Global Talent Acquisition Director

SOLVENTUM • Remote - Minnesota, MN

6d • Remote

About The Position

The People Experience Global Talent Acquisition Director leads the strategy, design, and execution of Solventum’s global Talent Acquisition function. The role maintains a global Talent Acquisition center of excellence, establishes standardized operations, partners with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams, and ensures legal compliance while improving scalability, efficiency, and candidate and hiring-manager experience. The function is aligned with Solventum’s HR and Talent Management goals and supports transparent, effective processes for candidates, hiring managers, and Talent Acquisition professionals.

The director is accountable for the global Talent Acquisition center of excellence and operations, hiring governance and compliance, workforce hiring analytics, and candidate and hiring-manager experience. The role develops the function’s vision and long-term roadmap; leads transformation and continuous improvement; standardizes systems and processes across regions; and partners with IT, HR, Legal, Finance, and other teams to align technology and operations with business needs.

The director leads a high-performing global team, develops direct reports, and fosters accountability, collaboration, engagement, and continuous improvement. The role oversees performance metrics, dashboards, reporting, audits, risk mitigation, and compliance with applicable laws, policies, and privacy standards. It also manages stakeholder relationships, vendors, service-level agreements, contracts, and budgets, while driving adoption of new initiatives and communicating changes across the organization.

This is a global remote role that may be based in the USA, LATAM, EMEA, or APAC, in a country where Solventum operates. The employee must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without employment visa sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated global Talent Acquisition experience.
• 15 or more years of experience in Talent Acquisition.
• Extensive experience establishing global Talent strategies and leading global Talent operations.
• Strong understanding of global Talent Acquisition compliance across multiple regions.
• Proven track record implementing and optimizing technology platforms.
• Strong project management, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise in process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building abilities.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams, with demonstrated strong employee engagement scores.
• Legally authorized to work in the country of employment without employment visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a global Talent Acquisition vision and strategies aligned with HR, Talent Management, and Solventum’s business goals.
• Lead transformation initiatives and establish a sustainable long-term roadmap to modernize Talent Acquisition practices, processes, and systems.
• Standardize Talent Acquisition vendor systems and processes across regions, ensuring consistent practices and compliance.
• Partner with IT, HR, Legal, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to align technology and system solutions with business needs.
• Champion a people-first approach to candidate, hiring-manager, and stakeholder processes.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators for service quality, compliance, and efficiency; report performance, trends, challenges, and opportunities to senior leadership.
• Use analytics and data insights to guide resource allocation, service enhancements, satisfaction, and continuous improvement; maintain dashboards and reporting tools.
• Review and improve processes, implement best practices and standardization, and foster team accountability and ownership.
• Lead implementation and optimization of Talent Acquisition technology platforms and tools.
• Ensure global Talent Acquisition processes are accurate, timely, and compliant with applicable regulations.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams on hiring exceptions, audits, and discrepancies; maintain accurate candidate records.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team; provide coaching, development opportunities, training, and effective knowledge transfer.
• Maintain employee engagement and job satisfaction and foster collaboration, high performance, and accountability.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies, data privacy standards, HR regulations, and local, regional, and global labor laws; identify and mitigate related risks.
• Work with business leaders to understand hiring needs and tailor programs, tools, and processes accordingly.
• Promote Talent Acquisition initiatives, technologies, and processes; support organizational transitions and communicate changes.
• Manage vendor relationships, service-level agreements, contract negotiations, and vendor agreements to secure value and service quality.
• Manage the Talent Acquisition budget, meet or exceed budget targets, and pursue cost savings through efficiency and vendor improvements.

Benefits

• Solventum offers programs intended to support employees’ physical and financial well-being.
• Solventum regularly benchmarks pay and benefits against companies comparable in size and scope.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director