About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Talent Acquisition based in United States.
This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an experienced talent acquisition professional to build and lead a scalable recruiting function.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of four Talent Acquisition Partners, establishing clear goals, workload allocation, development plans, and performance metrics across full-lifecycle recruiting.
- Own the enterprise recruiting strategy, translating workforce plans, budgeted headcount, and business growth objectives into actionable hiring plans across multiple locations and role types.
- Establish a scalable hiring governance model covering prioritization, capacity planning, escalation paths, and recruiting workflows.
- Build and execute sourcing strategies using direct outreach, employee referrals, employer branding, schools, professional associations, community partnerships, and other talent channels.
- Strengthen the organization’s employer brand by partnering with internal communications and tailoring messaging to different labor markets.
- Own and continuously improve the applicant tracking system, including configuration, workflows, reporting, automation, and data quality.
- Develop dashboards, scorecards, and reporting cadences that provide leadership with clear visibility into pipeline health, time-to-fill, source of hire, offer acceptance, and other recruiting metrics.
- Design and continuously improve the end-to-end candidate experience, establishing high standards for communication, responsiveness, consistency, and care.
- Partner with senior leaders, site leadership, functional teams, and hiring managers to define role requirements, improve hiring processes, and provide informed talent-market guidance.
- Manage recruiting projects, agencies, contractors, vendors, and external partners as needed while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and team capacity.
- Monitor labor market conditions and provide actionable insights that support workforce planning and strategic hiring decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement across sourcing, recruiting operations, technology, candidate experience, and cross-functional processes.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional talent acquisition experience, including at least 5 years leading and developing recruiting teams.
- Proven success managing full-lifecycle recruiting organizations from intake and sourcing through offer and onboarding handoff.
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale sourcing strategies that maintain strong, high-quality talent pipelines across multiple locations and role families.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise ATS platforms, with Greenhouse experience preferred, including workflow configuration, reporting, automation, and optimization.
- Strong understanding of recruiting analytics and the ability to create dashboards and scorecards that turn hiring data into actionable business decisions.
- Experience designing or significantly improving end-to-end candidate experiences and recruiting processes.
- Strong business partnership skills, with the executive presence and credibility to influence senior leaders and hiring managers outside of HR.
- Experience establishing or improving recruiting governance frameworks, capacity planning, and operational processes.
- Comprehensive knowledge of applicable federal and state employment laws and recruiting compliance requirements.
- Experience recruiting in pharmacy, healthcare, manufacturing, or another regulated environment is preferred.
- Experience operating in competitive or talent-constrained labor markets is a plus.
- Highly organized, analytical, and detail-oriented, with strong follow-through and the ability to balance strategic priorities with operational execution.
- Strong coaching, communication, relationship-building, and change-management skills, with a collaborative and team-oriented leadership style.
Conditions
- Competitive base salary of $150,000–$180,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility.
- Comprehensive health insurance and benefits.
- Paid time off and retirement benefits.
- Remote work environment, with preference for candidates located near one of the organization’s sites.
- Opportunities for professional growth and career development.
- Supportive, team-first culture where contributions are recognized and valued.
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on animal health and the well-being of pets.
- High-visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to shape the future of the talent acquisition function.