Director, Talent Strategy

GeneDx•Gaithersburg, MD

2d•$180,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

We move fast — 4X faster than the fastest organizations — and we deliver. GeneDx is scaling quickly and we need a Talent leader who can match our velocity, drive a strategic transformation, and enable our recruiters to spend more time doing what matters: sourcing and closing exceptional people. We’re hiring a Director of Talent Strategy to lead a small, high-performing recruiting team and own a full-scale transformation of how Talent works at GeneDx. You will select, implement, and drive adoption of best-in-class technology and systems so our Talent team can shift from administrative execution to proactive sourcing, strategic business partnership, and executive search. You will personally lead key leadership searches (SVP → C-suite), design simple scalable processes, and use metrics and root-cause problem solving to continuously improve velocity and quality. This role is equal parts operator, project manager, change agent, and executive recruiter — you will drive the rocket ship.

Requirements

15+ years of Talent Acquisition/People Ops experience with at least 5 years leading teams and Talent transformations.
Proven track record selecting, implementing, and driving adoption of Talent technology (ATS, CRM, automation, analytics, assessment tools).
Hands-on experience leading executive searches (SVP → C-suite) with creative sourcing and high-touch processes such as modern sourcing stacks (Boolean + AI sourcing tools, candidate rediscovery, talent communities).
Exceptional project management skills — deliver complex, cross-functional projects on time and with impact.
Deep strength in root-cause problem solving and operational simplification.
Metrics-first mindset: comfortable building and using dashboards, running experiments, and driving decisions from data.
Change management experience: you can design adoption plans, training, and governance that create lasting behavior change.
Highly organized, decisive, and comfortable operating in a hyper-fast environment.
Excellent communicator and trusted advisor to senior leaders; proven ability to influence without relying on authority.
Passion for building high-performing teams and creating clear process and structure without slowing speed.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare, diagnostics, biotech, or other regulated industries.
Background in employer brand or candidate experience transformation.

Responsibilities

Lead and coach a small team of recruiters to deliver exceptional hiring outcomes while maintaining alignment and speed.
Architect and execute the Talent technology roadmap: evaluate, select, implement, and operationalize ATS/CRM, automation, hiring analytics, assessment tools, and sourcing platforms.
Drive adoption and change management across Talent and hiring stakeholders so tools and processes are embedded and deliver measurable capacity gains.
Shift recruiter time allocation away from transactional work toward active sourcing, stakeholder partnership, candidate engagement, and assessment.
Own and personally execute senior- and executive-level searches (SVP → C-suite) using advanced sourcing, networking, assessment, and outreach playbooks.
Define and own Talent KPIs and dashboards (e.g., time-to-fill, time-to-hire, pipeline velocity, quality-of-hire, offer acceptance, recruiter capacity, adoption metrics), and use them to identify friction points and drive simplification.
Lead cross-functional projects to remove blockers, streamline decisioning, and shorten hiring cycles while protecting candidate experience.
Conduct root-cause analysis on hiring bottlenecks and design elegant, sustainable solutions that scale with growth.
Partner closely with business leaders and HR partners to forecast needs, develop talent pipelines, and design role-specific assessment frameworks.
Manage vendor relationships and procurement for Talent tech and assessment partners.