Director, Global Head of Recruiting

Sonar • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Sonar is continuing to grow fast, and our ability to hire exceptional talent globally is core to that growth. We're looking for a Director, Head of Global Recruiting, based in our Austin, Texas HQ to lead the strategy, team, and systems behind talent acquisition worldwide. Reporting to the CHRO and working alongside our ELT, you'll lead a globally distributed recruiting team and partner with stakeholders in all our hubs from Singapore to Geneva. This is a role that spans strategy all the way to execution — we need a leader who can set the vision for a world-class recruiting function while personally owning a req load and staying close to the work. You'll bring deep, hands-on experience modernizing how recruiting teams operate with the newest technologies — not just using AI tools, but having rebuilt recruiting processes around them, and a genuine passion and track record for building a successful recruiting operation as the foundation of a scalable, high-performing talent function.

Requirements

• Have 10+ years of recruiting experience, including tenured experience running a high-performing team and function while directly owning a req load
• Have wide and deep experience across both technical and non-technical recruiting — including highly technical engineering recruitment and building a talent-dense GTM division within a high-growth B2B SaaS company
• Have proven, hands-on experience rebuilding a recruiting process using the newest technologies to fundamentally optimize how a TA team operates — deeper than prompting LLMs, this means having led the redesign itself
• Have a strong background in recruiting operations, with a genuine passion for why recops is the foundation of a successful, scalable recruiting team
• Have experience managing requisition administration and recruiting budgets, with a track record of close partnership with FP&A on headcount planning and forecasting
• Have experience negotiating commercial terms and contracts with recruiting agencies, working closely with Procurement and Legal to drive value and manage vendor spend effectively
• Have working knowledge of compensation practices across global markets, and can contribute meaningfully to compensation strategy in partnership with a Compensation Director
• Have strong experience partnering with HR Operations on visas/immigration, right-to-work, onboarding, and background check processes
• Have experience leading globally distributed recruiting teams and partnering with stakeholders across multiple international markets and time zones
• Have demonstrated success operating as both a strategic leader and an individual contributor — comfortable setting vision and strategy while staying hands-on with sourcing and closing
• Bring strong data fluency, with a track record of using recruiting metrics to drive decision-making and process improvement
• Have experience partnering with senior executives and acting as a strategic advisor on talent and organizational planning
• Have led employer branding or talent marketing initiatives that measurably improved candidate pipeline quality or volume
• Bring excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and across cultures
• Be based in, or willing to relocate to, Austin, Texas, with a commitment to the in-office collaboration model

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed recruiting team, while personally owning a req load and leading searches directly — modeling the standard you expect from the team
• Partner with stakeholders across every hub to ensure hiring strategy reflects the realities of each local market and business unit
• Own requisition administration and management, partnering closely with FP&A on headcount planning, budget tracking, and forecasting against approved plan
• Redesign and modernize recruiting processes and infrastructure, leveraging the newest technologies to fundamentally change how the TA function sources, assesses, and closes talent — not just layering AI tools onto existing workflows
• Build recruiting operations as a true foundation for the function: process design, data infrastructure, reporting cadence, and systems that let the team scale without breaking
• Lead full-cycle recruiting for a mix of highly technical engineering roles and high-growth B2B SaaS GTM roles, building talent-dense teams across both domains
• Own recruiting metrics and reporting using data to drive continuous improvement
• Partner with the Compensation Director to inform and align on competitive offers across global markets, bringing market intelligence to compensation strategy and decisions
• Build strong partnership with HR Operations, working closely on visas/immigration, right-to-work verification, onboarding, and background checks to ensure a seamless candidate-to-employee transition
• Build and evolve employer branding and talent marketing strategies to strengthen Sonar's positioning as a top destination for AI, engineering, and GTM talent
• Own the recruiting technology stack (ATS, sourcing tools, assessment platforms) and lead evaluation and adoption of new tools as the team scales
• Ensure compliance with local employment and hiring regulations across all global hub locations
• Champion a consistent, high-quality candidate experience from first touch through offer and onboarding

Benefits

• We value diversity, equity, and inclusion
• We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best.
• We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
• If you need any accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].
• All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed