Senior Director/Vice President, Recruiting

The Senior Director/VP, Recruiting will spearhead our enterprise recruiting initiatives. This pivotal role involves crafting and evolving our recruiting strategy to align with business and customer needs, establishing standardized practices, change management, and serving as an advocate for the recruiting function across the organization. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Recruiting Strategy & Enablement 

• Define and evolve the enterprise recruiting strategy aligned to business and customer needs 
• Establish standardized recruiting practices, workflows, and expectations 
• Partner with regional and local leaders to ensure alignment and adoption 
• Serve as a centralized resource and advocate for the recruiting function 

Recruiting Performance Management & Analytics 

• Analyze recruiting data, trends, and productivity metrics across regions 
• Identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities 
• Establish and monitor recruiting KPIs (speed, quality, pipeline health, proactive sourcing) 
• Provide insights and recommendations to improve recruiter effectiveness and outcomes 
• Ability to implement and understand use of AI and technology 

Recruiter Upskilling & Capability Development 

• Design and lead training programs to enhance recruiter skills and consistency 
• Shift recruiter behaviors from reactive fulfillment to proactive talent sourcing 
• Coach recruiters on candidate presentation, client engagement, and relationship building 
• Promote best practices in sourcing, screening, and candidate marketing 

Proactive Sourcing & Talent Pipeline Development 

• Drive proactive talent identification and pipeline-building strategies 
• Encourage relationship-based recruiting with both candidates and clients 
• Improve candidate quality through stronger screening, assessment, and presentation 
• Support development of reusable talent pools for key roles and customers 

Education and Certifications:  Bachelor's degree  

Skills and Qualifications: 

• 10+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including leadership or enterprise-level roles 
• Proven experience leading recruiting teams in a dotted-line or matrix environment 
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into action 
• Experience in staffing, transportation, logistics, or high-volume recruiting environments preferred 
• Demonstrated success in developing recruiter capabilities and improving performance 
• Strong influencing, coaching, and communication skills