Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Application Deadline: 23 October 2025

Department: People

Location: Silverstone

Description

In Formula 1, every tenth of a second counts—and so does every hire. You’ll shape how we attract, engage, and select world-class talent across engineering, performance, and operations. Leading a highly committed team in a fast paced environment with great systems in place, we are looking for a new Senior Manager to continue to ensure high performing talent are secured for our ambitious team.



Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute a forward-looking talent acquisition strategy aligned with the team’s performance goals and workforce plan.
• Partner with senior leadership, HR, and functional heads to anticipate hiring needs and shape future capability pipelines.
• Use data and insights to drive workforce decisions, improve processes, and measure effectiveness.

Talent Attraction & Branding

• Build and lead employer branding initiatives that position the team as an employer of choice across engineering, performance, and business disciplines.
• Partner with our ESG team to support and champion DE&I in all recruitment activity, ensuring diverse representation and inclusive candidate experiences.
• Collaborate with Communications and Marketing to craft compelling candidate messaging, creative content and recruitment campaigns.
  
  

Operational Excellence

• Lead, coach, and develop the TA team to deliver high-quality, timely hiring outcomes across all business areas.
• Drive consistency and efficiency in recruitment processes, from briefing and sourcing to selection and offer management.
• Ensure exceptional candidate experience and hiring manager engagement throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Manage and continuously improve tools, systems (ATS/CRM), and reporting to optimize efficiency and data accuracy.

Market Intelligence & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work with Emerging Talent and wider team to support strong relationships with external partners, universities, and industry networks to maintain a steady flow of top-tier talent.
• Conduct market mapping, competitor analysis to inform proactive sourcing strategies and maintain critical talent pipelines with proactive management of niche talent.
• Advise hiring managers and senior stakeholders on recruitment best practice, compensation benchmarking, and talent trends.
  
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

1. Proven experience leading recruitment or talent acquisition in a high-performance, fast-paced environment (e.g., motorsport, elite sport, advanced engineering, or technology).
2. Strong understanding of technical and specialist recruitment, particularly in engineering, R&D, and operations.
3. Strong network across engineering, technology, and performance-driven talent markets.
4. Demonstrated ability to partner with senior stakeholders and influence at executive level.
5. Track record of building high-performing TA teams and scalable recruitment processes.
6. Exceptional stakeholder and candidate experience management skills.
7. Results-driven, with a focus on speed, accuracy, and impact.
8. Resilient, collaborative, and able to thrive in a high-pressure environment.
9. Passion for high-performance sport and the relentless pursuit of excellence.

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One® Team is committed to making sure our selection methods are fair for all. If you would like to request that reasonable adjustments are made, please share this in your application when asked.