VP, Talent Acquisition & Strategy

What you’ll own

1. Customer Obsession & Outcome-Driven Systems

• Design the entire talent acquisition architecture by thinking backward from candidate and hiring manager experience
• Ensure unmatched speed, absolute transparency, and mutual respect for everyone’s time
• Ruthlessly eliminate "process for process's sake" and empower the team to focus on delivering high-quality matches

2. Talent System Architecture & Strategic Planning

• Partner with executive leadership to translate Cloudflare’s long-term product roadmaps and financial models into a predictive, multi-year global talent strategy
• Build and monitor a highly data-driven talent funnel with metrics including funnel health, passive-to-active conversion velocity, segment-specific time-to-fill, and quality-of-hire at 6 and 12-month marks
• Deploy and scale AI agents across sourcing workflows, initial technical screening, scheduling logistics, and candidate communication loops

3. High-Credibility Partnerships

• Earn deep trust with organizations through genuine technical fluency
• Bring proactive talent market insights to organizational design conversations, advising leaders on global talent pool elasticity, compensation trends, and site selection

4. Global Operations & Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and elevate a global team of recruiters, technical sourcers, operational specialists
• Maintain uncompromised data privacy and regulatory compliance (GDPR, pay transparency, local employment laws) across the US, EMEA, and APAC

Employer Brand as a Product

• Position Cloudflare’s employer brand as an authentic reflection of culture, attracting builders and sellers passionate about shaping an AI-first Internet
• Run early-career, university, and diversity recruiting initiatives with structured, metrics-driven approach

Highly Valued Signals

• Senior people leadership experience from Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Engineering, Sales, or corporate strategy environments
• Prior leadership experience at a SaaS, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, or consumer company where keeping a world-class technical bar is foundational
• Experience guiding talent operations through corporate reorganizations, high-growth scaling phases, or post-acquisition integrations
• Strong familiarity with market data platforms (Radford, Levels.fyi, Carta) and understanding of equity design and localized compensation bands
• Direct experience scaling international tech hubs across EMEA and APJC, including cross-border talent mobilization and regional employment practices

Compensation & Benefits

• For New York City based hires: Estimated annual salary of $375,000 - $400,000
• Eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan
• Medical/Rx Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits, On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Stock Participation Plan
• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave