Executive Recruiter | S3 | P&C | Unity Place, Milton Keynes

Country: United Kingdom

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We’re building a brand-new in-house recruitment team, and we need passionate Recruiters to help us internalise and elevate our permanent hiring strategy. This is more than just filling roles—it’s about finding the best talent to drive the future of Santander.

As a key part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape recruitment processes, engage with top talent, and support our mission to build a diverse and dynamic workforce. If you’re ready to make a real impact and grow your career with us, apply now and be part of something exceptional.

The Executive Recruiter will be responsible leading the identification and engagement of top executive-level talent with deep expertise in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and relationship-driven recruiting practices. This role will work closely with senior business leaders and SPP’s to understand critical talent needs, build internal & external pipelines, and deliver super candidate & hiring manager experiences.

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Skilled at navigating complex stakeholder landscapes, building credibility with senior executives, and aligning search strategies with internal succession, workforce planning, and organisational transformation goals.
• Commercial acumen, with the ability to use market intelligence, talent data, and internal capability insights to influence outcomes and drive inclusive, future-fit hiring decisions.
• Proven experience in recruitment with a strong understanding of end-to-end recruitment Executive Hiring processes
• Experience in developing and executing talent attraction strategies to build pipelines for current and future hiring needs, including leveraging digital platforms, networking and targeted campaigns
• Strong communication skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage and influence candidates and stakeholders effectively
• Skilled at building and maintaining relationships with hiring managers, candidates and external partners.
• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment, adapting to changing priorities and solving challenges proactively.
  
  

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Proven experience designing and executing executive-level search strategies in complex, fast-paced, and matrixed environments—ideally within a global organisation undergoing transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, assess leadership capability, and act as a trusted talent advisor to C-suite and senior leaders.
• Experience leveraging data, market intelligence, and succession insights to inform strategic hiring decisions and drive inclusive hiring outcomes.
  
  

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Unity Place – Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home and be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies:

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Starting salary of £52,960
• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services
  
  

What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email, or face to face. You can contact us at [email protected].