VP, Global Talent Acquisition

Illumio•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Illumio is seeking a Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition to lead and evolve our end-to-end hiring strategy as we continue to scale the world’s leading breach containment company. This leader will own our global recruiting strategy and execution across Engineering, Product, Go-To-Market, and General & Administrative functions—ensuring Illumio attracts, assesses, and hires exceptional talent with speed, quality, and rigor. This role is both strategic and hands-on: shaping multi-year workforce plans while personally driving outcomes on mission-critical executive and technical hires. This leader will be a trusted partner to the Executive Team, a critical member of the People Senior Leadership Team (PSLT), and a key architect of Illumio’s public-company-ready talent engine.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive talent acquisition leadership experience.
Proven success scaling Talent Acquisition in high-growth software-as-a-service, cybersecurity, or technology companies.
Deep experience hiring across Engineering, Go-To-Market, and Executive roles.
Strong executive presence and senior voice, business acumen, and data-driven decision-making capability.
Experience leading distributed, global teams.
Strategic, pragmatic, and outcomes-driven.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and rapid change.
High judgment, integrity, and builder mindset.
A natural orientation toward and facility with our Illumio Core Values.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Chief People Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Team to translate Illumio’s business strategy and Annual Operating Plan into a multi-year global hiring plan aligned to growth, product roadmap, and geographic expansion.
Lead Strategic Talent Planning to identify mission-critical roles, succession risk, and future capability gaps.
Collaborate with HR Business Partners and Compensation colleagues on the PSLT to advise executives and hiring managers on talent strategy, geographic location approach, and evolving talent market dynamics.
Own hiring outcomes across Engineering, Product, Security, Cloud, Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, General & Administrative, and Executive leadership roles.
Ensure consistent, high-quality hiring practices across the United States, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (APAC), and Japan.
Personally lead or quarterback select Vice President-level and above searches and/or partner with executive search firms as needed.
Lead and develop our high-performing global Talent Acquisition organization.
Own Talent Acquisition systems and analytics, including Ashby, with accountability for time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and a defined quality-of-hire scorecard (e.g., 6–12-month performance signal, retention, and hiring-manager satisfaction).
Lead the roadmap for forward-leaning, talent-related artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to improve hiring speed, consistency, decision quality, and hiring manager and candidate experience. Partner with colleagues on their AI initiatives.
Strengthen Illumio’s employer brand to compete for top-tier talent in the Bay Area and around the world.
Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience aligned with Illumio’s values and culture.
Ensure recruiting processes meet public-company standards for consistency, documentation, and audit readiness.
Partner with Legal, Finance, People Operations, and Immigration teams to manage risk while maintaining hiring velocity.