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.

• 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…