APAC & EMEA Talent Acquisition Leader

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Create and implement regional talent acquisition strategies that align with business goals, growth initiatives, and workforce needs.

• Provide guidance to executive leaders, HR partners, and hiring managers on talent market insights, hiring trends, organizational structure, and workforce planning.

• Oversee annual and quarterly hiring forecasts and capacity planning for the APAC and EMEA regions.

• Align regional recruitment priorities with overarching enterprise talent strategies.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a geographically dispersed recruitment team.

• Set performance expectations, establish operational rhythms, and create development plans.

• Promote collaboration, inclusivity, continuous improvement, and a customer-focused approach.

• Enhance recruiting capabilities through training, sharing best practices, and mentoring.

• Collaborate with HR leaders, business executives, and hiring managers on strategic talent requirements and recruitment challenges.

• Leverage labor market insights, competitive intelligence, and hiring analytics to influence workforce decisions.

• Facilitate hiring discussions at the executive level and support succession planning and talent development.

• Address complex searches, senior-level hiring decisions, and recruitment challenges as needed.

• Ensure recruitment objectives are met across commercial, technical, operational, functional, and leadership hiring.

• Standardize recruiting processes, service level agreements, and candidate experience expectations.

• Manage strategic sourcing and talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.

• Implement diverse talent attraction strategies and enhance representation outcomes.

• Strengthen Fortive's employer branding across the APAC and EMEA regions.

• Build partnerships with universities, industry organizations, and talent communities.

• Advocate for Fortive's value proposition to attract top-tier talent.

• Represent Fortive at industry events and talent forums.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.

• Over 10 years of experience in Global Talent Acquisition.

• More than 5 years of leadership experience managing regional or global recruiting teams.

• Experience supporting multiple countries in EMEA and/or APAC.

• Proven success in leading executive, technical, commercial, and professional hiring initiatives.

• Strong background in workforce planning, talent strategy, and stakeholder management.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and operate effectively within a matrix organization.

• Excellent analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.

• Preferred: Experience in a global industrial, technology, healthcare, or manufacturing environment.

• Preferred: Familiarity with shared-services or center-of-excellence recruiting models.

• Preferred: Knowledge of employment practices in the UK, EU, and APAC.

• Preferred: Experience with AI, modern talent acquisition technologies, CRM platforms, sourcing tools, and recruiting analytics.

• Preferred: Background in Lean, Continuous Improvement, or Fortive Business System methodologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.

• Inclusive workplace culture.

• Abundant opportunities for learning and growth.