Front Office Hiring Lead (Talent Acquisition)

Location: Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh or Halifax, United Kingdom. Hybrid working requires at least two days per week, or 40% of working time, at one of the listed office sites.

Salary: £78,098–£91,880 per year, plus an annual performance-related bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a large UK financial services organisation developing banking, insurance, pensions and investment businesses.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor the recruiting team supporting Business & Commercial Banking, Corporate & Institutional Banking, and Insurance, Pensions & Investments.
• Partner with business leaders to understand future capabilities, talent populations and hiring demand.
• Build proactive talent plans, market knowledge, direct sourcing strategies and pipelines for critical talent.
• Raise recruiter capability by setting standards for talent assessment, data use, judgement and accountability.
• Allocate recruiting capacity to the areas with the greatest business impact and support critical searches when needed.
• Improve identification and movement of internal talent while strengthening external talent relationships.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading and developing high-performing Talent Acquisition or recruiting teams in a large, complex organisation.
• Expertise partnering with senior business leaders and influencing decisions through market intelligence, commercial judgement and constructive challenge.
• Substantial experience moving recruiting toward a proactive, market-led model with direct sourcing and talent pipelines.
• Demonstrable experience raising recruiter capability, ownership and accountability while leading meaningful change.
• Strong recruiting expertise using data, technology and human judgement to improve hiring and candidate experiences.

Nice to have

• Talent Acquisition experience in banking, markets, commercial banking, wealth, insurance or related financial services.
• Experience mobilising internal talent and building external talent relationships.
• Knowledge of competitive and specialist financial services talent markets.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with workplace adjustments available for colleagues with disabilities.
• Up to 15% pension contribution.
• Share schemes, including free shares.
• 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
• Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
• Benefits adaptable to individual lifestyles, including discounted shopping.

Hiring process

• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.
• Applicants meeting the minimum criteria who have a disability, long-term health condition or are neurodivergent may receive an interview through the Disability Confident Scheme.