Job Description
Comfort is killing your career. If you're that good… prove it here and build the tech practice you’ve always wanted to run.
📍 Surry Hills, Sydney (Next to Central Station)
💼 Director of Information Technology Recruitment | Hands-on Leadership | High-Impact Growth
We’re The Onset; a specialist recruitment agency trusted by Australia’s leading tech, product, and digital teams to build the future. From enterprise giants to VC-backed startups, we partner with the brands shaping the landscape and the talent making it happen.
Now, we’re looking for a Director to lead our Information Technology Recruitment division - someone who’s known in their market, and knows how to build business, teams, and trust at scale.
This is a rare seat at the leadership table.
You’re not just inheriting a desk.
You’re inheriting a platform and team to build a high-value practice with real autonomy, delivery firepower, and the full backing of a brand with a proven track record in tech recruitment.
What You’ll Own:
🔑 A hands-on billing leadership role - driving revenue while leading from the front
🏗 The development of a high-impact team - hiring, coaching, and building capability
🏛 Strategic account development - especially across enterprise tech environments
⚡️ A roadmap to scale the practice - your vision, our investment
💬 Influence across The Onset's leadership team, and a voice in shaping how we grow
We’re especially interested if you’ve:
- Grown and led tech recruitment teams (ideally contract-heavy or dual desk models)
- Built out contracting verticals, and know the levers to scale them
- Developed key enterprise accounts (bonus points for Salesforce or Architecture expertise)
What You Get:
- An established brand in market with deep client partnerships
- A mature, values-led culture - high-performance, low-ego
- Market-leading tools, AI systems, and a delivery, marketing and research team so you can spend more time where it counts
- Uncapped commission and high earning potential (top end of the market)
- Ongoing leadership development, and influence on how the business evolves
- WFH days, and real work-life balance
- Direct line to the founders, and a role that shapes the future of The Onset
Who You Are:
✅ You’ve billed. You’ve built. You’ve led.
✅ You’re known in your space for delivery and trust
✅ You know how to win enterprise business and retain it
✅ You’re hungry for growth but grounded in people-first leadership
✅ You want to lead something that actually matters
This isn’t for every recruiter.
If you're ready to lead a division - not just manage one - apply here for a confidential chat.
Lead a team. Grow a practice. Make your mark.
Let’s build something great.
Apply here or email us at contact@theonset.com.au
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