure Document Sharing, M&A Technology, Board Management
- Target customers: Enterprises, investment banks, law firms, private equity and venture capital firms, and corporations involved in M&A, fundraising, and financial transactions (B2B, Enterprise)
- Mission or purpose statement: To accelerate critical business decisions by enabling secure, efficient document sharing during the due diligence phase of transactions.

## Products & Services
- **[Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR)**]: The core SaaS product – a secure online repository for storing and sharing confidential documents during financial transactions. Features include granular access controls, Fence View (document concealment), dynamic watermarking, automatic indexing, and detailed analytics.
- **[Ideals Board**]: A newer SaaS product for board management and governance, designed to streamline meeting preparation, collaboration, and secure communication for board members.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held, bootstrapped)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of GBP 3,850,807 (approx. $4.9M USD); 2M+ customers trust the platform; 175,000+ organizations served.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Bootstrapped – no external investors. Key partners include global data centers for compliance (GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA).
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Headcount grew 20.9% year-over-year (now 423 employees).
    - Rated G2 Market Leader for five consecutive years based on 700+ reviews (4.7 out of 5).
    - Expanding a new Sales hub in Bogotá, Colombia, aiming to grow from 6 to 20+ SDRs by mid-2026.
    - Board management software market projected to hit $6.44B by 2031, signaling a new growth vector.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Bootstrapped Stability**: Profitable and independent, allowing for long-term strategic decisions without investor pressure.
- **Market Leadership**: Consistently ranked as the #1 VDR provider on G2, a key independent review platform.
- **Global Compliance & Security**: Operates 9 data centers worldwide and adheres to stringent standards (GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA), a critical requirement for enterprise clients.
- **High Customer Trust**: Serves 2M+ professionals across 175,000+ organizations, including Fortune 500 companies.
- **Product Ecosystem**: Expanding from a VDR into board management (Ideals Board), creating a sticky, multi-product offering.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Building out a new Sales hub in Bogotá, Colombia, to tap into Latin American talent and markets.
- **Product Diversification**: Driving adoption of the new Ideals Board product to complement the core VDR business.
- **AI-Powered Efficiency**: Equipping teams with the latest tech and AI-powered tools to automate routine work and focus on high-impact initiatives.
- **Scaling the Sales Team**: Aggressively hiring across sales roles (Account Executives, SDRs, Sales Managers) in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-First Culture**: Ideals is a remote-first company with employees in 30+ countries. Some roles may require in-person client interaction or co-working visits, but the default is flexibility.
- **High-Growth Environment**: With 20.9% headcount growth and a new product launch, the company offers significant opportunity for career advancement and impact.
- **Investment in Growth**: Personalized development plans, access to "Ideals Academy," fully-covered courses, books, and subscriptions.
- **Strong Company Culture**: 89% of employees call Ideals a great place to work. Values include Commitment, Care, Trust, Excellence, and Collaboration.
- **Attractive Benefits**: Home office budget, co-working expense coverage, tailored wellness package, global meetups, and a $1,000 employee referral bonus.
- **Startup Vibe, Solid Playbook**: Described as having a startup energy with a mature playbook, meaning less bureaucracy but clear processes.

## Sources
1. [ideals.jobs](https://ideals.jobs/)
2. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/idealsvdr)
3. [LinkedIn Jobs Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/idealsvdr/jobs)
4. [Ideals VDR Website](https://www.idealsvdr.com/?page_id=7)
5. [Ideals Bogotá Sales Hub Page](https://ideals.jobs/colombia-sales/)

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