Sr Director, Talent Acquisition

The role

Own critical executive and strategic hires personally while leading the global Talent Acquisition team as a player/coach. Modernize hiring with AI-native tools and metrics, and advise the C-suite on future workforce needs.

What you will do

• Personally drive and close high-stakes executive and strategic technical/business hires
• Champion AI-native tools, emerging tech and metrics-driven workflows to shorten time-to-hire
• Partner with executive leadership on future capability needs and proactive workforce strategies
• Translate global talent-market trends into pipelining strategies and candidate value propositions
• Coach and develop recruiters as strategic business advisors and outbound search professionals
• Set and enforce metrics for recruiter productivity, sourcing velocity, data integrity and candidate experience
• Foster a culture of urgency and accountability in a fast-paced environment
• Remove roadblocks so the TA team has the tooling, resources and cross-functional visibility it needs

Required qualifications

• 10-15+ years of experience in global talent acquisition (Americas, EMEA and APAC)
• At least 5 years in a leadership role
• Significant experience leading Global Talent Acquisition organizations as a player/coach in high-growth technology or SaaS companies
• Track record of personally owning a requisition load and recruiting functional leaders and highly sought-after technical and business talent
• Strong knowledge of the global talent marketplace with recruiting experience across North America, EMEA and APAC
• Data-driven, using recruiting metrics to improve outcomes
• Experience improving recruiting processes, technology, assessment and candidate experience
• High degree of ownership, urgency and accountability; willing to personally engage when stakes are high
• Exceptional communication skills and relationship building

Nice to have

• Experience working in a PE-backed or transformational environment
• Experience building executive recruiting capabilities internally
• Experience using AI and emerging recruiting technologies to improve sourcing, assessment and recruiter productivity
• Experience designing talent strategies for organizational transformation or significant business change

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, variable bonus and performance-based rewards
• Retirement programs
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Generous, flexible time off, paid holidays, wellness days and a company-wide year-end break
• Paid parental leave (including fully paid leave for eligible employees, subject to local policy)
• Learning & development stipend
• Volunteer opportunities and charitable donation matching where available
• Mental wellbeing resources and support
• Benefits may vary by location; details shared during the interview process

Before you apply

• Benefits and some offerings may vary by country

About the company

Zuora is a company that helps businesses launch subscription, usage-based and outcome-based offerings and automate billing. It is building a quote-to-cash platform with an AI-ready foundation.