Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

An exciting opportunity to lead Talent Acquisition and play a critical role in shaping Vanguard's future. Lead a team that partners with the business to secure the very best talent, building teams that will drive our growth.

The Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for leading a high-performing recruitment function to identify, attract, select, and place qualified candidates. The role provides strategic leadership across direct recruitment delivery, management of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) partnership and the design and execution of junior talent initiatives.

People Leadership & Delivery

• Lead a team responsible for end-to-end recruitment ensuring efficient, consistent, and high-quality hiring processes.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve recruitment strategies, frameworks, and best practices aligned to organisational strategy.
• Ensure strong governance, candidate experience, and selection quality across all recruitment activity.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and development to build capability and support professional growth.

• Lead and manage the organisation's Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) model.
• Act as primary point of accountability for the RPO relationship, including performance management, service delivery, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear expectations, KPIs, and governance rhythms to ensure the RPO delivers against agreed outcomes, timelines, and standards.

• Design, lead, and continuously improve all junior talent initiatives, including internships, graduate programmes and our early career leadership development initiative.
• Oversee attraction strategies, assessment approaches, and candidate experience for all early-career programmes.

• Use insight to recommend changes to recruitment strategy, sourcing approaches, and delivery models including the use of enabling technologies.
• Ensure recruitment activity remains competitive, inclusive, and responsive to market conditions.
• Partner with the Global Talent Acquisition team to drive synergies and efficiencies

• Experience leading recruitment delivery and building high-performing teams in a complex environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior leaders
• Expertise in recruitment strategy, sourcing approaches, and candidate assessment
• Experience managing external partners (e.g. RPO, agencies) and driving performance outcomes
• A data-driven mindset, using insights to improve processes and hiring outcomes
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery across multiple priorities