Senior Talent Partner

End-to-end Recruitment

• Own and expertly manage the end-to-end recruitment for all entry-level to Exec roles, including deeply understanding complex business needs, translating this into compelling job descriptions, and detailed sourcing, as well as comprehensive screening and offer management for entry to SLT-level positions
• In partnership with People Partners, coach, guide, and challenge hiring managers at all levels to define the true requirements of each vacancy – moving beyond like-for-like replacements to build future-ready capability that supports long-term business success
• Proactively manage hiring requests and approvals, demonstrating a strong understanding of business context, process, and policy; making sound, well-informed recommendations and appropriately challenging where needed
• Proactively maintain a strong understanding of immigration policies and internal practices, ensuring all hiring activity is fully compliant and governed to a high standard
• Responsible for each candidate’s individual process, ensuring an outstanding experience from application to offer stage, with adjustments made depending on candidate seniority
• Deliver an outstanding and seamless hiring manager experience, continuously seeking to reduce administrative overhead without compromising the quality of our hiring practices
• Ensure hiring managers provide high quality feedback for all candidates. Partner with the relevant People-team Partner to ensure new hires receive developmental insights that accelerate their onboarding and effectiveness in role
• Use your knowledge of the market, hiring metrics, and Foundry’s processes to summarise hiring challenges or blockers to stakeholders, making insightful recommendations for adjustments to roles or hiring strategy
• Provide regular status updates to the Director of People and Exec team for all hires, with context given for any changes or delays and recommendations made for improvement
• Partner closely with the People-partnering team to ensure a joined-up, aligned approach to all hiring needs and decisions
• Ensure ongoing maintenance and optimisation of our ATS (HiBob) and all other required documentation, including immigration-related processes, maintaining the highest standards of data integrity and confidentiality

Requirements:

• 10+ years of proven recruitment experience, successfully placing top talent in both highly technical and senior leadership-level roles
• Proven success in confidently determining candidate fit and leveraging direct sourcing strategies across diverse and complex roles and locations
• Proven ability to act as a credible partner, coaching, influencing, and constructively challenging stakeholders at all levels – including Execs – with diplomacy, to drive accountability and effective recruitment outcomes
• Able to lead on complex and/or ambiguous workstreams with minimal direction, applying strong judgement to solve problems and translating business challenges, strategy, and talent data into meaningful insights and solutions
• Demonstrated experience in autonomously managing end-to-end processes and complex projects with minimal direction, showcasing exceptional organisational skills through delivering initiatives on time and to a high standard
• Proven track record of successfully scoping, implementing, and embedding talent changes (process, technology, policy, etc.) across multiple business functions
• Adept in critically assessing information, spotting risks, defining clear problem statements, and delivering balanced solutions that meet both people and business needs – all the while staying open to challenge and adapting your approach
• Demonstrates a thoughtful, connected approach – bringing together data, metrics, feedback, and Foundry context to make sound, well-balanced recommendations
• Takes ownership, is highly adaptable, and accustomed to working autonomously in a fast-paced, dynamic environment – with the ability to prioritise and context-shift against business priorities. Highly organised and conscientious, expertly managing multiple workstreams simultaneously while maintaining impeccable attention to detail
• Exhibits a strong drive for excellence and continuous improvement, preemptively identifying challenges and opportunities, driving solutions that deliver meaningful value to stakeholders
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal, across all levels and communication channels
• Extensive experience in building, developing, and proactively managing robust pipelines of qualified candidates for both live and anticipated needs, including senior leadership level
• A demonstrated and strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a track record of implementing effective and inclusive and effective hiring practices at all levels

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Pension scheme & Life Assurance
• Health cash plan & Medical Insurance
• Season ticket loan
• Company’s social events
• Personal Annual Development Time
• Passion Days
• Anniversary Day off

The Company

Foundry has a 30-year heritage in developing creative software for the Media and Entertainment industry. Its portfolio of award-winning products solves complex visualization challenges to turn incredible ideas into reality.

Working with creative leaders around the globe, Foundry products are used to create breathtaking visual effects and animation and have been integral in the making of every VFX Academy Award-winning film since 2007.

For more information visit www.foundry.com.

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