THE PRACTICE
Most growing companies face the same problem: they need senior talent acquisition leadership but can't justify — or don't yet need - a full-time hire. They end up with agencies running transactional processes, or junior recruiters without the experience to operate strategically.
Talvora exists to close that gap. 20+ years of enterprise-grade TA expertise, delivered as an embedded partner — on your terms, at your pace, focused entirely on outcomes.
Fractional by design. Embedded by practice. Results-focused always.
THE PHILOSOPHY
What Talvora believes about hiring
THREE PRINCIPLES BEHIND EVERY ENGAGEMENT
01
Hiring is a leadership function, not an admin task
The quality of every hire reflects the quality of the process behind it. Talent acquisition deserves the same rigour, data, and strategic attention as any other business-critical function.
02
Relationships close offers. Transactions don't
A 96%+ offer acceptance rate isn't luck — it's the result of candidate relationships built with care, honesty, and genuine advocacy throughout the process. Volume is not the metric that matters.
03
Every engagement should leave your hiring infrastructure better than it was — not just filled roles, but improved processes, more capable hiring managers, and a stronger employer brand.
The best TA leaves the business stronger
CAREER JOURNEY
2025 -2026
Microsoft
GLOBAL TALENT PARTNER VIA JOINTALENT (RPO)
Strategic TA for MCAPS commercial sales across EMEA. 52 hires in 8 months. 96%+ offer acceptance. Global ATS migration. AI/Copilot integration across the full recruitment lifecycle.
2017 - 2019
SumUp
GLOBAL HEAD OF TALENT ACQUISITION
Scaled TA function from scratch across Germany, Bulgaria, and USA. Built a 23-person team of recruiters and employer branding specialists. 200+ hires. 37% reduction in time-to-fill via Greenhouse.
A TRACK RECORD BUILT ACROSS ENTERPRISE AND HYPERGROWTH
Two decades. Five tier-one organisations
2024 - Present
Talvora (formally TLB Consult Ltd)
Founded and operate a fractional TA consultancy partnering with tech startups and scaleups. Board Advisor at The Connect — designing talent strategy and end-to-end hiring infrastructure.
FOUNDER & FRACTIONAL TA LEADER
2016 - 2020
Zalando
Two tenures at Zalando — leading tech recruitment for PayCo and the Zalon business unit. 47 senior engineers hired across backend, SRE, and data engineering. 90%+ hiring manager satisfaction.
TA MANAGER & LEAD TECH RECRUITER
2021 - 2023
Kinsta
Led all people operations and TA for a remote-first tech company with 25,000+ customers. Built and managed a 17-person global function. 38% team performance uplift. 45% agency spend reduction.
DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE & TALENT ACQUISITION
2013 - 2015
Meta & Yahoo
TECHNICAL RECRUITER · EMEA TA LEAD
Built Meta's first European engineering hub in London. Led EMEA technical recruitment at Yahoo covering ML, data science, mobile, and engineering. Launched Yahoo London's CS Graduate Programme.
In addition to client engagements, Taryn serves as a Board Advisor to early-stage companies — bringing TA and people strategy expertise to founding teams at the point where those decisions matter most.
If you're building something ambitious and want senior talent thinking at the table, get in touch.
BOARD ADVISORY
CURRENT ADVISORY
The Connect
Talent & Growth Board Advisor at The Connect — an innovative creator-first platform revolutionising brand-creator collaborations in the creator economy. Building the advisory team, designing the people and talent function roadmap, and architecting end-to-end hiring processes including assessment frameworks and EVP.
Direct, not diplomatic
Honest assessment of what's working and what isn't — including the hard conversations that most consultants avoid.
Strategic and hands-on
Comfortable at board level and in the ATS. The strategy is only as good as the execution behind it.
What to expect from every engagement
HOW TARYN WORKS
CONTACT
Data-informed decisions
Every recommendation is grounded in pipeline data, market intelligence, and benchmarking — not intuition alone.
Built to last
The goal is always to leave the function stronger — not to create dependency on external support.
GET IN TOUCH
Whether you're looking for a search partner, fractional TA leadership, or strategic advice — get in touch for a no-obligation conversation.
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