Director of Talent Acquisition

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 the United States.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of three recruiters by establishing priorities, operating rhythms, performance expectations, and a culture of accountability.
• Build a high-performing North American recruiting function focused on quality of hire, speed, candidate experience, scalability, and measurable business impact.
• Personally manage a portfolio of critical and difficult-to-fill searches, particularly senior roles across engineering, cloud, AI, data, and professional services.
• Own complex searches end-to-end, from intake and talent strategy through sourcing, candidate engagement, interview management, offer execution, and closing.
• Partner with hiring managers and executives to understand workforce needs, calibrate hiring profiles, provide market intelligence, and drive successful hiring outcomes.
• Act as a trusted recruiting advisor who can challenge assumptions, influence senior stakeholders, and develop creative solutions to challenging talent-market conditions.
• Manage recruiter capacity, workload allocation, and hiring priorities across North America while supporting the development and career growth of recruiting team members.
• Partner with resource management and senior Talent leaders on workforce planning, evolving talent requirements, strategic pipelines, and recruiting priorities.
• Drive improvements across sourcing, interviewing, candidate experience, recruiting operations, reporting, and other parts of the talent acquisition lifecycle.
• Lead initiatives involving interview standardization, recruiting technology evaluations, process optimization, and scalable operating practices.
• Use recruiting data and insights to monitor funnel health, time-to-fill, quality of hire, hiring trends, productivity, and overall recruiting effectiveness.
• Identify and implement practical applications of AI and automation to improve sourcing, candidate engagement, scheduling, reporting, analytics, and recruiter productivity.
• Stay informed about emerging AI capabilities and proactively identify opportunities to incorporate technology into recruiting strategy and execution.
• Deliver executive-ready recruiting updates, market intelligence, recommendations, and workforce insights to senior leadership.
• Build credibility across the organization by combining strategic thinking, strong stakeholder partnership, and exceptional recruiting execution.

• 10+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including experience leading recruiting teams and supporting professional services organizations.
• Proven success recruiting senior technical talent across engineering, cloud, AI, data, and professional services environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a recruiting team while maintaining hands-on ownership of complex and strategically important searches.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to influence senior leaders, hiring managers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience operating successfully in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving priorities and ambiguous requirements.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience using recruiting data, metrics, and market insights to guide decisions and improve outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience implementing recruiting process improvements, technology solutions, automation, and scalable operating practices.
• Comfortable using AI tools and emerging technologies to improve recruiting efficiency, sourcing, analytics, and decision-making.
• Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Entrepreneurial, resourceful, and execution-oriented mindset with a willingness to remain close to hands-on recruiting work.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with day-to-day execution and team coaching.
• Strong understanding of candidate engagement, sourcing strategy, hiring-market dynamics, and end-to-end recruiting operations.

• Competitive salary package.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Paid vacation and PTO.
• Paid holidays.
• Sick leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Bereavement leave.
• 401(k) employer match.
• Employee referral bonus opportunities.
• Remote work environment.
• Opportunities to lead and scale a growing Talent Acquisition organization.
• Exposure to AI, automation, recruiting technology, and data-driven talent strategies.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to partner directly with executives and senior business leaders.
• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the hiring and selection process.