Executive Hiring Partner

Job Description :

Title: Executive Hiring Partner

Location: London

Type of role: Full time - Permanent

Background to the Role

Diageo’s Performance Ambition is to be the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world; this requires us to guarantee our plans with the right people and the capabilities. Talent Engagement is the global function which focuses on appointing outstanding external and internal talent to realise such ambition and plays a crucial role in championing our strong inclusion and diversity agenda.

As part of the commitment and continued development of our Talent Engagement function, we are building an industry leading Executive Hiring team, responsible for hiring the most senior global leadership roles within Diageo. Focused on delivering the highest quality experience for all key partners including hiring managers, HR leaders and candidates, the team will support and advise the business in continuing to produce world-class, diverse leadership talent.

The Role

As Talent Engagement Partner you will play a key role in collaborating with the Executive Hiring Director to lead and deliver a best-in-class Executive Hiring strategy, delivery and experience for the Diageo senior leadership team. The role will be responsible for leading and driving senior executive search assignments directly and where necessary working with external search partners to drive seamless search processes.

The successful candidate will be an experienced executive hiring professional with a track record of leading senior level executive search assignments and deep knowledge in supporting and managing the expectations of a demanding, fast-paced senior leadership team and organisation. The role requires excellent business partnering and influencing skills, combined with strong personal drive. A track record of building credibility and engaging key collaborators across multiple business lines and geographies is highly desirable. The ability to manage multiple priorities and projects, remain focused and deliver under stringent timelines will also be critical.

Role Responsibilities

• Partner with the Executive Hiring Director to define and implement an Executive Talent Engagement approach which ensures quality of leadership appointments through direct sourcing as well as some working with external search firms

• Lead and implement the end-to-end process for direct executive hiring for the top 200 leaders in Diageo. This will include facilitating the search process to a successful conclusion, staying close to both the internal partners and candidates throughout, advising on any challenges or potential roadblocks, working with the Reward team to create the offer and taking detailed references on the preferred candidate

• Drive external executive search firms to produce the most outstanding leadership talent which meet Diageo’s leadership standards

• Drive the Inclusion & Diversity agenda to support the business in achieving its 2030 Spirit of Progress goals through the creation of innovative and creative sourcing strategies

• Partner with senior executives and HR Directors across the business to define the executive talent requirements and supporting approach for each area of the business

• Build credibility and strong advisory relationships with key senior level internal partners through sharing insightful market intelligence and proactively identifying industry issues that will affect hiring across in the regions

• Approach and source key senior leaders and external sources where appropriate to develop a comprehensive pipeline of outstanding talent

• Ambassador of a premium candidate experience for all leadership talent engaging with Diageo

Experience

• Strong executive search experience gained in a fast-paced, global context. Knowledge in of consumer goods is advantageous

• Deep knowledge of executive level hiring gained in a large, complex global organisation or executive search firm  

• Track record of bringing an Inclusion & Diversity strategy to life through the executive talent agenda

• Understanding and experience of delivering best-in-class search strategies

• Credible at the most senior levels, with experience of partnering senior stakeholders

• Ability to build strong, credible relationships both inside and outside of the organisation

• Excellent people insights and talent judgement

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities under tight deadlines

Personal Characteristics

• A results-orientated, commercial and tenacious individual who is quickly able to have impact across the