Arbetsbeskrivning

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As Manager of Join, you will lead the team responsible for creating an outstanding first impression and a seamless transition from candidate to colleague across H&M Group. You ensure that the entire Join experience end-to-end - spanning talent attraction, recruitment operations, pre boarding and employer branding - ensuring it is modern, scalable, digital and fit for a fast moving, global organisation.

This is a senior leadership role with broad scope and real impact. You combine hands on operational expertise with the ability to lead leaders, drive change, and deliver results in complex environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead, coach and develop leaders and specialists across Recruitment Operations, Employer Branding and Consultant Acquisition
• Drive operational excellence within the Join area, ensuring consistent, scalable, and digital ways of working across brands, regions and colleague segments
• Planning, prioritisation, and delivery of key recruitment and talent attraction initiatives including global digital implementations such as system rollouts and process harmonisation
• Strengthen recruitment processes and tools, securing data‑driven, efficient, and colleague-centered solutions
• Partner closely with leaders across the People Life Cycle team, Portfolio Brands, Regions and Group Functions to ensure business relevant, holistic and impactful solutions
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify, streamline and digitalise the end‑to‑end recruitment experience
• Act as a strong people leader and role model, empowering your team, creating clarity and fostering engagement through change

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will be part of the People Life Cycle leadership team and report to the Head of People Life Cycle. In this role, you will collaborate closely with colleagues across the Central People Organisation, Brands, and Regions. You will also partner with leaders across Sales, Logistics, Production and Group Functions to ensure our Join practices support real business needs.

You will work closely with the wider HR Community and external partners to ensure our Join practices remain competitive and forward looking and aligned with our strategy.

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for someone with:

• Extensive leadership experience, including leading leaders and senior specialists
• A strong background within Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Operations, Talent Marketing, HR Business Partnering or similar areas, preferably in large and fast paced organisations
• Proven ability to plan, prioritise and deliver complex initiatives with multiple stakeholders and dependencies
• Experience driving digitalisation and implementing HR or TA technologies at scale
• A solid understanding of business operations, ideally from retail, logistics, or comparable environments, with the ability to translate business needs into effective recruitment solutions
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn insights into clear decisions, improvements, and actions
• Demonstrated ability to build trust, influence senior stakeholders and create clarity in complex settings

And someone who is…

• A collaborative and inclusive leader who believes in people and acts with integrity
• Pragmatic and solutions oriented, able to balance strategic direction with hands on execution
• Curious, forward thinking and motivated by continuous improvement
• Confident, open minded and comfortable guiding senior specialists and leaders
• A strong communicator who thrives in a global, dynamic environment

WHO WE ARE

H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.

We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE

At H&M Group, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer attractive benefits and extensive learning and development opportunities around the globe. Working in the Join area gives you the chance to shape both the colleague experience and our future talent landscape, making a real impact on the everyday life of tens of thousands of colleagues worldwide.

You will join a passionate, ambitious and supportive team with significant opportunities to grow, influence and contribute to our transformation journey.

JOIN US

Our uniqueness comes from many things; our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values and the opportunities for growth. But most of all, it is our people who make us who we are.

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.

This is a permanent position based in Stockholm, with the desired start date as soon as possible. You will report to the Head of People Life Cycle. Please apply with your CV as soon as possible, interviews will be held continuously.

We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application.