IT & Software

Director, Global Technology Recruiting

Jobtailor

Kingston · England · United Kingdom

  • Define and execute the global technology recruitment strategy aligned with company growth goals and workforce planning.
  • Lead a substantial global organization of recruitment managers and individual contributors across all regions.
  • Report directly to the VP of Talent Planning, Acquisition and Onboarding.
  • Own end-to-end hiring performance for engineering, product, data, infrastructure, and security roles.
  • Partner with Engineering, Product, HR, and Finance stakeholders to forecast hiring needs and deliver talent.
  • Design and implement scalable recruiting processes, frameworks, and best practices.
  • Drive improvements in time-to-hire, quality of hire, diversity representation, and candidate experience.
  • Establish employer branding strategies to attract technical talent.
  • Use data, analytics, and recruiting technologies to optimize sourcing and hiring decisions.
  • Build and expand global talent pipelines, including passive candidate engagement.
  • Ensure consistent, compliant, and high-quality recruitment practices across regions.
  • Monitor technical hiring market trends, compensation, talent availability, and competitive intelligence.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in recruitment, with at least 5+ years leading global technical recruiting teams.
  • Proven track record of building and scaling recruitment functions in large, complex organizations.
  • Strong experience hiring for technical roles across engineering, product, and related domains.
  • Background in SaaS or enterprise software environments strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage distributed teams across multiple geographies and cultures.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to align recruitment strategy to organizational priorities.
  • Experience selecting, implementing and optimizing ATS, sourcing tools, and recruitment analytics platforms.
  • Data-driven mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills.
  • Fluent English required; additional languages are a plus.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in defining and executing global technology recruitment strategies, optimizing hiring processes, and managing distributed teams. Proficient in leveraging data analytics and recruitment technologies to enhance talent acquisition and employer branding.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • Global Technical Recruitment Leadership
  • Data-Driven Recruitment Strategy
  • Experience in SaaS or Enterprise Software
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Recruitment Analytics Optimization

Hard Skills

  • Technical Recruitment
  • Hiring for Engineering Roles
  • Recruitment Process Design
  • Talent Pipeline Development
  • Diversity Recruitment Strategies
  • Data Analysis
  • Problem-Solving
  • Recruitment Function Scaling
  • Global Team Management
  • Compliance in Recruitment

Soft Skills

  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Business Acumen
  • Cultural Sensitivity

Industry Keywords

  • Global Recruitment Strategy
  • Employer Branding
  • Candidate Experience
  • Time-to-Hire
  • Quality of Hire
  • Technical Hiring Market Trends

Tools & Technologies

  • Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
  • Sourcing Tools
  • Recruitment Analytics Platforms
  • Recruiting Technologies

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