Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Technology Lead – 12 month FTC

Company: BBC
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Location: Salford
Job Description:

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month Fixed Term Contract, Full-Time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Group Talent Acquisition, HR

LOCATION: Hybrid (UK-based)

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £75,000 – £80,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you’d like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the BBC’s Talent Acquisition leadership team and play a critical role in shaping the future workforce of the world’s most trusted public service media organisation.

As Talent Acquisition Technology Lead, you’ll lead the strategy, optimisation and evolution of the technology that powers recruitment across the BBC. From AI-enabled innovation and automation to recruitment platforms and workforce insights, you’ll shape the tools, systems and experiences that help us attract, hire and engage world-class talent now and into the future. Based at the intersection of talent, technology and transformation, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our recruitment capabilities remain modern, scalable and fit for the future.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Talent Acquisition across the BBC. You’ll work with senior leaders, technology specialists and Talent Acquisition experts to modernise how we attract, hire and engage talent. From AI-enabled innovation and automation to technology transformation and workforce insights, you’ll help build the recruitment capabilities that support the BBC’s long-term success.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

  • Define and deliver the BBC’s Talent Acquisition technology strategy and roadmap, ensuring it supports organisational priorities and future workforce needs.
  • Partner with Media Tech and business stakeholders to design and implement technology solutions that improve recruitment effectiveness, operational efficiency and candidate experience.
  • Lead the optimisation, adoption and continuous improvement of recruitment technologies, including ATS, CRM, sourcing, assessment and recruitment marketing platforms.
  • Drive innovation through automation, digital transformation and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities to improve recruitment outcomes and reduce manual effort.
  • Establish governance, standards and performance measures for Talent Acquisition technologies, ensuring data quality, compliance, security and scalability.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Significant experience leading Talent Acquisition technology strategy, transformation and optimisation initiatives, with a proven track record of delivering measurable improvements in recruitment effectiveness, efficiency and user experience.
  • Strong knowledge of the Talent Acquisition technology landscape, including Applicant Tracking Systems, CRM platforms, sourcing tools, assessment technologies and recruitment marketing solutions, ideally within large and complex organisations.
  • Experience delivering technology-enabled change, including requirements gathering, business case development, roadmap creation, vendor management, implementation, reporting and continuous improvement.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and align priorities across Talent Acquisition, HR, Technology, Procurement and senior leadership teams.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with experience using data, insights and technology performance metrics to identify opportunities, measure impact and drive continuous improvement.

Desired But Not Required

  • Experience working with enterprise Talent Acquisition platforms such as SuccessFactors Recruiting, SmartRecruiters or similar Applicant Tracking Systems.
  • Experience partnering with HR Technology, Product or Engineering teams to deliver and optimise people technology solutions within a complex organisational environment.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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Posted: September 22nd, 2026