Executive Recruiter - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. As a Vice President Executive Recruiter, you will act as a trusted advisor within Compliance and our Functions Exec TA team. You will own the end-to-end recruitment process for senior leadership roles (Director and MD level), delivering best-in-class executive search services through direct sourcing and strategic talent pipelining.

This is a hands-on, individual contributor role where you will leverage your expertise in compliance recruitment to identify, engage and secure top-tier talent from both internal and external markets. You will provide a white-glove experience to clients and candidates, ensuring seamless communication and confidence throughout the process. You will support the business by partnering closely with senior stakeholders, HR Business Partners and Reward to deliver critical hires aligned with organisational priorities.

Operating in a fast-paced environment, you will utilise sourcing tools and market intelligence to build strong talent pipelines, while demonstrating deep knowledge of financial services compliance, regulatory and control functions. Success in this role requires exceptional negotiation skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to inspire confidence at executive level. This position offers the opportunity to work on high-impact projects within a collaborative HR community, with flexibility and exposure to transformational initiatives across Barclays' global compliance landscape.

• Proven experience in executive-level hiring within Compliance, and/or other corporate functions , ideally in financial services.
• Track record in direct sourcing for both senior contingent and retained search type hires.
• In-house recruitment experience.
• Deep understanding of organisational structures and leadership roles within banking, particularly across Compliance and/or other Corporate Functions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. Experience recruiting for senior executive compliance roles in global banking environments will be highly valued.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This is a 12 Month Fixed Term (fulltime) Contract based in Glasgow.

To source, attract and hire executive level talent across the organisation.

• Identify potential candidates through various channels such as job boards, social media, professional networks, and employee referrals.
• Build and maintain an executive talent pipeline to anticipate hiring needs.
• Provide hiring recommendations and assist in the negotiation of job offers.
• Manage key stakeholders, including people leaders, HR colleagues, and executive search firms.
• Monitor and report key recruitment metrics like time-to-fill, cost per hire, and source of hire.
• Identify areas for improvement and optimization in the recruitment process.
• Conduct full lifecycle recruitment including:
• Client briefing and understanding the role.
• Initial research to build a longlist of candidates.
• Pre-screening long-listed candidates to build a shortlist.
• Manage interviews and feedback loops between search firms, clients, interview panels, and candidates.
• Ensure a best-in-class client and candidate experience.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L
  - Listen and be authentic, E
  - Energise and inspire, A
  - Align across the enterprise, D
  - Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced…