Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition

Guidewire Software

9d•$200,000 - $300,000

About The Position

Summary Talent is the engine of Guidewire’s global growth. As we scale our SaaS platform across AMER, EMEA, and APAC, we are calling for a Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition to pioneer a fundamental and inspiring transformation of how we find, engage, and hire the world’s best innovators. This is a strategic and operational leadership role for a visionary obsessed with the future of talent. You will own the global strategy, network, and execution necessary to build high-performing teams across Engineering, Product, Sales, and Corporate functions, all while delivering an authentic, accelerated candidate experience. You will inspire our entire organization to be relentlessly hungry for amazing talent. Job Description What You Will Deliver Global Talent Strategy: Own and execute the end-to-end global talent acquisition strategy. Partner directly with the Executive Leadership Team (CEO, CPO, CFO) to translate bold workforce plans into transformative, AI-first hiring strategies for multi-year growth. Inspire Global Recruiting: Lead, coach, and empower a globally distributed recruiting organization across AMER, EMEA, India, APAC, and LATAM. Foster a culture of excellence and world-class intelligent operations, leveraging your deep network in Software, AI, and Insurance to attract top-tier talent. Modern Recruiting Engine: Design and continuously elevate all talent practices—from interview frameworks and assessment quality to best-in-class sourcing and candidate experience. Implement automation, AI, and data to drive unprecedented efficiency, quality, and speed. Data-Driven Results: Own and simplify recruiting analytics, building compelling, real-time dashboards to inform location strategy and evidence-based executive decisions. Elevate Talent Brand: Partner with Marketing and Communications to strengthen Guidewire's employer brand globally, ensuring we are recognized as a top destination for mission-critical talent. Who You Are: You are a decisive, high-integrity Senior TA Leader with a proven track record of scaling recruiting within complex, global tech organizations. Success in 12 Months You will have delivered predictable and impactful hiring outcomes against Guidewire’s ambitious growth plans. Specifically: A high-performing, inspired global recruiting organization is in place. Time-to-hire is dramatically reduced, and quality of hire is improved. Our hiring process is redesigned with AI, significantly enhancing the experience for candidates and leaders. Guidewire’s reputation is undeniably elevated as a top destination for talent worldwide.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive TA leadership, including significant time at the Head-of-TA level, successfully leading global recruiting teams.
Deep command of hiring for Software Engineering, Product Management, Sales/Customer Success, and Corporate functions.
A trusted strategic advisor to the C-suite who manages through metrics, not anecdotes.
Expert in optimizing modern ATS, CRM, and AI-enabled recruiting tools.

Responsibilities

Own and execute the end-to-end global talent acquisition strategy.
Partner directly with the Executive Leadership Team (CEO, CPO, CFO) to translate bold workforce plans into transformative, AI-first hiring strategies for multi-year growth.
Lead, coach, and empower a globally distributed recruiting organization across AMER, EMEA, India, APAC, and LATAM.
Foster a culture of excellence and world-class intelligent operations, leveraging your deep network in Software, AI, and Insurance to attract top-tier talent.
Design and continuously elevate all talent practices—from interview frameworks and assessment quality to best-in-class sourcing and candidate experience.
Implement automation, AI, and data to drive unprecedented efficiency, quality, and speed.
Own and simplify recruiting analytics, building compelling, real-time dashboards to inform location strategy and evidence-based executive decisions.
Partner with Marketing and Communications to strengthen Guidewire's employer brand globally, ensuring we are recognized as a top destination for mission-critical talent.