Senior Director Talent Acquisition

The Role

The Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition will lead recruiting teams supporting executive recruitment other critical hiring initiatives. This senior-level position requires a strategic thinker who can develop and implement comprehensive recruitment strategies, ensuring the successful placement of top-tier talent that aligns with the organization's goals. The role demands a high level of professionalism, the ability to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, and a commitment to driving excellence in talent acquisition practices. 

The Main Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Talent Acquisition teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture
• Drive recruiter optimization behaviors – simplify work, drive impactful social media behavior, sourcing tactics, tool optimization, and ensure talent advisor skills.  Recruiter adoption of best practices, next-gen technologies and tools provided are essential.
• Work with business leaders, recruitment marketing, and recruiters to enhance and grow our talent brand across the external talent marketplace 
• Provide consultant-level talent advisory services to leaders for talent acquisition excellence
• Regularly interact with senior level executives and other key stakeholders, exerting substantial influence over the business to obtain timely and accurate hiring plans – when not provided, uses data and analytics to develop projections to ensure cost-effective execution while meeting and exceeding business expectations
• Drive a data-driven recruiting organization by developing recruiting metrics and analytics that provide insights, drive decision making and measure team productivity and program ROI
• Develop and execute best-in-class practices for end-to-end candidate experience inclusive of sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessment, and selection of top talent
• Anticipate and strategize for unexpected turns (up and down) in hiring levels – ensure on-time ramp and de-ramp implementation to achieve critical business deliverables
• Develop and execute comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract and retain top executive talent
• Collaborate with and provide guidance and insights to the HR Solutions Team, Talent Management, Compensation, other HR COEs, and the business to ensure end-to-end talent strategies are best in class
• Support overall Talent Acquisition cost control which may include difficult decision making about recruiter and sourcer talent, availability and usage of paid recruiter tools, workload/bandwidth fluctuations, etc.
• Lead, develop, execute and monitor recruiter performance in building effective job offers, aligned with corporate compensation strategies
• Special projects are repeatedly assigned in addition to overall responsibilities – these projects vary greatly in complexity, scope and impact across the business.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Proven experience in executive recruitment or a similar leadership role, with a track record of successfully placing executive level candidates  
• 15+ years of leading Talent Acquisition/Executive Talent Acquisition experience  
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders and candidates 
• Critical skills include negotiating and influencing senior level leaders regarding matters of significance to the organization 
• Proven leadership skills, the highest standards of peer and cross-functional collaboration, and effective communication (written, verbal, and across all levels of employees) are essential to success 
• Demonstrated strong analytic skills with a proven track record of using data and metrics to evaluate needs, drive change and measure impact 
• Highly effective and timely decision-making on significant financial matters and performance matters 
• Effectively delivers against tight deadlines under high pressure circumstances  
• Demonstrates exceptional customer focus  
• Effectively delivered results and assignments for high impact against tight deadlines under high pressure circumstances 
• Proven delivery of creative and innovative approaches to problem solving 

Preferred: 

• Previous leadership of medium to large size Talent Acquisition teams 
• Previous Talent Acquisition experience in complex, Fortune 150 organizations 
• Working knowledge of competency models and their practical application, including talent assessment  

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$171,447 - $228,596 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$180,020 - $240,026 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$188,592 - $251,456 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

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