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About the Role
This role is responsible for shaping, building, and sustaining the company's executive capability by owning the end-to-end lifecycle of top leadership talent, balancing external acquisition with internal development.
Responsibilities
- Set the global executive search strategy, defining how to attract top-tier talent for SLT and ELT roles.
- Guide and empower the TA Manager for Executive Hiring to ensure seamless search execution.
- Drive senior leadership capability and development by partnering with People Business Partners.
- Lead the annual process for identifying critical senior roles and positioning high-potential leaders.
- Oversee performance and potential assessments for executive tiers and create succession pipelines.
- Conduct targeted leadership assessments and build tailored L&D plans.
- Build succession plans for key roles and design development pathways to close capability gaps.
- Inform executive stakeholders and the Board on leadership capability, talent pipelines, and succession.
- Manage and optimize executive talent budgets.
Requirements
- Proven track record of building succession plans and conducting leadership assessments.
- Ability to articulate reasoning in plain, business-focused terms.
- Ability to guide, develop, and support direct reports without micromanaging.
Skills
- Executive search strategy
- Positioning executive roles
- Headhunting top-tier talent
- Assessing leadership potential
- Building succession plans
- Conducting leadership assessments
- Strategic partnership
- Pragmatic decision making
- Empowering people management
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Flexible working options
- Competitive compensation package + bonus
- Restricted Stock Units
- Private Medical Insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
- 25 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 days after 2 years of employment
- Two (paid) volunteering days a year
- Rich learning and development opportunities
- Pension and life insurance
- Health cash plan, online GP, 24/7, Employee Assistance Plan
- Full access to Headspace
- Paid parental leave
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Central office location with amenities
- Regular opportunities to connect and get to know colleagues
- Access to over 4,000 deals and discounts
- Independent financial advice
- Free standard professional mortgage broker advice
- Talent acceleration programs
- Tailored leadership development program
About the Company
- Trustpilot began in 2007 with the idea to be the universal symbol of trust, bringing consumers and businesses together through reviews.
- It is a profitable, high-growth FTSE-250 company.
- They run the world's largest open customer review platform.
- They have more than 350 million reviews and 60 million monthly active users globally.
- They have over 1000 employees and are headquartered in Copenhagen, with operations in multiple global cities.
- Their culture is built on connection, collaboration, and respect across borders and cultures.
- They are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace with diverse perspectives and ideas.
Equal Opportunity
- Trustpilot is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive and where different viewpoints and experiences are valued and respected.
- Trustpilot will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious beliefs, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, age, parental or veteran status.
- If you have a disability and would like to discuss any adjustments you might need either in submitting your application, or to the recruitment process more generally, please let us know by contacting our Talent Acquisition Team (talent.acquisition@trustpilot.com) quoting the role you wish to apply for.