Recruitment Business Partner (RBP) - Experienced Hire

Morgan-Stanley; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced Recruitment Business Partner to join the Experienced Hire team in Glasgow. You will deliver senior level recruitment across the UK and Continental Europe, partnering with Operations and Corporate Functions to translate talent needs into robust recruitment strategies.

You will lead HR analytics, stakeholder engagement, and driver diversity and inclusion in hiring practices, while representing the firm at local events and collaborating with marketing for

Qualifications

• Experience leading recruitment, preferably in financial services or blue‑chip environments.
• Proven ability to align hiring with business strategy and growth.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on hiring needs and strategy.
• Oversee UK and Continental Europe experienced hire recruitment delivery.
• Lead and coach recruitment teams and vendor relationships to meet SLAs.
• Develop data driven insights and dashboards to inform hiring decisions.

Skills

Strategic recruitment

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Excel reporting

Recruitment strategy

Tools

Excel

HRIS/ATS

Job description

We're seeking someone to join our Experienced Hire team as a Recruitment Business Partner (RBP). This role will be aligned to our Company and Operations divisions based in Glasgow, and be responsible for the delivery of experienced hire recruiting across the UK and Continental Europe.

In the Human Resources division, we provide advice and insight to attract, retain, reward and develop a talented global workforce, giving employees the support and tools they need to succeed.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Act as a trusted advisor and partner with Operations and Corporate Functions Business Leaders, COO’s, and HR Business Partners in relation to growth forecasting and demand planning, attrition reviews, and translate business requirements into fit for purpose recruitment strategies in line with their talent needs, business growth agenda.
• Support the EMEA Operations and Company Experienced Hire Lead in managing the RPO vendor relationship to ensure high quality service delivery against SLAs
• Provide strategic direction to RPO Vendor Recruitment Managers, ensuring the service is set up to meet business needs through the prioritization of activity, working together to build impactful solutions to key priorities and challenges.
• Build an expert level understanding of the hiring practices and complexities within your lines of business, establishing value add partnerships across HR functions, leading issue resolution and driving process improvements.
• Leverage internal HR reporting tools, market insights and competitive intelligence, alongside RPO vendor performance data to drive transparency, build and present regular dashboards and data driven insights to the business and inform hiring tactics and decisions. Drive diverse and inclusive hiring practices, implementing business unit recruiting initiatives to build a strong pipeline of high calibre diverse talent
• Serve as a senior point of contact and escalation for the Glasgow Experienced Hire team
• Lead continuous improvement tactics in partnership with the other RBPs and our EMEA Operations & Strategy lead to enhance the hiring manager and candidate experience.
• Represent the firm at local events and partner with the Recruitment Marketing function to enhance the employer brand and attract the right talent.
• Represent Experienced Hire in local management forums and committees.
• Act as the bridge between recruitment operations, recruitment marketing, sourcing, recruiting and onboarding to ensure a seamless delivery of Company & Operations hiring.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Deep understanding of recruitment in a financial services, corporate or blue-chip environment.
• Proven ability to lead and inspire high performing teams, flexing between operational and strategic leadership as needed.
• Client focused, with the ability to forge solid relationships at all levels of the organization and collaborate across businesses and borders
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
• Ability to appropriately influence senior decision-makers and is resilient when challenged.
• Strong IT, Excel and reporting skills, with the ability to draw insights from metrics and apply them to strategy.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:

If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.