Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, you will operate as a strategic advisor to the business, leading end-to-end hiring while using AI, market intelligence, and data-driven insights to affect hiring strategy. This is not a purely delivery-focused role - you will move beyond requisition execution to proactively influence workforce planning and talent location strategy. You will play a meaningful role in embedding AI-enabled, insight-led recruiting practices and elevating how Talent Acquisition operates across the organisation.This role follows a hybrid model, requiring three days per week in our Barcelona office.What You’ll DoOwn and lead full-cycle recruitment across technical, commercial, and creative roles, ensuring high-quality delivery from intake through onboarding.Partner strategically with hiring managers and P&C Business Partners, advising on talent availability, market conditions, hiring difficulty, and search strategy.Leverage the Talent Intelligence Layer (e.g., TalentNeuron / Synappy, Metaview Research Mode) to provide data-backed insights on market mapping, competitor analysis, and pipeline planning.Create and implement proactive sourcing strategies, building future-focused pipelines aligned to business growth and skill demand trends.Embed AI across the recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, outreach, interview preparation, evaluation, and candidate communication.Develop and scale repeatable, AI-enabled workflows that improve speed, quality, and consistency across hiring processes.Use AI and talent intelligence to elevate hiring strategy, not just improve efficiency.Elevate candidate experience through personalised engagement, storytelling, and structured communication.Drive adoption of recruitment technologies (e.g., ChatGPT/Copilot, Textio, LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, Paradox, Metaview), ensuring effective and compliant usage.Use data and metrics to inform decisions, track performance (e.g., pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-hire), and continuously improve outcomes.Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion, embedding inclusive hiring practices across all stages of the recruitment lifecycle.Introduce quality and governance controls, ensuring all AI outputs and hiring decisions meet compliance, accuracy, and ethical standards.Share best practices and elevate team capability, contributing to broader Talent Acquisition efficiency.What You’ll Bring8+ years of Talent Acquisition experience.Experience hiring across multiple teams (technical, commercial, creative).Strong English communication skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus.Proven experience using AI and data-driven recruitment tools, with the ability to connect tools into structured, repeatable workflows.Experience using market intelligence and talent insights to shape sourcing strategies and collaborator conversations.Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.Why Aristocrat?Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/VWorld Leader in Gaming EntertainmentRobust benefits packageGlobal career opportunitiesOur ValuesAll about the PlayerTalent UnleashedCollective BrillianceGood Business Good CitizenTravel ExpectationsNoneAdditional InformationAt this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. #J-18808-Ljbffr