Who we are looking for
State Street is looking for a dynamic and experienced Head of Talent Acquisition to lead the experienced hiring efforts for the following business groups: COO, Wealth, and Alpha. This role will lead a global team of recruiting and support specialists based on productivity metrics with full cycle responsibility for managing the entire process of experienced hires for these business lines globally including delivering on the inclusion and diversity mandates. They would partner with the Senior HR Business Partners and their senior business leadership teams to set global functional priorities, develop hiring strategies and execution efforts.
Why this role is important to us
At State Street we believe that the best talent enables us to become the best partner, operator, and innovator to the clients we serve. This critical leadership role is responsible for leading the recruitment function for our asset servicing, technology and wealth management teams ensuring a consistent, effective, client centric and compliant approach aligned with the strategic priorities of these businesses enabling them to meet their needs, inclusion, and diversity goals.
Role Responsibilities
- Actively partner with the Hiring Managers and the Senior HR Business partners to understand hiring needs and devise a comprehensive plan to be able to flawlessly execute on the same considering diversity and inclusion priorities.
- Advise key business leaders on the ever-changing hiring trends as a subject matter expert.
- Own the execution of the hiring plans to best position these businesses in the marketplace to be able to attract the best and brightest talent supporting our strategy to be the destination for the best talent.
- Serve as a key partner with the Head of Talent Mobility & Internal Recruiting to fully leverage the internal employee base as a critical sourcing strategy to match resource demands.
- Implement innovative sourcing techniques to deliver better results as it pertains to diversity hiring, time to offer and cost associated with hiring external vendors.
- Lead and manage a global team of recruiting, sourcing & coordination specialists including managing for high performance and productivity.
- Engage and manage key stake holders to review the progress of recruiting efforts, share competitor intelligence fine tune recruiting needs.
- Actively monitor and manage key performance indicators (i.e., time to offer, aged requisitions) and partnering to developing action plans to escalate and resolve issues with a view to delivery best in class services to the businesses.
- Carry a small requisition load - senior business critical roles with a high degree of profile and visibility across the business units and operate as a player-coach.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a global talent acquisition leader or equivalent experience with a best-in-class organization with deep functional expertise in recruiting for asset servicing / management, technology, and wealth management related roles.
- Experience working with senior business stakeholders coupled with strong Relationship Management and Strategic Execution skills
- Competency with Human Resources technology (Workday) and applicant management systems needed.
- Ability to forge successful partnerships across organizational and geographic boundaries.
- In-house recruiting experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to interact with all levels of candidates, hiring managers, recruiting and HR business partners
- Proven leadership skills with a history of developing talent.
Salary Range:
$170,000 - $267,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the location above, the applicable range could differ.
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