Early Careers Talent Acquisition Manager, International

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom; hybrid role. Right to work in the UK is required. Sponsorship may be considered at QBE's discretion. Short-term remote work abroad may be requested for up to 20 days per year from certain locations.

Company

hirify.global is an international insurer with more than 13,000 employees across 26 countries.

What you will do

• Design, mobilise and deliver the first cycle of the QBE Horizons Graduate Programme across the UK and agreed European markets.
• Develop end-to-end graduate recruitment, attraction, assessment and selection approaches aligned with workforce priorities and employer brand.
• Drive consistency across internship, apprenticeship and other early careers activity across the UK, Europe and Asia.
• Build partnerships with universities, schools, diversity organisations and external early careers partners.
• Create candidate journeys covering attraction, application, assessment, offer, onboarding and programme entry.
• Establish governance, processes, measures of success, toolkits and knowledge transfer for repeatable future delivery.

Requirements

• Significant experience in early careers, graduate or campus talent acquisition, including designing and delivering programmes end to end.
• Strong knowledge of graduate attraction, recruitment marketing, campus engagement, assessment and selection best practice.
• Experience creating inclusive candidate journeys and building diverse talent pipelines.
• Excellent programme and project management skills, including establishing governance, managing dependencies and delivering to fixed timelines.
• Confidence partnering with executives and senior leaders, influencing decisions and translating workforce needs into practical recruitment plans.
• Ability to operate across different countries and stakeholder groups while balancing consistency with local market requirements across graduate, internship and apprenticeship activity.
• Strong communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative and pragmatic approach.
• Data-led mindset and experience defining and tracking recruitment and programme success measures.
• Experience documenting processes, developing toolkits and transferring knowledge to build sustainable internal capability.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with flexible working arrangements available.
• 30 days of annual holiday, with the option to buy up to two additional days.
• Automatic enrolment in the QBE pension plan with employer contributions of 10% of basic salary.
• Fully funded comprehensive private medical insurance for the employee and family.
• Opportunity to work remotely from certain locations abroad for up to 20 days per year.

Hiring process

• Applications close on 29 October 2026 at 11:59 PM.
• Applications are submitted through the Apply button and the step-by-step application process.