Front Office Hiring Lead

End Date

Wednesday 02 September 2026

Salary Range

£78,098 - £91,880

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

Front Office Hiring Lead- Talent Acquisition

Location: Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh or Halifax

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites mentioned above. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

About this opportunity

We’re changing how Talent Acquisition works at Lloyds Banking Group, creating a model that is closer to our businesses, better connected to the market and increasingly ahead of talent needs. As Hiring Lead, you’ll head the recruiting team supporting Business & Commercial Banking, Corporate & Institutional Banking, and Insurance, Pensions & Investments. This is a significant portfolio spanning several businesses and some of the most competitive talent markets in financial services. You’ll set the direction, strengthen our recruiting capability and help us deliver better hiring outcomes for our businesses and candidates.  

What you’ll be doing

• Get ahead of demand: We want the team involved earlier, understanding where the businesses are going, the capabilities they will need and the talent populations that matter most.

• You will lead and mentor the team to turn those priorities into clear talent plans and get ahead of forecasts. Working closely with Sourcing & Research, you will build market knowledge, direct candidate sourcing and pipelines for critical talent.

• Raise the recruiter bar: We want recruiters who bring more than excellent process management. They should understand the roles and markets they cover, assess talent credibly, use data well and have the judgement to challenge when there is a better answer.

• You will set that standard, coach the team and create the accountability to deliver it consistently. At times, you will step into a critical search or important talent conversation yourself, not to become the chief recruiter, but to show what great looks like and strengthen the capability around you.

• You will also make deliberate choices about capacity, focusing recruiting resource where it can have the greatest impact. Clear direction. Real accountability. Space for good people to lead.

• Find the best talent, wherever it sits: The external market matters, but so does the talent already inside LBG. Your team should be equally curious about both.

• You will strengthen how we identify and move internal talent while continuing to grow direct external sourcing and relationships with people we may want to hire in the future.

Why join us?

If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.

What we’re looking for

Essential requirements

• Significant experience leading and developing high-performing Talent Acquisition or recruiting teams within a large, complex organisation.

• Expertise in partnering with senior business leaders and influencing decisions through market intelligence, commercial judgement and constructive challenge.

• Substantial experience moving recruiting towards a proactive, market-led model, including direct sourcing and the development of talent pipelines.

• Demonstrable experience raising recruiter capability, ownership and accountability while successfully leading people through meaningful change.

• Strong recruiting expertise, with evidence of using data, technology and human judgement to improve hiring outcomes and candidate and hiring manager experience.  

Desirable skills and experience

• Talent Acquisition experience within banking, markets, commercial banking, wealth, insurance or a closely related financial services sector.

• Experience identifying and mobilising internal talent alongside building external talent relationships.

• Knowledge of competitive and specialist talent markets relevant to financial services.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you…

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.

Ready to do the best work of your career? Apply today.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We’d love to hear from you.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.