Senior Talent Acquisition Program Manager

Avature tech specialist with a collaborative and service minded approach 

At Specsavers, we're dedicated to making eye and hearing care accessible to all. As pioneers and a global leader in innovative technologies, we help people optimise their vision and hearing. We foster your expertise, welcome you into a supportive family, and propel your growth. Grounded in our collaboration, curiosity, courage, and compassion values, we strive to challenge the status quo and invite you to team up with us. 

To strengthen our Northern Europe Retail Talent Acquisition team, we’re looking for a strategic and hands-on program manager to drive key initiatives and shape the future of our store recruitment. 

Your role 

As Senior Retail Talent Acquisition Program Manager, you’ll shape and drive key recruitment initiatives for our stores across Northern Europe (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and The Netherlands). 

Working across borders and functions, you’ll equip our local recruitment teams with the tools, systems, and processes needed to attract, engage, and hire the best retail talent – including optometrists, audiologists, retailers, and store partners. You’ll play a central role in scaling our programs, owning our ATS and CRM (Avature), and ensuring a consistently high-quality candidate and partner experience. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Lead and deliver regional TA programs to support long-term workforce planning 

• Own and optimize our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) platform 

• Collaborate with country recruiters to ensure they have effective tools and a strong employer value proposition 

• Develop and maintain recruitment processes for key store roles with a focus on consistency and impact 

• Partner with Talent, Retail and Employer Brand teams to build strong, engaged pipelines 

• Deliver clear TA reporting using Power BI and continuously improve data use 

• Support and develop TA competence across the recruitment community in Northern Europe 

• Drive the success of key initiatives like our employee referral program and drip campaigns 

You can expect to travel within Northern Europe approximately once a month as part of this role. 
 

Your new team 

As Senior Retail Talent Acquisition Program Manager, you’ll join our Northern Europe Retail TA team—an experienced, collaborative group based across The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Together, we focus on attracting optometrists, audiologists, store employees and future store partners to Specsavers. 

You’ll work closely with local recruitment teams and a broad network of internal and external stakeholders. Right now, we’re driving key projects to strengthen our talent pipelines - and your role will be central to making that happen. 

You'll work at our Regional Danish support office in Nordhavn. Our office features many collaborative spaces and a stunning rooftop terrace with breathtaking city and harbour views. 

• Join our global team of friendly, talented, and passionate colleagues. Enjoy a competitive salary package with perks such as pensions, (health insurance), free eye care vouchers, and more. 

• Grow in your role with free access to online learning, monthly one-on-one discussions with your manager, personalised development plans, and increased responsibility. 

• We offer a fun work environment with great coffee, laughter, table tennis tournaments, birthday surprises, holiday celebrations, virtual Friday quizzes, and more. 

Your qualifications 

We’re looking for someone who brings curiosity, collaboration, and a drive to make things happen. 

You’ll be a great fit if you have: 

• Extended knowledge as a superuser in Avature (our ATS/CRM) 

• Experience with retail, within a recruitment environment 

• Previous experience with Talent Management and experience in selling and building own pipeline of candidates 

• Experience of working as owner of People Technology and vendor management 

• Dealing with senior level stakeholders in a matrix environment 

• Strong planning and project management skills 

• Ability to guide, influence, and engage others across a complex, matrixed organization 

• A natural relationship-builder who creates trust and drives collaboration across teams 

• Excellent communication skills in both Danish and English 

We know that no one ticks every box, so if you’re excited by this opportunity and feel you could bring value, we’d love to hear from you. 

Your development 

Within 3 months, you’ll:  

• Be onboarded and learn about Specsavers and our Retail Recruitment initiatives and current strategy 

• Get acquainted with your different stakeholders both at our Northern Europe support office in Copenhagen and local support offices in our region. 

• Understand our culture, ways of working and an overview over projects, initiatives and what to dive into going forward 

• Supported us in testing the launch of our new career site 

Within 6-12 months, you: 

• Working towards achieving the initiatives that are in our Retail Recruitment Strategy, engaging with local teams and your stakeholders in a collaborative process.  

• Launch new plans and initiatives that will secure our long-term goals within recruitment.  

• A full understanding of our Partnership model and systems related to recruitment.  

• Driving the overall Retail Recruitment Strategy and have added your touch in needed areas of the plan 

• The go-to person for our local recruitment teams 

Further development: 

• We have a strong focus on your personal development plan to make sure that your competencies and skills continue to be best in class 

• You can choose a career path within Specsavers you perceive as your personal journey. 

• You can grow professionally in an organisation that recognises your skills and personality. 

Is this your next step? Then apply today 

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