Global Talent Acquisition Manager

1 Week ago • 6-8 Years • Human Resource

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Summary

DAZN seeks a proactive Global Talent Acquisition Manager for a 12-month maternity leave cover. This role involves leading global recruitment strategies across commercial and business departments, managing deadlines, and inspiring the team. Responsibilities include partnering with senior stakeholders, sourcing top talent, managing multiple high-volume projects, collaborating with People & Culture teams, utilizing data to optimize processes, and acting as a brand ambassador. The ideal candidate possesses proven experience in a fast-paced, high-growth international environment, leading recruitment strategies across commercial functions globally, and managing global recruitment teams. Exceptional stakeholder management, knowledge of innovative sourcing techniques, and strong organizational skills are essential.
Must have:
  • Proven experience as a Talent Acquisition Manager in a fast-paced, high-growth international environment
  • Experience leading global recruitment strategies across commercial and business functions
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills
  • Experience managing high-volume roles across multiple functions
  • Knowledge of innovative sourcing techniques and recruitment tools
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Passion for delivering outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience
Good to have:
  • Additional language skills (German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
Perks:
  • Access to DAZN
  • 25 days' annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years)
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Pension contributions up to 5%
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Electric vehicle benefit option
  • Free access to workplace mental health platform app (Unmind)
  • Learning and development resources
  • Opportunity for flexible working
  • Access to internal speaker series and events
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We’re seeking a proactive and experienced Global Talent Acquisition Manager to join our team on a 12-month maternity leave cover. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in leading Global recruitment strategies, building strong relationships with senior level stakeholders, and contributing to DAZN’s growth and success across key commercial and business operations areas. You’ll lead a Talent team with a focus on high performance, sourcing the best talent for DAZN’s global commercial and business functions and delivering an exceptional candidate experience. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, global environment and can hit the ground running with experience leading complex, high volume and business critical hiring strategies.

 Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

As our new Global Talent Acquisition Manager you'll have the opportunity to:

    • Lead global recruitment strategies across various commercial and business departments, managing business deadlines and inspiring your team to provide the best possible talent and candidate experience.
    • Partner with senior stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver effective recruitment strategies.
    • Source and attract top talent through your own direct sourcing, headhunting, and leveraging external partners.
    • Manage multiple high volume, global recruitment projects simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines and maintaining quality hiring standards.
    • Collaborate with People & Culture teams to drive workforce planning and align hiring initiatives with business goals.
    • Utilize data and insights to inform recruitment strategies and optimize processes.
    • Act as a brand ambassador, representing DAZN’s values and culture in all candidate interactions.
    • Inspire and motivate your team using agile working methodologies to deliver business critical recruitment projects and maintain a high performing culture.

You'll have:

    • Proven experience in a Talent Acquisition Manager role, in a fast-paced, high-growth international environment.
    • Experience leading recruitment strategies across commercial and business functions, globally.
    • Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build trust.
    • Experience managing a high volume of roles across multiple functions.
    • Knowledge of innovative sourcing techniques and recruitment tools.
    • Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment.
    • Passion for delivering an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience.
    • A self-starter who is solutions-focused and thrives under pressure.
    • Experience managing global recruitment teams, with a focus on performance and meeting business demands.
    • Any additional language skills, eg German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese would be a bonus 
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team,you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 
 
DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  
 
AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward. 
 
INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business.  People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things. 
 
PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it.  People who love what they do and show commitment every day. 
 
BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results. 
 
SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals.  People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers.  People who consider others before making decisions. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.
 
If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
 
Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
 
We look forward to hearing from you.
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