Head of Resourcing

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.

Reporting to the HR Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Head of Resourcing plays a critical role in shaping and delivering a forward-looking resourcing strategy, aligned closely to our talent and skills agenda, to support the ambitious long-term growth strategy; and strategic priorities of M&G.

Leading a team of c. 25 colleagues, the Head of Resourcing is a member of both the HR COO Leadership Team and the department wide Extended HR Leadership Team. 

The HR Chief Operating Office is made up of c. 90 HR professionals, globally, covering Resourcing, Employee and Industrial Relations, HR Operations and Technology; and The Pension Scheme Executive. 

It is an exciting time to join with:

• Investment funding recently secured; and planning underway, to implement market leading technology to sit alongside our core Workday system that will deliver AI led candidate sifting, candidate management and automated interview scheduling capability.

• Work underway to review and re-vamp our EVP; careers site and messaging to market.

• A desire to enhance and refine our processes to ensure our Recruiters are strategic partners to their respective clients, with greater process delivery being delivered from within our HR Operations teams.

Main Responsibilities

• Working closely with the HR Leadership team, define and lead effective delivery of the enterprise-wide resourcing strategy  (both experienced hiring & early careers), aligning it to business priorities and future workforce requirements.

• Through the Resourcing Leads for Asset Management, Life & Corporate Functions; and Early Careers, build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the business to understand enterprise wide hiring needs and provide insight-driven guidance

• Work closely with our Chief People Officer and Company-Secretariat function to support the identification and sourcing of suitable NED profiles for both our PLC and subsidiary boards.

• Drive innovation in sourcing, assessment and employer positioning to strengthen access to diverse talent pools minimising the need for agency spend wherever possible.

• Proactively manage our PSL ensuring we work with the best partners; and that we maximise commercial value and ROI from any agency spend, where it is required.

• Accountability for the oversight of our principle contingent workforce supplier ensuring we obtain high quality and great service outcomes for our business.

• In partnership with our Head of HR Operations and Head of HR Systems oversee, refine, and seek to continuously improve both our candidate and hiring manager experience, embracing technology and AI wherever possible.

• In partnership with our Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team ensure we offer an accessible and inclusive recruitment process that delivers diverse candidate pipelines and supports organisational diversity objectives.

• Be a source of market intelligence to relevant internal stakeholder groups. Providing insight into talent availability, skills shortages and key competitor hiring.

• Lead and develop our high performing Resourcing team. Foster a culture that supports high performance, collaboration, continuous improvement; and the development and growth of the team.

• Champion a positive risk culture across Resourcing. Ensure all resourcing activity aligns with organisational policies, governance standards and controls. Work closely and be open to feedback from our dedicated HR 1B Risk and Control Team. 

• Responsibility for ensuring our external careers content does our Employee Value Proposition justice, bringing to life our values; and our desire to be a leading flexible and inclusive employer.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Operates credibly at C-Suite and Board level building strong trusted relationships builder

• Multi-year experience of leading a dedicated companywide Resourcing team within a regulated Financial Services environment.

• Extensive knowledge of external talent markets and emerging trends shaping resourcing strategies in one or both of the Asset Management (Public & Private Markets) and Insurance

• Prior experience of identification and sourcing of suitable NED profiles for both our PLC and subsidiary Boards.

• Commercial acumen – experience of managing large functional budgets with a proven track record in securing commercial value in contingent, supplier and PSL negotiations.

• Deep understanding of strategic workforce planning and resourcing practices.

• Strong capability in translating business strategy into operational resourcing delivery.

• Strong people leader:  experience in building and leading high performance resourcing teams and delivering outcomes through others across complex environments.

• Ability to influence and build trust with senior stakeholders across the organisation.

• Strong data/analytical capability, uses data and insights to guide decisions and measure success.

• Experience of creating inclusive hiring approaches that support successful diverse talent attraction.

What we offer:

We’re dedicated to supporting your wellbeing and helping you thrive, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, and financially plan for the future. Our UK benefits include:

• A valuable pension scheme of up to 18% (13% made up of employer contributions and 5% employee contributions).
• Access to our Share Save and Share Incentive Plan, alongside financial wellbeing and support services to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays), with the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days. Our Time Off When You Need It policy gives you the flexibility - to balance work and personal commitments.
• Our market-leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - because supporting families is an important part of our inclusive culture.
• Health & Protection cover includes Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with additional family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

At M&G we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.

M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you would like to participate in the initiative, you will have the opportunity to indicate this on your application.

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying. If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: [email protected]