Head of Talent Acquisition Delivery
Full Time (FTC)
Derby/Hybrid
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Talent Acquisition Delivery to lead and transform enterprise wide hiring across Rolls-Royce group for all Mid-Career requirements. This role is responsible for all global end to end delivery of talent acquisition at scale, ensuring consistent, high-quality outcomes across multiple Divisions, Enabling Functions and Geographies. You will set the operational strategy for hiring delivery, drive performance against demand, and ensure our recruitment model is efficient, data-led with insights for stakeholders and aligned to long-term workforce plans.
Based in our Group Business Services, People Services team, you will be working closely with senior HR and business leaders, you will lead a global team and vendor partners, embedding best-in-class processes, technology and governance. You will balance pace with quality, champion continuous improvement, and ensure an excellent candidate and hiring-manager experience. This is a critical leadership role for a proven talent acquisition operator who thrives in scale, complexity and accountability, and who can translate strategy into outstanding delivery.
What you will be doing
Own the end-to-end delivery of Talent Acquisition services for the Group globally for Mid-Career (all levels including contingent resources except Level A and Executive)
Deliver the employer Branding requirements for the Group
Deliver technology, operational and process improvement projects to enable Rolls-Royce to be global leaders in Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding
Manage stakeholders to ensure that they are ‘brought on the journey’ of Talent Acquisition services
Own the transformation improvements that can make our Talent Acquisition approach world class, including continuing the great work on on-boarding strategy that compliments the employer brand element of the strategy – enabling a flawless transition into the organisation
Understand, evaluate, and leverage automation to ensure that our Talent Acquisition strategy is future-proofed
Work flexibly across the whole organisation, in collaboration with business leaders, People Teams, Head Office and Global Business Services colleagues to deliver a world class candidate experience, and a smooth transition into colleague experience once on board
Use innovative and creative solutions to address business challenges to address the challenges we face today and in pursuit of our vision
Work in partnership with our procurement teams to ensure we are receiving cost competitive, reliable and high performing support from our suppliers
Why Rolls-Royce?
Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.
We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
Who we’re looking for
Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
A strong operational leader with experience driving performance, managing to budget and working with suppliers
Experience bringing strategy to life, partnering with thought leaders, and creating a roadmap for how we transform
Proven capability in Stakeholder Management at all levels of the organisation
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and engage with a range of different stakeholders
Extensive matrix-working experience; ability to partner internally & with 3rd parties to enable operational delivery against strategy
In-depth knowledge of the People function and a demonstrated ability to work across People & business teams to ensure delivery
Experience of working with different cultures (countries / companies).
A passion for learning
Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.
Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.
For further information, please contact: Alison Connaughton
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.
Job CategoryHuman ResourcesPosting Date23 Jan 2026; 00:01Posting End Date05 Feb 2026