Specialist recruitment for cyber, risk and governance

Sector: Consulting
Region: UK & US
Engagement: Permanent hiring campaign 

Challenge
A major consulting firm needed to scale its cyber advisory practice across cloud security, identity, and detection engineering—over 25 hires in 6 months—with extremely tight skill requirements.

Solution
We designed a talent attraction strategy aligned to their EVP, created micro-pipelines for each sub-specialism, and positioned the brand competitively to passive candidates.

Outcome

Filled 8 roles across Cloud, SOC, IR, and Identity
 

Achieved 95% offer acceptance rate
 

Reduced interview drop-out through tailored pre-briefing
 

Became their retained partner for specialist cyber roles

Sector: Consulting
Region: UK & US
Engagement: Permanent hiring campaign 

Challenge
A major consulting firm needed to scale its cyber advisory practice across cloud security, identity, and detection engineering—over 25 hires in 6 months—with extremely tight skill requirements.

Solution
We designed a talent attraction strategy aligned to their EVP, created micro-pipelines for each sub-specialism, and positioned the brand competitively to passive candidates.

Outcome

Filled 8 roles across Cloud, SOC, IR, and Identity
 

Achieved 95% offer acceptance rate
 

Reduced interview drop-out through tailored pre-briefing
 

Became their retained partner for specialist cyber roles

A high-growth fintech operating across multiple regions needed to rapidly scale its Cyber Security, Operational Risk and Governance functions to support expansion into new markets.

The client faced three critical issues:

1. Severe competition for cyber talent across the fintech and digital payments sector
    
2. Time-to-hire delays affecting product releases and security certifications
    
3. Lack of real-time talent intelligence to guide salary, skills and market availability
    

Traditional recruitment was proving reactive, slow and increasingly expensive.

The business required a strategic, always-on approach—not just one-off hiring.

 We deployed an embedded H-AI Talent Intelligence Model supporting their leadership team across the UK and EU. Over 12 months, we delivered:

 Full Talent Market Mapping
Always-On Engagement

Predictive Hiring Insight

Fast, High-Quality Shortlists

Results & Impact
Reduced Time-to-Hire by 55%
Cost-per-Hire Down by 38%
11 Specialist Hires Across Cyber, Risk & Governance-