United Kingdom
Currently seeking my next opportunity. Senior Talent Acquisition leader with 15+ years’ experience leading global, multi-market hiring functions within complex, fast-paced organisations. Specialising in commercially focused, data-led talent strategies that align workforce capability with business growth, transformation and long-term organisational goals. Experienced in partnering with executive leadership teams to deliver scalable hiring solutions across multiple geographies and specialist disciplines, optimising performance across cost, speed and quality. My background spans strategic workforce planning, organisational transformation, recruitment technology, talent analytics, employer brand, DE&I, internal mobility, succession planning and skills-based talent models. Most recently, I led global Talent Acquisition across the UK, Europe and North America for one of the world’s largest healthcare advertising networks, overseeing international TA and HR teams through periods of significant change and growth. I have led initiatives spanning ATS implementation, process redesign, talent intelligence reporting and operating model optimisation. I am particularly interested in the evolving intersection of Talent Acquisition, technology and AI enablement, and how emerging tools can support more effective, insight-led and scalable hiring practices. Known for combining strategic thinking with operational rigour, I build high-performing talent functions that deliver measurable business impact.
Owned and delivered a global Talent Acquisition strategy across the UK, Europe and North America within a complex matrix organisation spanning multiple disciplines and markets. Partnered with executive leaders to shape workforce planning, respond to shifting demand, and balance commercial priorities with governance, budget and capability needs. Led enterprise talent initiatives including career architecture, skills-based hiring, succession planning, internal mobility and interviewer capability development, while strengthening team capability across both skills-based and experience-led hiring to ensure consistent and equitable assessment. Drove end-to-end TA transformation including process redesign, recruitment technology enhancement, ATS development, talent analytics (Power BI) and system optimisation, improving efficiency, insight and scalability across the hiring function. Operated across multi-country environments ensuring compliant and culturally aligned hiring practices, while partnering closely with HR, reward and business leaders on compensation frameworks, talent pipelines and organisational design. Collaborated with Marketing and Communications on employer branding and recruitment campaigns, and used workforce and hiring data to drive performance, improve decision-making and optimise cost, speed and quality outcomes.
Owned end-to-end Talent Acquisition delivery across specialist, leadership and volume hiring within the organisation, ensuring alignment to business priorities and workforce demand. Partnered with senior leaders on hiring strategy, organisational design and succession planning, providing clear, commercially grounded advice to support effective decision-making. Led the function through a period of significant business change, embedding new ways of working, systems and processes while maintaining operational continuity and team alignment to evolving TA priorities. Drove continuous improvement across recruitment delivery, enhancing speed, quality and candidate experience through process optimisation and change initiatives. Championed innovation within Talent Acquisition by adopting new technologies and exploring more effective, future-focused ways to attract and engage talent. Designed and delivered employer branding and recruitment marketing strategies to strengthen market presence and attract priority talent pools.
Managed recruitment delivery across multiple agency brands within a matrix structure. Developed recruitment capability and coaching frameworks to build team expertise. Built long-term talent pipelines for hard-to-fill roles, proactively nurturing talent for future needs.