Talent Acquisition Global Innovation Specialist

Talent Acquisition Global Innovation Specialist

Join us as a Talent Acquisition Global Innovation Specialist!

Function and Reporting

This role is within the People Experience / Talent Acquisition function and reports to the Global Talent Acquisition Process Owner. It operates with a global scope, based in Manila.

Job Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to shape and accelerate innovation across Global Talent Acquisition, transforming how Unilever attracts, assesses, and hires talent at scale. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities, testing emerging technologies, and converting successful ideas into scalable solutions, ultimately improving hiring quality, speed, efficiency, and overall candidate experience globally.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Opportunity Identification

• Support the Global Talent Acquisition Innovation agenda by identifying opportunities where technology, data, and AI can improve hiring outcomes and experiences.
• Stay informed on emerging trends, vendors, and digital solutions within the recruitment and HR technology landscape.

Experimentation & Product Delivery

• Lead end-to-end proof of concepts and pilots, from problem framing and solution design through testing, evaluation, and deployment.
• Apply a product mindset to innovation, balancing user experience, value creation, scalability, compliance, and cost considerations.

Partnership & Ecosystem

• Collaborate closely with HR, Talent, Global Process Owners, and cross-functional teams to ensure innovation aligns with broader business priorities.
• Build strong external relationships with technology partners, start-ups, innovation networks, and industry peers.

Measurement & Enablement

• Define clear success criteria and utilize data and analytics to measure impact and inform decision-making.
• Act as a visible ambassador for innovation within the Talent Acquisition community, fostering capability development, curiosity, and continuous improvement mindsets.

Required Qualifications

• Strong curiosity about how technology and AI can improve recruitment and talent decisions.
• Experience working within Talent Acquisition (e.g., recruiting, sourcing, or TA operations).
• Solid understanding of recruitment technology ecosystems (ATS, CRM, sourcing channels).
• Comfortable operating in complex, global, matrixed organizations.
• Strong communication, influencing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying human-centred design or product thinking.
• Exposure to recruitment operations or service delivery models.
• Experience working with external vendors, start-ups, and/or innovation partnerships.
• Track record of delivering technology change, pilots, or process redesigns.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applications from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

Key skills/competency

• Talent Acquisition
• Innovation Strategy
• Recruitment Technology
• AI in HR
• Proof of Concept (PoC) Leadership
• Product Mindset
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Data Analytics
• Vendor Management
• Global Operations