Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

The role

You will set the talent acquisition strategy and multi-year hiring plan to support company growth. You will lead the talent acquisition team, build assessment systems, and act as a strategic advisor to the executive team.

What you will do

• Set the Talent Acquisition strategy and multi-year hiring plan
• Lead, coach, and grow the Talent Acquisition team
• Manage vendors, budgets, and the split between in-house and agency work
• Advise the executive team and hiring managers on the talent market and compensation
• Run hiring prioritization
• Own a consistent, structured assessment process
• Own the Talent Acquisitions tech stack and drive adoption
• Build scalable playbooks for various hiring types
• Report on search health metrics
• Shape the employer brand and candidate experience

Required qualifications

• 10-12+ years in recruiting
• 5+ years leading TA teams
• 3+ years at Director level or above
• Experience scaling hiring at a high-growth B2B technology company
• Proven results hiring across technical, GTM, and executive roles
• Experience managing recruiting budgets, agency partners, and offer/comp strategy
• Data fluency
• Executive presence and business acumen
• Experience managing complex offers, including equity and multi-stakeholder negotiations
• Recruiting experience in industrial software, PLM, CAD/CAE, manufacturing tech, or deep-tech hardware
• Experience recruiting globally, including cross-border hiring considerations

Nice to have

• Experience building or rebuilding TA from an early-stage function
• International hiring experience
• Hiring for industrial, engineering software, or hardware-adjacent companies
• Hands-on experience with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI sourcing tools
• Remote or distributed team leadership

About the company

CoLab is an AI platform for driving stronger engineering decisions. Founded in St. John’s, Newfoundland, it helps engineering teams bring products to market faster.