Director of Talent Acquisition, London Stock Exchange

• You will have TA expertise/experience leading hiring for engineering and technology specialists in the latest data and analytics and solutions. You are someone who has led tech hiring in the past with broad and deep technology TA experience/expertise
• Credible and experienced setting and leading the talent acquisition strategy and delivery for a business division/area in a large-scale global organisation
• Experience handling multiple stakeholders with the ability to tailor your approach to the client base
• Creatively use a broad range of sourcing channels to attract the best talent to meet specific functional sourcing needs
• Strong demonstrated technical sourcing/recruiting domain experience
• Confident management of expectations and relationships with senior stakeholders, hiring managers, HR colleagues and candidates
• Outstanding communication and relationship building skills and proactive approach to stakeholder management and status reporting
• Able to prioritise in a growing business, to ensure the right priorities are delivered
• Excellent attention to detail, taking pride in accurate, quality work
• Open, accountable and collaborative in working style
• Excellent planning, organising and follow-through abilities. Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and remain focused and calm in challenging situations
• Previous experience as an internal/in-house recruitment global leader, having been a successful recruiter
• University Degree level/equivalent qualified – HR (preferred)

Desirable

• Proactive in setting and leading the Talent Acquisition strategy and multi-year plans to deliver the ambitions of our global Engineering division
• Someone who operates as a trusted advisor to business leaders and HR colleagues – including the divisional leadership teams - to ensure TA strategy supports business goal achievement. Able to advise and influence effectively on all aspects of Talent Acquisition (from successful attraction strategies/campaigns, through to ensuring someone has an exceptional onboarding experience) you will bring market insight and creativity to enable us to hire the very best talent in the marketplace
• Overseeing recruitment, ensuring fair and unbiased TA practices are in place
• Leading delivery and developing a team of recruiters by providing leadership, guidance and support in the development of the team
• Providing SME knowledge and input to Talent Acquisition, HR and business colleagues
• Very comfortable operating in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment
• Happy to roll up your sleeves, work hard to get the job done and have fun
• Passionate about and strives to be regarded as a subject matter expert
• Someone who develops and communicates performance metrics to the business - including ad-hoc reporting – to continuously improve recruiting strategies and ensure we swiftly implement internal and external best practices
• Someone who uses market, data and insights driven, sharing information to help improve decision making
• Someone who always strives for excellence, going above and beyond to deliver an exceptional experience for candidates, colleagues, hiring managers and our broader business stakeholders
• Effective in planning and managing annual budget for divisional TA activity
• Partner with the Head of People for our Global Engineering division to develop the TA strategy and plans, to deliver an exceptional TA experience for all stakeholders, in an efficient, effective and inclusive way
• Set and lead initiatives to improve the quality, quantity, diversity of hires, giving LSEG competitive advantage in the talent marketplace
• Lead direct and matrix team TA members to ensure effective, efficient, and timely TA delivery
• Provide accurate reporting on TA performance and progress against planned hiring forecasts and create forward plans, to get ahead of demand, to ensure we consistently the right support to business customers
• Provide regular market insight/information from internal and external sources. Advise on competitor activity, availability of talent, salary trends and hiring best practice
• Educate and influence hiring managers on the importance of diversity in the recruitment process
• Identify external opportunities to further strengthen the LSEG employee brand
• Handling issues at all levels so that incidents and problems are dealt with quickly and effectively