🕒 2 days ago
Leads global talent acquisition as a player-coach, personally closing critical executive and strategic hires while advising leaders, modernizing recruiting with AI and data, and developing a high-performing team.
Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition
📅 Apr 29
Talent Acquisition StrategyRecruiting LeadershipExecutive RecruitingUniversity Recruiting
📜 Description
- Create and execute end-to-end talent acquisition strategy across university hiring, internal mobility, core industry, and executive recruiting.
- Lead and develop a cross-functional recruiting organization of 50+ through mentorship, coaching, and operational improvement.
- Build scalable recruiting processes from sourcing through offer delivery and ensure a consistent candidate experience.
- Establish reporting frameworks and translate talent metrics into insights for executive workforce planning and sourcing decisions.
- Partner with HR Technology to evolve the talent ecosystem and use AI to streamline recruiting work.
- Advise the CEO, C-suite, and senior business leaders, and contribute to company-wide People Experience strategy.
🛠️ Requirements
- 15+ years of talent acquisition leadership experience, including 3+ years at Senior Director level leading organizations of 50+.
- Experience leading leaders and developing end-to-end talent strategies in a complex, high-growth technology company.
- Technical recruiting experience across autonomous systems, AI/ML, software, and hardware.
- Track record designing talent ecosystems, KPIs, scorecards, and metrics to improve recruiting effectiveness.
- Strong executive presence, communication, influencing, and cross-functional relationship-building skills.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, solve complex organizational bottlenecks, and make decisive decisions.
- Familiarity with technology talent markets, workforce planning, and platforms such as VNDLY, Lever, Workday, or ServiceNow.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
Full job description
At Zoox, we are seeking a Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition to architect our global scaling strategy and lead a high-performing team of 50+ across early career, internal mobility, core industry, and executive recruiting. As a key member of the People Experience (PEx) leadership team, you will shape and own the end-to-end talent acquisition lifecycle, ensuring our recruiting engine is scalable and built for Zoox’s growth. You will leverage visionary leadership and innovative technology to keep our talent strategy as cutting-edge as the autonomous technology we build.
In this role, you will...
Qualifications
Team Leadership: 15+ years of TA leadership experience, including 3+ years at the Senior Director level leading organizations of 50+; proven expertise in a 'leader of leaders' model
Strategic Execution: Extensive experience developing and executing end-to-end talent strategies for top talent built on proven technical experience recruiting in a complex, high-growth technology company (Autonomous Systems, AI/ML, Software & Hardware).
Change & Operational Leadership: Data-driven decision-maker with track record designing and implementing talent ecosystems (e.g. KPIs, scorecards, and metrics) to optimize TA effectiveness; preferred experience of pioneering use of AI as a strategic lever.
Executive Presence & Influencing: Exceptional executive presence, with strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and present to C-level executives.
Collaboration: Track record of building deep, trusted cross-functional relationships across all functional areas to drive a unified PEx strategy.
Problem Solving: Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and fast-paced environments, excelling at thinking critically to solve complex organizational bottlenecks and taking decisive action in a high-stakes, evolving industry.
Functional Expertise: Strong familiarity with the external technology talent market, with a deep understanding of emerging trends in talent acquisition and workforce planning (eg. VNDLY, Lever, Workday, ServiceNow, and other industry-leading software platforms.)
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
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