Director, Talent Acquisition

Sony Pictures Entertainment•Culver City, CA

About The Position

Sony Pictures Entertainment is seeking an experienced Director, Talent Acquisition to lead its North America professional recruiting team. Reporting to the Head of Global Talent Acquisition, the director oversees full-time recruiting across Corporate, Technology, Creative, Marketing, Distribution, Sales, and other business functions. The role partners with business and People & Organization leaders to develop recruiting strategies, respond to evolving talent needs, and deliver hiring results. This is a hands-on leadership position: the director leads and develops an experienced recruiting team while remaining directly involved in recruiting and personally managing searches as business priorities and team capacity require. The director will build on the team’s strengths and help evolve how the organization identifies, attracts, and engages talent.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including at least 5 years directly managing recruiting teams.
Demonstrated success leading and developing experienced recruiters, including coaching, performance management, and accountability for recruiting delivery.
Broad hands-on recruiting experience across multiple business functions, including technical recruiting, executive search, and strategic sourcing.
Ability to develop proactive sourcing strategies, engage passive talent, and build talent pipelines.
Strong business partnership and influencing skills, including the ability to advise senior leaders, navigate competing priorities, and translate strategies into results.
Experience leveraging recruiting technology, data, and talent intelligence tools to support sourcing strategies and recruiting effectiveness.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a curious, resourceful, solutions-oriented approach and ability to identify process improvements.

Nice To Haves

Experience within entertainment, media, streaming, gaming, or related industries.

Responsibilities

Lead North America professional recruiting, including strategy, team performance, resource allocation, and delivery across multiple business functions.
Manage, coach, and develop recruiters and recruiting coordinators; set expectations, drive accountability, and support their growth.
Partner with senior business and People & Organization leaders to understand hiring needs, develop recruiting strategies, and advise on talent availability, market conditions, and recruiting challenges.
Oversee recruiting across all levels, including executive hiring, and personally manage a portfolio of searches based on business priorities and team capacity.
Develop proactive sourcing strategies and talent pipelines across key functions, including Technology, executive leadership, and specialized or hard-to-fill positions.
Share external talent-market insights and coach the team on strategic sourcing, passive candidate engagement, and market mapping.
Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, streamline workflows, and make effective use of existing tools and resources; stay informed about emerging recruiting practices and technology.
Use recruiting data and market insights to evaluate effectiveness, anticipate hiring needs, and identify opportunities to improve hiring outcomes.