Early Careers Recruitment Lead

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.

Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity. LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.

Our People

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

Role Overview

As Global Early Careers Lead, you will be accountable for the strategic direction and delivery of LSEG’s global early careers recruitment programmes, covering graduates, interns and apprentices across multiple regions. This is a high‐impact leadership role, responsible for ensuring early careers hiring delivers against business demand, workforce planning priorities and long‐term critical skills need – particularly within technical and specialist talent areas. You will lead a global team of early careers recruiters and employer brand specialists, partner closely with senior stakeholders across the business, and use data and insight to continuously improve recruitment outcomes. This role suits someone with deep early careers expertise or a Senior TA leader with strong experience hiring talent at scale, who can quickly apply that knowledge to early careers populations.

What You'll be doing

• Strategy & stakeholder partnership
  • Lead global early careers demand planning with People Partners, business leaders and Finance
  • Develop and deliver a global early careers recruitment strategy aligned to broader talent objectives and workforce plans
  • Review and approve campaign changes, such as cohort size or intake adjustments
  • Provide clear advice and solutions to senior stakeholders
• Delivery & continuous improvement
  • Lead end‐to‐end recruitment campaigns from attraction to onboarding
  • Use best practice and market insight to shape inclusive hiring approaches
  • Improve processes for high‐volume hiring, including requisition and onboarding stages
  • Provide support during peak hiring periods
  • Act as a subject‐matter expert on early careers hiring trends, assessment approaches and global best practice
• Data, budget & governance
  • Use data to track performance, including diversity, quality and campaign outcomes
  • Manage recruitment budgets across attraction, assessment and delivery
  • Work with Finance on cost management and allocation
  • Partner with suppliers, including performance and commercial terms
• People leadership & brand
  • Lead and develop a global team, creating a collaborative and high-performing inclusive culture
  • Represent LSEG at events and key programme moments
  • Support major programme activities such as inductions and talent events

What You'll bring

• Essential
  • Senior recruitment, early careers or talent acquisition experience.
  • Leadership experience hiring talent globally, with the ability to apply this to early careers hiring if no prior experience in early careers
  • Strong understanding of attraction, selection and assessment approaches for early careers or entry‐level talent
  • Ability to translate business demand into clear recruitment plans and strategies
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders
  • Experience in demand planning, recruitment analytics and budget management
  • Demonstrated team leadership experience in a global or matrix environment
  • Aware of emerging trends such as AI in early careers recruitment
• Desirable
  • Experience hiring early careers talent into engineering & technology
  • Familiarity with structured assessment frameworks and providers

At LSEG, we’re committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and believe that inclusive communication is key to our success. You’ll be part of a team that’s shaping how we connect, engage, and grow together.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.