Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Establish the Talent Acquisition strategy and a multi-year hiring plan aligned with company growth objectives and workforce planning.

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Talent Acquisition team.

• Determine the distribution of work among in-house, agency, and executive search partners, while managing vendor relationships and budgets.

• Provide guidance to the executive team and hiring managers regarding the talent market, compensation strategies, and hiring trade-offs.

• Manage hiring prioritization, focusing sourcing efforts and agency support on critical needs.

• Act as a key member of both the People Team and Leadership Team.

• Implement a consistent and structured assessment process, incorporating scorecards, structured interviews, and work samples.

• Oversee the Talent Acquisition technology stack, including ATS, sourcing tools, and AI-assisted workflows, while promoting their adoption.

• Develop scalable playbooks for high-volume hiring across go-to-market, technical, and executive roles.

• Report on various metrics such as pipeline health, time-to-fill, pass-through rates, offer acceptance, quality of hire, cost per hire, and diversity statistics.

• Enhance the employer brand and improve the candidate experience.

• Create talent pipelines for anticipated roles in engineering, go-to-market, and leadership.

• Formulate strategies for international hiring across Canada and the USA, considering local talent markets.

• Personally assist with critical searches and successfully secure key candidates.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10–12+ years of experience in recruiting, including 5+ years leading Talent Acquisition teams and 3+ years in a Director role or higher.

• Proven experience in scaling hiring processes within a high-growth B2B technology firm, preferably at Series D–F stage.

• Track record of successful recruitment across technical, go-to-market, and executive positions.

• Strong operational skills, capable of establishing processes, data systems, and tools, demonstrating measurable outcomes.

• Experience in managing recruiting budgets, agency partnerships, and offer/compensation strategies.

• Proficient in data analysis, utilizing metrics for informed decision-making.

• Executive presence and business acumen, with the ability to counsel C-suite executives, senior vice presidents, and vice presidents on talent market dynamics.

• Experience managing complex offers, including equity and negotiations involving multiple stakeholders.

• Background in recruiting for industrial software, PLM, CAD/CAE, manufacturing technology, or deep-tech hardware.

• Global recruiting expertise, including considerations for cross-border hiring.

• Experience building or revamping Talent Acquisition functions from an early-stage phase.

• International hiring experience.

• Hands-on familiarity with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI sourcing tools.

• Experience leading remote or distributed teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness programs.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Flexible work environment with remote options.

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Generous vacation and leave policies.