Job Description:
The Role
Fidelity's ambition is to continue to attract the customers of the future. Talent Acquisition (TA) focuses on hiring the associates of the future across the rich diversity of roles and functions that enable our businesses to support customers, develop new and exciting products, and evolve our operating model.
TA has sustained historic hiring volumes for several years. Unyielding competition for top talent remains; global political and economic conditions fluctuate daily; and the pandemic's long shadow has transformed expectations about how and where work happens.
The Head of Talent Acquisition leads a team of dedicated associates focused on shaping the future of Fidelity by attracting, cultivating, and placing the people who will build it. With a focus on the candidate and associate experience (interns through executive levels, contingent and full-time), commitment for seen and unseen diversity and inclusion, and a strong operations mindset, you will have broad impact on the overall success of the firm.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Proven track record of leading organizations and people through operating models that will help drive scale, broaden impact, and grow skills consistently.
A passionate leader committed to bringing an integrated approach to diverse hiring as demonstrated by seen and unseen diversity and inclusion initiatives
Results driven leader focused on process improvement while adapting and expanding to new channels and candidate expectations in a competitive landscape with efficiency and consistency
A seasoned talent acquisition leader with expertise in building out an enterprise-wide executive recruiting talent strategy bringing a level of discipline and structure to senior level hiring.
Strategic thinker that can manage existing recruiting strategies, methods, and systems to generate a proactive and efficient approach to internal and external sourcing, assessing, and managing qualified talent
Data expertise and curiosity to direct the analytics and insights team, collaborate to foster data-driven strategies and pinpoint opportunities through analysis of historical data and future trend projections.
Effective partner with both business and HR leaders to understand and forecast talent acquisition needs and prepare the TA organization to exceed demands and service
Proven track record of successful attracting and hiring talent at all career stages (college hiring, entry-level, mid-career, and executive roles) and both passive and active candidates/associates
Deep understanding and experience helping organizations build technology recruiting functions that compete and win in this rapidly evolving market.
Evaluate Employer Brand and overall marketing efforts to understand perception and consideration of Fidelity as an employer of choice. Track competitors, overall talent trends and market dynamics, offering strategic insights and market intelligence to senior leadership.
Value You Deliver
Be a Talent Champion. Bring your people management and leadership experience, build a bench and attract, develop, and retain a high-performing, diverse team. Balance opportunities that maximize team engagement, contribution, and sense of belonging. Highly skilled at delivering impactful and actionable feedback. Leverage opportunities to connect people across the firm.
Be a catalyst. Build a workplace environment that embraces experimentation with new tools and processes, fostering a cultural mindset that's open to change and continuous improvement.
Help Strategically Focus. Operate in the now but think, plan, and act with a focus on the long-view, sustainability, extraordinary outcomes, and scaling the function.
Inspire Leadership. Ability to effectively communicate a vision that inspires people across the organization. Highly respected, trusted, relatable and empathetic leader who most people aspire to be like as they build their leadership.
The Team
Talent Acquisition is part of the Enterprise Human Resources business unit and has broad reach into every Fidelity business unit with incredibly strong partnership. The team is deeply trusted and valued as they drive the recruitment and hiring of all Fidelity talent (including financial services, technology, and business support functions). It includes Employer Brand and Talent Marketing; University and Early Career, Executive, Experienced, and Volume Recruiting; Strategy, Planning, and Analytics; Operations; and Fidelity TalentSource (contingent workforce)
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.
Join Us
At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.
