Talent Acquisition Data and Insights Manager

Primark; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Potential bonus

27 days leave + bank holidays (+5)

Tax Saver Tickets

Fitness centre

Subsidised cafeteria

Job summary

Primark in Reading is seeking a Talent Acquisition Data and Insights Manager to drive data-powered recruiting strategies and analytics. You’ll partner with technology, HR and Employer Brand to optimise ATS workflows, build scalable dashboards, and measure AI-driven improvements across hiring outcomes.

You’ll own recruitment data architectures, deliver actionable insights, and forecast demand in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in talent acquisition or recruitment operations in high-volume environments.
• Hands-on with recruitment systems (ATS) and sourcing platforms; understands data flows across recruitment.
• Experience creating and maintaining recruitment dashboards and operational insights.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to translate data into recommendations.
• Ability to own data workstreams and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for recruitment systems (e.g., SmartRecruiters), partnering with technology and process teams to optimise workflows, enhance usability, and support automation and AI capabilities.
• Establish and maintain robust data structures within ATS and related tools, ensuring consistency, quality, and effective use of recruitment data for reporting and analytics.
• Develop and manage scalable dashboards and reporting with data and product teams, providing visibility into key recruitment metrics and measuring the impact of AI and automation on hiring outcomes.
• Analyse external talent market data and collaborate with Employer Brand and other teams to deliver insights on talent availability, competitor activity, and geographic opportunities.
• Assess recruiter workload, requisition distribution, and hiring output to evaluate capacity and productivity, and build forecasting models to support hiring demand.
• Monitor sourcing channels and careers site performance (e.g. LinkedIn, Indeed), analysing usage, candidate behaviour, and conversion rates to optimise channel effectiveness and improve the candidate experience.

Skills

Recruitment systems

Data analytics

Dashboards & reporting

Stakeholder management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ATS

SmartRecruiters

Sourcing platforms

Job description

Because we strive to put people first. Culture, our way.

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

What You’ll Get

The work you do shapes the impact we have. We’re focused on providing you with the culture to reach your potential. Your wellbeing is our top priority.

Lifestyle at Primark: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as a Talent Acquisition Data and Insights Manager

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Act as the subject matter expert for recruitment systems (e.g. SmartRecruiters), partnering with technology and process teams to optimise workflows, enhance usability, and support automation and AI capabilities.
• Establish and maintain robust data structures within ATS and related tools, ensuring consistency, quality, and effective use of recruitment data for reporting and analytics.
• Develop and manage scalable dashboards and reporting with data and product teams, providing visibility into key recruitment metrics and measuring the impact of AI and automation on hiring outcomes.
• Analyse external talent market data and collaborate with Employer Brand and other teams to deliver insights on talent availability, competitor activity, and geographic opportunities.
• Assess recruiter workload, requisition distribution, and hiring output to evaluate capacity and productivity, and build forecasting models to support hiring demand.
• Monitor sourcing channels and careers site performance (e.g. LinkedIn, Indeed), analysing usage, candidate behaviour, and conversion rates to optimise channel effectiveness and improve the candidate experience.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• 5+ years’ experience in talent acquisition or recruitment operations, with a strong understanding of end-to-end processes in high-volume or multi-role environments.
• Hands-on experience with recruitment systems and tools (e.g. ATS, sourcing platforms), with the ability to understand how systems, processes, and data interact across the recruitment lifecycle.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining recruitment reporting, dashboards, and operational insights to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and inefficiencies, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Ability to own recruitment systems and data workstreams while collaborating with technical and cross-functional teams (e.g. Technology, HR, Employer Branding) in a matrixed environment.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with experience working across multiple data sources and supporting the implementation of automation and AI-enabled recruitment tools.

Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of innovative and experienced people where you’ll truly belong, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business a over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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