Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Standard Life (previously Phoenix Group); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Career breaks

Income protection

Volunteering days

Job summary

Standard Life is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders across Asset Management and Retirement Solutions. You will lead senior recruitment, influence decisions, and build talent pipelines to support ambitious growth.

You will partner with HR and business leaders, use market insight to shape hiring, and champion inclusive practices while managing multiple complex processes with an emphasis on candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior or specialist recruitment within financial services or asset management.
• Strong ability to partner with senior leaders and influence hiring decisions.
• Proven track record building talent pipelines and direct sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for senior and specialist roles across Retirement Solutions & Asset Management.
• Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies and pipelines for future needs.
• Provide market insights, competitor mapping and hiring decisions support.
• Engage passive talent through direct sourcing and market mapping.
• Champion inclusive hiring practices and diverse pipelines.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Direct sourcing

Market intelligence

Talent pipelines

Senior recruitment

Job description

Job Description

Job Type: Permanent

Location: London / Edinburgh / Birmingham

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Closing Date: 18th September 2026

Salary and benefits: £50,000 - £70,000 plus an indicative bonus range of 16-32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

At Standard Life, Talent Acquisition plays a critical role in enabling the growth and success of our Retirement Solutions & Asset Management business. We are looking for an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, building talent strategies that ensure we can attract, engage and hire the specialist capabilities required to deliver our ambitious growth agenda.

This is a highly visible business partnering role supporting leaders across Asset Management, Investments, Distribution, Operations and Corporate Functions within the Retirement Solutions & Asset Management business.

You will be responsible for leading senior and specialist recruitment activity, providing market insight, influencing hiring decisions and proactively identifying talent pipelines for future capability needs. Success in this role requires exceptional stakeholder management, strong direct sourcing expertise and a deep understanding of the talent landscape across investment management and financial services.

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners and Reward colleagues to understand workforce plans, future capability requirements and hiring priorities.
• Lead the end-to-end recruitment process for senior, specialist and business-critical roles across Retirement Solutions & Asset Management.
• Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies that support current hiring needs while building pipelines for future growth.
• Utilise market intelligence, competitor mapping and talent insights to influence workforce and hiring decisions.
• Proactively identify and engage passive talent through direct sourcing, networking and market mapping activity.
• Act as a trusted adviser to hiring managers on assessment, selection, market conditions, candidate availability and best practice recruitment approaches.
• Champion inclusive hiring practices and ensure diverse talent pipelines across all recruitment activity.
• Use recruitment data and market insight to challenge thinking, improve decision-making and drive better hiring outcomes.
• Enhance Standard Life's employer brand within the asset management, investment and retirement sectors.
• Contribute to Talent Acquisition projects and initiatives that improve capability, candidate experience, technology and ways of working across the function.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition professional who combines strong delivery credentials with commercial awareness and genuine credibility within the investment and asset management market.

The successful candidate will likely come from either:

• An in-house Talent Acquisition team within an Asset Manager, Investment Manager, Wealth Manager or Financial Services organisation.
• A specialist search, executive search or RPO environment focused on investment management, asset management or broader financial services recruitment.
• Proven Talent Acquisition experience within an Asset Manager, Investment Manager, Wealth Manager or broader Financial Services organisation.
• Demonstrable success recruiting across investment and non-investment functions, including Front Office, Distribution, Risk, Operations and Corporate Functions.
• Strong direct sourcing, market mapping and passive candidate engagement expertise.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions through market insight and talent intelligence.
• Track record of managing multiple complex recruitment processes while delivering exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in and may close this role before the closing date, so apply early to avoid missing out.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

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