Continental Europe, Recruiting Lead

Description Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in Europe, Bermuda, Canada, Singapore, US, Latin America and other territories.
Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture.
Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management.
But the most critical asset in this organization is our people.
Everest is seeking an experienced Continental Europe Recruiting Lead responsible for the recruiting strategy and day-to-day recruiting efforts for our businesses in Continental Europe (Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands).
This will require the use of business acumen and knowledge of the Continental Europe market to identify, engage, and hire top talent in partnership with business leaders.
Role & Responsibilities (include but not limited to): Be an expert in understanding the business and talent strategy.
Own local recruitment including attraction, sourcing, screening, assessment, offers, etc.
Partner closely with Lead HRBPs, the Head of HR Integration, and other HR COEs to ensure cohesive process and strategy implementation for the region.
Collaborate and foster relationships with regional stakeholders for recruitment-related activity including updates and assessment advice.
Research and develop effective sourcing strategies for the region, including new country recruitment requirements, routes to market, attraction strategies, DEI, and market intelligence.
Build out pipelining strategies and talent mapping.
Conduct regular status meetings with Regional HR Business Partner(s) & other partners to present status of all open reqs and status for that region, market intelligence, challenges, etc.
Partner with HRBP on situations/issues, which can include unique offer situations.
Attend business update meetings.
Ensure compliance with hiring policies including responsibility for employment contracts.
Support global recruiting initiatives for the region, including inclusive hiring training, assessment tools, etc.
Integrate the needs of the business into innovative and creative recruiting strategies that you execute and manage.
Own the end-to-end candidate lifecycle for openings in the Continental Europe region.
Responsible for sourcing, engaging, and screening candidates, talent pipeline development, interviewing and closing candidates, and negotiating offers.
Lead the implementation of recruiting foundations, best practices, processes, and regulatory hiring requirements (compliance) for new offices, in partnership with other colleagues in HR, Finance, Legal, and other business areas.
Demonstrate a deep understanding of the business, proactively build external and internal pipelines and share talent across the enterprise, utilizing sourcing technologies.
Bring forward knowledge of the competitive landscape and collect market intelligence.
Use this knowledge and data-driven insights to analyze hiring trends that will strengthen our talent strategy.
Understand talent supply and demand dynamics in the countries of responsibility and help develop a hiring plan together with the business and HR, especially as we look to meet our growth needs over the next five years.
Be a change agent and drive innovation.
Actively engage in projects and initiatives aimed at evolving our growing talent agenda and creating scalable processes.
Identify, use, and optimize recruiting technologies with a lens on how we can continuously innovate.
Be the face of Everest and a champion of our fully inclusive culture.
Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Share our engaging story with candidates and guide them through the Talent Acquisition process delivering a positive candidate experience.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.
6+ years of relevant recruiting work experience.
Full life-cycle recruitment experience across 2 or more of our countries (Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands).
Experience with P&C and/or specialty insurance preferred.
Corporate recruiting experience.
Prior experience as a full cycle recruiter for various functions.
Prior experience and working knowledge of an Applicant Tracking Systems; Workday strongly preferred.
Strong sourcing skills and proven ability to engage and hire passive candidates.
Strong negotiation skills and ability to put together complex offer recommendations.
Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels within the company.
Ability to influence without authority and effectively collaborate with others.
Ability to work independently and thrive in a high volume, fast-paced environment.
Proactive/forward thinking, sound judgment in decision making.
Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal).
Proficient to advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
Strong analytical and presentation skills.
Knowledge, Skills & Competencies: Strong foundation and knowledge of principles & practice of HR in Continental Europe, including employment law & compliance requirements.
Ability to effectively influence at all levels and inspire confidence through timely, thorough, and accurate delivery of information, and creative/strategic solutions that address business needs.
Proactive in making recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues.
Proven ability to be resilient, effectively coach employees and management through complex and difficult issues.
Excellent attention to detail, ability to multi-task and prioritize, strong interpersonal skills, and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to set high personal goals and work independently with tight deadlines and demonstrate proactive follow-through.
Ability to thrive in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment.
Incumbent should be analytical, and technologically savvy, with strong experience in Microsoft Office and the ability to grasp new applications quickly.
Experience with Workday a plus.
Strong experience with Excel desired.
Our Culture At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection.
We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders, and the communities that we serve.
We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors.
Click to learn more about our culture.
Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions, and behaviors.
They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent, Thoughtful assumption of risk, Execution, Efficiency, Humility, Leadership, Collaboration, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level, or function: Respect everyone, Pursue better, Lead by example, Own our outcomes, Win together.
All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company.
This includes day-to-day interactions with fellow colleagues and the global communities we serve.
Type: Regular Time Type: Full time Primary Location: Madrid, Spain #J-18808-Ljbffr