Regional Head of Talent Acquisition

Job Summary

The Head of Talent Acquisition partners with Business Unit (BU) leadership teams to drive and execute hiring strategies. This role involves influencing homogenous teams and ramping up projects within the BU and Talent Acquisition (TA).

Responsibilities (how we will measure success)

• Influences overall delivery against hiring plan and leads strategic recruiting initiatives
• Sets hiring priorities in partnership with key business stakeholders of business unit/region/function in their scope
• Proactively and independently drives multiple teams areas of responsibility with limited to no steering.
• Owns drives and impacts overarching team initiatives and projects often in a cross-functional set-up running PBO teams.
• Responsibility for their teams delivery on all dimensions proactively identifying areas of improvement in hiring activities (Operations and delivery)
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of IQ-EQs benefits structure and is able to teach and spread knowledge to team members to win over candidates.
• Is a role model in the use of our systems and tools ensuring data governance and hygiene across TA
• Lead by example for your team members by owning all TA MI and data use on a daily and weekly basis to drive performance and influence stakeholders.
• Provide and gather reports for key stakeholders up to regional c-suite

Key competencies for position and level

• Can successfully navigate IQ-EQs complex structure and is proactive in seeking an understanding of business unit and or Region or Function including priorities year on year and net hiring demand.
• Develops the right talent attraction strategy across the assigned region/function to ensure high quality of hire with reasonable time to fill and costs including partnering with the global extended TA teams and other supporting colleagues.
• Develops training and coaches wider TA team to identify and win over hard-to-find and scarce passive candidates by creating innovative sourcing strategies
•  Strategizes/execute creative and innovative ways to improve the IQ-EQ interview and assessment tool and its adoption ensuring the right hire first-time approach
• Actively assesses talent market needs and trends to support the assigned leadership team in improving our offering and ensure a high offer acceptance rate.
• Influencing others and translating wider TA vision and goals for the team
• Proactively influences and owns the results and performance of the team.
• Owns the communication channel with the leadership team representing their TA team.
• Efficiently influences teams project work and capacity (over capacity/ under capacity) ensures qualitative delivery on time and ensures projects have an impact and clear improvements.
• Avoids duplication and complication of project work with the TA teams and ensures clear communication alignment and delivery.
• Ensures collaboration with the entire TA team to improve productivity and reduce silos is a role model for team cohesion

Key behaviours we expect to see

In addition to demonstrating our Group Values (Authentic Bold and Collaborative) the role holder will be expected to demonstrate the following:

• Role models and activate TA principles in their team and country/region/function in scope.
• Owns continuous improvement drives development and delivery of scalable solutions to relevant audiences
• Promotes knowledge-sharing and mentoring/coaching
• Owns the onboarding of new colleagues and ensures on-time completion.
• Defines and delivers TA knowledge-sharing formats with a direct impact on deliverables learning & development and scalable solutions.
• Is a trusted partner and expert to senior leaders up to the executive level influencing hiring decisions and offering input into workforce planning based on talent market research.
• Influences the adoption of productive hiring culture up to the executive level and secures senior sponsorship for TA initiatives
• Adjusts their own communication style to the audience and curates the information accordingly
• Is accountable for securing a successful collaboration with other teams and partners up cross-functionally and with peers to increase impact.
• Applies data to influence strategic decision-making being an expert of reporting via ATS and other platforms 
• Manages executive escalations with appropriate solutions
• Proactively creates transparency on the TA performance and strategic plans for region/function in their scope advises and influences stakeholders on strategic matters.

Qualifications :

Required Experience

Education / professional qualifications: 

• 15 years talent acquisition experience 
  Recognised HR qualification SHRM / CIPD desirable   

Background experience: 

• Experience gained worked in a cross-border TA function that has driven a program of process improvements as part of a TOM strategy 

Technical 

• Excellent knowledge of methodologies processes and tools associated with supporting the function effectively. 
• Knowledge of enabling TA tech and solutions 
• Expertise in standard Microsoft Office products.

Computer / program knowledge 

• Knowledge of enabling TA tech and solutions 
• Expertise in standard Microsoft Office products. 

Management and leadership 

• Ability to positively influence others without having direct management responsibility. 

Languages 

• Fluent in English 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time