Global Head of Talent Acquisition

What You Do

Working within the Global People & Culture team and reporting to the Global Head of People & Culture, in this role you will strategize, design and manage the implementation of the employer branding and talent acquisition strategies whilst ensuring the successful management of recruitment delivery globally for our growing organization.

As the Global Head of Talent Acquisition, you will partner with the wider People & Culture Leadership team, key business stakeholders and Global Executives to ensure that Allianz Partners has a best in class acquisition strategy, delivery and strong brand awareness in the market.

You will lead the global talent acquisition team (40+FTE) to evolve the recruitment strategy, strengthening the digitalisation, automation, centralisation and service delivery to meet the business current and future needs.

You will bring a strong commercial and transformation focus to the role to deliver on our growth strategy and meet business objectives, from specialized recruited enriched by active sourcing to high-volume hiring for support centre employees.

Scope of Responsibilities:

1. Create and implement a talent acquisition strategy that supports Allianz Partners business across 44 countries.
2. Work closely with business leaders and People & Culture business partners to understand the needs of the business and how to best find talent and create proactive pipelines.
3. Lead and develop a team of 40+ talent acquisition professionals, providing guidance and coaching to support the success of the team.
4. Assure global consistency in the end-to-end recruitment process with increased levels of automation and digitalization to continuously improve the candidate and hiring manager experience.
5. Partner with the DEI team to promote and integrate DEI initiatives in the hiring practices of employees at all levels.
6. Utilize data and analytics to create metrics and information to drive decision-making and make improvements to recruitment approach, while increasing steering capabilities to manage peak times whilst closely aligning with workforce management.
7. Think creatively about how to support workforce and succession plans in both the short and long-term. Build an infrastructure capable of adapting to change with the ability to shift strategies quickly when needed.
8. Develop and execute an employment brand strategy in partnership with communications and/or marketing that communicates Allianz Partners culture, reputation and mission.
9. Bring best practices in talent acquisition and design a TA strategy that supports the P&C multi-year strategic plan.

Knowledge Base And Experience

1. Demonstrated success in implementing progressive talent acquisition strategies with success in building a strong and dynamic workforce.
2. Experience driving change in a global and matrixed business. Understands the nuances of building a tailored hiring strategy and employer brand across various geographies and business units.
3. Worked within a data and analytics-centric business; consistently uses all available metrics and information to drive decision-making.
4. Recruited highly specialized talent and volume hiring, in an incredibly competitive landscape and industry.
5. Experience with all aspects of a recruiting function for a globally distributed organization. Specific experience in companies with a strong presence globally is valuable.
6. Knowledge of social media and marketing and the impact on the company’s brand and recruiting strategies.
7. Success in hiring and developing a high-performing, service oriented and collaborative team.

Professional and Cultural Characteristics

1. At least 15 years of progressive TA or related human resources experience within a global leadership role, managing people across multiple locations, geographically dispersed.
2. Experience in leading and managing projects, bringing people through change and strong stakeholder engagement.
3. Strong ability to influence and show resilience navigating through demand and business requirements.
4. Further highlight mindset: business & customer orientation, digital mindset, looking for quality and efficiently and continuous improvement of our processes.
5. Excellent written and oral communication in English.

Key Benefits/What We Offer

Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey.

We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs. All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

Join us. Let\’s care for tomorrow.

Note: Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company encourages its employees to have motivation in gaining varied skills from different positions and to collect experiences from across Allianz Group.

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