The Role

We are looking to hire a Global Talent Partner to serve as our central lead for all things Talent Acquisition (TA) on a remote basis.

This is a remote role based in England or Wales.

Working at WGSN

Together, we create tomorrow

A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop. We're a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal: to create tomorrow.

WGSN's trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future. Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory. If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity

We are a high-growth, mid-sized global forecasting business on a mission to provide world-class insights to our clients. As we continue to scale through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions, we are looking for a Global Talent Partner to serve as our central lead for all things Talent Acquisition (TA).

This role sits at the intersection of execution and strategy. You will be the architect of our global hiring ecosystem, balancing a hands-on req load with the high-level coordination of our global TA strategy. You will ensure that whether we are hiring in London, New York, Hong Kong or Singapore, our process is seamless and data-driven.

Your Mission

You will function as both a high-octane operational recruiter and a savvy project manager. Your goal is to harmonize our processes, leverage cutting-edge tech, and ensure our talent pipeline is as predictive as the forecasts we deliver to our clients.

Key Responsibilities

Global Full-Cycle Recruitment
- Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for a busy global req load, specializing in niche forecasting, data science, and commercial roles.
- Act as a true consultant to hiring managers, helping them define profiles and interview rubrics that identify "top 1%" talent.
Global Coordination & Integration
- Functional Coordination: Act as the central point of contact for TA activities across the group. This includes coordinating the TA-related output of an internal FTE who, while reporting elsewhere, is a key resource in executing our recruitment goals.
- M&A Integration: Lead the TA workstream for newly acquired businesses, harmonizing their hiring cultures and onboarding them into the "group way" of recruiting.
- Vendor Management: Manage relationships with external agencies and contractor providers, ensuring they deliver ROI on high-priority or niche searches.
Systems & Process Optimization
- Audit and optimize our ATS and tech stack, integrating AI tools to automate top-of-funnel sourcing and administrative heavy lifting.
- Standardize global interview processes to ensure consistency, fairness, and a stellar candidate experience.
Driving Excellence through Data
- Move beyond "time-to-fill" by driving sophisticated metrics such as Quality of Hire, Diversity of Pipeline, and Speed to Productivity.
- Report regularly to the executive team on global hiring health, market trends, and internal capacity.

Who You Are

The Global Recruiter: You have a proven track record of managing recruitment in a fast-paced, international environment (SaaS, FinTech, or Professional Services preferred).
The Systems Thinker: You don't just use an ATS; you master it. You are excited by AI’s potential to make recruiting more human, not less.
The Collaborator: You excel at influencing without direct authority. You can coordinate tasks across different departments and manage the output of team members who have different line managers.
The Integrator: You have the emotional intelligence and project management skills to walk into an acquired company and guide them through change without causing friction.
The Operational Engine: You thrive on a busy desk. You are organized, relentless in your follow-up, and pride yourself on being the "point of truth" for all things hiring.

Skills & Requirements

Experience managing a high volume of global reqs simultaneously across different time zones.
Demonstrable experience in process design (e.g., building interview kits, scorecards, and referral programs).
Strong project management skills with the ability to integrate disparate business units into a unified process.
Familiarity with global labor markets and UK/international recruitment compliance.

Why Join Us?

We are small enough that you will see the direct impact of every person you hire, but large enough to offer global complexity and professional challenge. You will have the autonomy to build a world-class TA function, backed by a leadership team that understands that talent is our only true competitive advantage.

What we offer

Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:

25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell up to 5 days
Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance & Critical Illness
Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
Great learning and development opportunities.

More about WGSN

WGSN is the global authority on consumer trend forecasting.

We help brands around the world create the right products at the right time for tomorrow’s consumer.

Our values

We Are Everywhere

The future is everything, it happens everywhere. WGSN is the world-leading forecaster because we track and analyse consumer behaviours, product innovation, design and creativity, everywhere.

We Are Future Focused

We utilise our global resources and intelligence to research, source and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce our forecasts. Everything we do is focused on working with our customers to create a successful and positive tomorrow.

We Are Rigorous

We source, review and assess quantitative and qualitative data to produce robust, actionable forecasts. To provide credible insights and design solutions for our clients, it is essential that rigour runs through everything we do.

Our culture

An inclusive culture is one of our key priorities. We want our people to truly be themselves and thrive. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas, different strengths and perspectives & reflect the global audience we work with.

Inclusive workforce

We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.

We offer a flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been—and will continue to be—actively encouraged here, but we do not offer full remote working.

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

A Note for Applicants

We use AI to help our team screen applications and identify candidates whose skills and experience match the role. This technology removes personal information to promote a fair and unbiased process. We believe this tool helps us find the best talent while maintaining transparency and fairness.

A Note for Recruiters

Thank you so much for your interest in working with us at WGSN! Our internal Talent Acquisition team takes care of all our recruitment efforts. When we need some extra help, we partner with agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) that truly understand our business, culture and ways of working together. Since we focus on these established partnerships, we’re unable to respond to unsolicited contacts or CVs from outside our PSL. But don’t worry! If we decide to explore new partnerships, we’ll be sure to reach out.