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About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

About the Function:

Human Resources is about shaping the experience of working at Diageo and helping our people learn and grow everyday.

From attracting talent to developing careers, this team plays a central role in building a culture where people feel supported, challenged and able to grow. They work closely with teams across the business, bringing insight, care and commercial understanding to everything they do.

You’ll help create an environment where different perspectives are valued and where people can learn new skills and thrive, unlocking potential across a truly global organisation.

About the role:

Scope: Lead TE execution, operations and delivery within Global Business Operations (GBO) – Core Hubs (India, Manila, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico)

Team Size: c.90 Talent Engagement professionals

Context & Purpose The Head of Talent Engagement (TE) is accountable for the end-to-end Talent Engagement strategy and delivery of all L4 and below hiring (internal and external). This role leads a large, multi-location Talent Engagement organisation and ensures alignment between global Talent Engagement strategy via retained Talent COE, and Market HR teams. The role plays a critical part in delivering Diageo’s Growth Ambition by ensuring the organisation is resourced with diverse, high-quality talent at scale





Key Accountabilities

- Deliver against the global Talent Engagement strategy and operating model, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and quality of delivery.

- Lead, develop, and inspire a large, geographically dispersed TE organisation across the core GBO hubs

- Partner closely with the retained Talent COE to translate global strategy, policy, employer brand, and technology into executable delivery models.

- Act as the senior Talent Engagement partner to key stakeholders across markets and functions, influencing workforce and talent planning decisions.

- Partner on workforce planning, demand forecasting, and delivery against hiring plans across all Diageo functions and locations.

- Drive a market-leading candidate experience and consistent application of Diageo’s employer brand.

- Embed Inclusion & Diversity into all Talent Engagement practices, with clear metrics and outcomes.

- Oversee TE financial management including budgets, vendor strategy, agency spend, and resourcing efficiencies.

- Lead adoption and optimisation of global recruiting technology and data-driven decision making.

Experience / skills required:

- Extensive senior leadership experience in Talent Engagement/Talent Acquisition within complex, global organisations.

- Proven track record of leading large, multi-country recruitment teams at scale.

- Strong commercial acumen

- Experience of delivering global hiring from core hubs such as India, Manila, Hungary and Colombia

- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills at executive level.





- Deep understanding of employer branding, workforce planning, and data-led resourcing strategies.

- Comfortable operating in ambiguity with a global, enterprise mindset

- Ideally experience of managing a TE function in transition/transformation

Working with Us:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.

We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team.

Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application.

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Worker Type :

Regular Primary Location:

Gurugram Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-09-18

📌 Head of Talent Acquisition (Gurugram)
🏢 Diageo
📍 Gurugram