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SalaryWant to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in over 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.
Our Technology, Product and Data teams build the magic our customers love. There's no Sky Glass without Product Owners. No broadcasting without Developers. No Sky Mobile without Data Architects.
Our Talent Acquisition team is the engine behind this. We identify, attract, and deliver the best talent across all areas of the business to deliver against Sky's hiring plans, brining in the people who create our world-class shows, products and services.
This role is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in hiring the tech talent we need to achieve our strategic growth plans, with significant scope to make an impact!
Reporting into the Head of Talent Acqusition, this role is a 12-month FTC, where you'll be accountable for the strategic direction of Talent Acqusition within our Group Technology & Data teams, including overseeing our growth into offshore markets. You'll partner with senior business stakeholders to agree the build/buy approach, aligned to the business strategy and work with our RPO partners to ensure a seamless service delivery of the recruitment plan.
You'll be part of a culture of fairness, transparency and inclusion and a Talent Acqusition team focused on delivering on expectations, keeping our promises and never walking past a problem.
What you'll do:
In this role you'll act as a senior strategic Talent Acquisition expert, who partners with the business to deliver recruitment plans that bring top talent to Sky.
- Build and maintain relationships with the leadership teams in the Technology, Product & Data business areas (with a focus on Group Technology & Data) to ensure a clear recruitment plan (build/buy/internal mobility) aligned to business need and growth.
- Influence key Talent Acquisition strategies with insight, market intelligence and expertise.
- Engage with outsource RPO partners to ensure recruitment plan and priorities are met.
- Shape & drive solutions to key business specific Talent Acquisition challenges and priorities, such as change programmes, future skills/talent pipelining and diversity and inclusion.
- Engage with colleagues in the Talent Acquisition COE to deliver innovation, new products and services and continuous improvement across Group Technology & Data, such as assessment tools, brand campaigns and candidate/hiring manager experience initiatives.
What you'll bring:
- Demonstrable success in influencing stakeholders at a senior level
- An understanding of the recruitment challenges facing technology Talent Acquisition
- Successfully defined, designed & delivered recruitment plans at scale
- An understanding of different aspects of recruitment including employer brand and attraction, reporting and metrics, workforce planning and diversity and inclusion initiatives
- The ability to use data to influence and create/deliver recruitment strategy
- Ability to demonstrate a broader strategic perspective with a long-term view
- In house or RPO recruitment experience is ideal
- Ability to manage different market needs, cultural nuances, and engagement requirements.
Our HR Team:
Our HR team is all about making Sky a great place to work that's both fair and inclusive for our people. We do OUR best to help everyone be at THEIR best. From hiring fantastic people to offering great benefits, from supporting learning and careers to making sure everyone gets paid on time - it all makes a difference. We want our people to have everything they need to design fantastic products, create amazing TV, deliver the best customer service and much, much, more.
The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really is something special, here are just a few:
- Access to free NOW, for streaming all your favourite shows
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.
Your office base: Osterley
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Inclusion:
At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.
Why Wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you. To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
