Director, Talent Acquisition
Leads and scales the company’s recruiting function, managing Talent Partners while developing hiring strategy, processes, metrics, and systems. Requires 10+ years in talent acquisition and at least 3 years managing and scaling a recruiting team.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Hire, coach, and develop a team of Talent Partners, setting goals, providing feedback, and building recruiting capacity.
- Design and execute talent acquisition strategies aligned with growth plans, hiring forecasts, and workforce planning.
- Establish scalable recruiting processes from intake and sourcing through offer and close, including interview kits, scorecards, and hiring-manager training.
- Own recruiting KPIs such as time-to-fill, pipeline conversion, source of hire, offer acceptance rate, and cost per hire; use data to improve processes and forecast hiring needs.
- Advise executives and hiring managers on role scoping, leveling, compensation benchmarking, and hiring decisions.
- Evaluate and optimize ATS and sourcing tools, including AI tools, to improve efficiency and candidate experience.
- Ensure a consistent, high-quality candidate experience and strengthen the company’s presence in the talent market.
Requirements
- 10+ years of talent acquisition experience.
- 3+ years managing and scaling a recruiting team.
- Strong people leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, motivating, and developing Talent Partners.
- Experience building or scaling a talent acquisition function, preferably in a high-growth startup or technology environment.
- Experience designing recruiting workflows, service-level agreements, and playbooks.
- Experience recruiting across technical and non-technical functions and levels, including senior and executive hires.
- Strong command of recruiting metrics and data-driven decision-making.
- Hands-on experience with modern ATS platforms and sourcing tools.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to partner strategically with executives.
Compensation
- US-based cash compensation range: $159,000–$215,000 annually.
- Compensation varies based on experience, education, certifications, skills, training, and market conditions.
Skills
Talent Acquisition, People Leadership, Workforce Planning, Recruiting Processes, Interview Scorecards, Recruiting Metrics, Applicant Tracking Systems, Sourcing Tools, AI Tools, Compensation Benchmarking, Stakeholder Management, Executive Recruiting
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