Director Talent Acquisition Americas and EMEA
About The Position
As Director, Talent Acquisition – Americas & EMEA, you will lead the regional TA strategy and operations across a complex, multi-country footprint. Reporting to the Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition, you will drive hiring outcomes that enable business growth, operational excellence, and workforce transformation. This role involves developing and executing the Talent Acquisition strategy for the Americas & EMEA region aligned with global TA priorities and enterprise objectives. You will lead, coach, and scale a high-performing team of TA leaders and recruiters across multiple countries. A key part of the role is partnering with senior HR and business leaders to forecast workforce needs and build proactive talent pipelines, serving as a key advisor on labor market trends, talent availability, and strategic workforce planning. You will also oversee end-to-end recruiting delivery across professional, manufacturing, executive, and university hiring, driving consistency, efficiency, and quality across recruiting processes, ensuring alignment with Seagate policies and governance. Leveraging data and analytics to monitor performance and continuously improve outcomes is crucial, as is ensuring compliance with global and regional hiring regulations. Furthermore, you will lead the adoption of new TA technologies, tools, and AI-driven capabilities to enhance recruiting effectiveness, drive standardization and continuous improvement of TA processes in support of global HR transformation initiatives, and partner with HR Technology, Total Rewards, and HRBP teams to support job architecture, skills-based hiring, and workforce planning. Building strong partnerships with HR Business Partners, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders, aligning recruiting strategies to business priorities, and representing Talent Acquisition in regional and global leadership forums are also key aspects of this role.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition, including global or multi-region leadership
- Experience leading Talent Acquisition across Americas and/or EMEA markets
- Demonstrated success scaling recruiting operations in complex, high-volume and specialized hiring environments
- Experience partnering with senior leaders on workforce planning and talent strategy
- Strong understanding of recruiting technologies, systems, and data analytics
- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and a data-driven approach to decision-making
- Proven ability to lead geographically dispersed teams in a complex, global environment
- Strong executive communication and influencing skills
- Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels
Nice To Haves
- Experience in technology, manufacturing, or global enterprise environments
- Exposure to AI-driven talent solutions and skills-based hiring initiatives
- Experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives within HR or Talent Acquisition
- Familiarity with global compliance, immigration, and cross-border hiring practices
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the Talent Acquisition strategy for the Americas & EMEA region aligned with global TA priorities and enterprise objectives
- Lead, coach, and scale a high-performing team of TA leaders and recruiters across multiple countries
- Partner with senior HR and business leaders to forecast workforce needs and build proactive talent pipelines
- Serve as a key advisor on labor market trends, talent availability, and strategic workforce planning
- Oversee end-to-end recruiting delivery across professional, manufacturing, executive, and university hiring
- Drive consistency, efficiency, and quality across recruiting processes, ensuring alignment with Seagate policies and governance
- Leverage data and analytics to monitor performance (e.g., time-to-fill, quality of hire, funnel health) and continuously improve outcomes
- Ensure compliance with global and regional hiring regulations, including internal mobility, approvals, and requisition processes
- Lead adoption of new TA technologies, tools, and AI-driven capabilities to enhance recruiting effectiveness
- Drive standardization and continuous improvement of TA processes in support of global HR transformation initiatives
- Partner with HR Technology, Total Rewards, and HRBP teams to support job architecture, skills-based hiring, and workforce planning
- Build strong partnerships with HR Business Partners, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Align recruiting strategies to business priorities across diverse functions (engineering, manufacturing, corporate, etc.)
- Represent Talent Acquisition in regional and global leadership forums
Benefits
- eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program
- medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- short- and long-term disability
- 401(k)
- employee stock purchase plan
- health savings account
- dependent care, and healthcare spending accounts
- paid time off
- 12 holidays
- flexible time off provided pursuant to Seagate policy
- a minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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