PILOT TALENT ACQUISITION LEAD

Challenges you will work on:

At SAS, our pilots play a critical role in delivering safe, reliable, and exceptional journeys for our travelers. As the Talent Acquisition Pilot Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading and developing the pilot recruitment function in cloise collaboration with all SAS Air Operator Certificates (AOCs).

In this role, you will lead a team of Talent Acquisition professionals while overseeing the end-to-end pilot recruitment process, ensuring operational excellence, continuous improvement, and a strong candidate experience. You will work closely with business leaders, Pilot Assessors, Planning, Training and other teams to attract, assess, and hire the pilots needed to support SAS's operational ambitions. 

This is an opportunity to combine leadership, talent acquisition expertise, data-driven decision-making, and employer branding to shape the future pilot workforce at SAS.

Key Responsibilities & Mandate

As Talent Acquisition Pilot Team Lead, you will shape and drive the pilot recruitment strategy across SAS while ensuring excellent execution of day-to-day recruitment activities. You will lead and develop the pilot recruitment process across all AOCs, adapting priorities and resources to meet operational and business needs.

You will be responsible for leading operational pilot recruitment projects, steering committees, and key stakeholder forums while ensuring compliance with applicable legislative and regulatory requirements. The role includes driving continuous improvement of recruitment processes, systems, and technology platforms, including ATS solutions, reporting, and recruitment analytics.

A central part of the role is establishing and monitoring key performance indicators such as conversion rates, candidate experience, and diversity metrics. By analyzing recruitment data and market trends, you will identify opportunities for improvement and drive data-informed decision-making across the pilot recruitment function.

As a team lead, you will coach, develop, and support a team of Talent Acquisition professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance.

You will also act as a trusted advisor to business leaders and key stakeholders across SAS, providing expertise on pilot recruitment, talent availability, and recruitment strategy.

You will define and execute sourcing, marketing, and talent attraction strategies that strengthen the SAS employer brand and ensure a sustainable pipeline of qualified pilot candidates across all locations and AOCs.

Throughout all recruitment activities, you will champion diversity, equity, and inclusion and ensure that the SAS iCARE values are integrated into the candidate experience and recruitment process.

To be successful we believe you have

• Higher education qualifications.
• Experience leading and developing Talent Acquisition teams.
• Strong experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes in a complex business environment.
• Experience developing sourcing strategies and building talent pipelines on an international scale.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems, preferably SuccessFactors.
• Strong understanding of talent acquisition best practices, recruitment marketing, and employer branding.
• Experience working with recruitment metrics and data-driven improvement initiatives.
• Ability to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and business leaders.
• Experience supporting recruitment in operational, regulated, or international environments is considered an advantage.
• Certification in Aon assessment tools is considered an advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required.

Why SAS?

At SAS, you'll lead a passionate Talent Acquisition team with a direct impact on one of the airline's most critical talent segments. You'll work closely with aviation professionals across Scandinavia, contribute to the future of pilot recruitment, and help ensure that SAS continues to attract the talent needed for tomorrow. 

We offer a collaborative and international work environment, possibility to work from home, opportunities for professional development, competitive benefits, and discounted staff travel. 

Our Culture at SAS

Additional information

We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. 

Please note that, due to GDPR regulations, we are unable to accept applications submitted via email. Applications must be submitted through our recruitment system.

• Employment Type: Full-time position (100%).
• Location: Open to candidates based in Denmark/ Stockholm/ Oslo
• Travel: Travel will be required as part of the role

If you have any questions regarding the role, feel free to connect with Katalin Feher, the Talent Acquisition Manager at SAS at katalin.feher@sas.se