Scaling technology capability for a global digital transformation

A major global airline group with over 50,000 employees embarked on a multi-year digital transformation. Achieving success required rapid creation of new technology and digital capabilities alongside a large-scale organisational redesign and recruitment drive.

The organisation needed to hire over 200 permanent technology professionals across a variety of disciplines, including senior leadership, product development, change and transformation, infrastructure, cybersecurity, software engineering, and architecture. Managing this volume while maintaining quality and cultural fit presented a major challenge.

The Europe team deployed a high-volume recruitment solution by: 

• Establishing a dedicated account management and sourcing team 
• Leveraging deep, sector-specific talent networks across all technology disciplines 
• Deploying specialist recruitment teams to support targeted hiring needs 
• Creating a scalable recruitment process tailored to the organisation’s requirements 

The transformation achieved unprecedented recruitment outcomes: 

• Largest volume of permanent technology hires in the organisation’s history within the first year 
• Multiple senior leadership appointments secured alongside volume hiring across disciplines 
• Formation of new product and scrum teams 
• Full redesign of infrastructure and operations functions 
• Long-term partnership established to support ongoing digital transformation 

We are ready to help you deliver large-scale technology recruitment to accelerate your transformation programme.