Head of Talent Acquisition

Job summary

The Head of Talent Acquisition will lead the global recruitment strategy, managing internal teams and external partners to attract and retain top talent. They will also act as a strategic advisor to leadership, leveraging people analytics and AI to optimize hiring processes and employer branding.

Job details

Visier is the global leader in Workforce Intelligence that powers every people decision. We bring Workforce AI to life for HR departments through our award-winning, agentic AI technology by surfacing the insights leaders need to plan, decide, and act with confidence in the moments that matter most. As the market leader in people analytics, workforce planning, organizational design, and manager effectiveness solutions, we fuel smarter decision-making for organizations across the globe. Our mission is to help businesses lead with insight at scale as they continuously transform. Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, we have over 85,000 customers in 75 countries—including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Domino’s Pizza, Experian, Amgen, eBay, and Ford Motor Company. As the Head of Talent Acquisition, you will be the driving force behind how we attract, hire, and onboard the exceptional talent required to deliver our strategy. Your impact will be building the teams that enable us to deliver value to our customers in the years ahead. You will elevate Visier’s employer brand, pioneer strategic sourcing plans for critical skills, and evolve the TA function into a deeply trusted and strategic partner to our business. By leading a team of internal recruiters, RPO vendors, and agency partners, you will deliver this mandate as a player-coach, leading others while also setting the standard by leading high impact searches yourself. WHAT YOU WILL DELIVER: * Strategic Talent Pipelining & Nurture Lists: Build and sustain proactive nurture lists and talent pipelines for critical skillsets, delivering high quality hires while reducing time-to-fill. * Employer Brand Ownership: Elevate and own our employer value proposition in the market, attracting candidates who raise the bar while aligning to our core values and culture. * Strategic Hiring Partner Enablement: Transform the TA function into a strategic advisor by coaching and enabling hiring teams to effectively identify, assess, and hire great talent. * Blended Team Leadership: Optimize and manage a high-performing global TA team function comprised of internal recruiters, agency partners, and RPO vendors. Select and deploy the right resource for each search and geography. * Manage critical searches: Lead by example by actively sourcing, managing, and successfully closing key searches. * Operationalize Results and Experience: Leverage a best-in-class ATS to create SOPs that make hiring efficient for you and our hiring managers while delivering a consistent and positive candidate experience. Leverage AI to augment and improve our operation while maintaining human-in-the-loop decision making on all hiring decisions. * Measure Your Impact: By using our own people analytics platform to develop pipeline health metrics, efficiency measures, and hiring quality metrics. We already have a wealth of data - you will help us leverage it to make better hiring and onboarding decisions. WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE: * Education & Experience: 10+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience within a fast-paced high-tech environment, including 3+ years in a TA leadership role. * Expert Sourcing Expertise: Deep, practical understanding of strategic talent strategies, specifically identifying key skills profiles and developing sourcing plans which create active and ongoing pipelines. * Employer Branding Vision: A proven track record of designing, owning, and executing employer brand strategies that resonate deeply with top-tier technical and go-to-market talent. * Strategic Advising & Influence: Exceptional ability to partner with senior leaders, challenging their thinking and influencing decision-making to drive better hiring outcomes. * Pipeline & Nurture Mastery: Demonstrated success in architecting sustained nurture lists and proactive pipelines for executive searches and highly specialized critical skills. * Execution Excellence: A demonstrated "roll-up-your-sleeves" mentality with the ability to balance high-level strategic leadership while actively leading your own requisitions. Most importantly, you share our values... * You roll up your sleeves * You make it easy * You are proud * You never stop learning * You play to win The base pay range for this position in Canada is $150,000 - $195,000 + bonus. The compensation offered will be determined by factors such as relevant qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills. Many of our positions are eligible for additional types of compensation (e.g., commission plans, bonus, etc.) and our competitive benefits package including RRSP matching and a generous personal spending account allowance and time off program. Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/visier_inc/] - @visier_inc Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/company/visier-analytics/] - https://www.linkedin.com/company/visier-analytics/ Visier Candidate Privacy Notice and Recruiter Policy [https://www.visier.com/candidate-privacy-notice-and-recruiter-policy/]

What you’ll do

The Head of Talent Acquisition will lead the global recruitment strategy, managing internal teams and external partners to attract and retain top talent. They will also act as a strategic advisor to leadership, leveraging people analytics and AI to optimize hiring processes and employer branding.

Requirements

Candidates must have over 10 years of progressive talent acquisition experience in high-tech environments, including at least 3 years in a leadership role. A proven track record in strategic sourcing, employer branding, and executive-level stakeholder management is essential.

Benefits

• Bonus
• RRSP matching
• Personal spending account allowance
• Time off program

Listed skills

• Leadership · Preferred
• Change Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Talent acquisition
• Strategic sourcing
• Employer branding
• Workforce planning
• People analytics
• Leadership
• Executive search
• RPO management
• Strategic advising
• Talent pipelining
• Change management
• Data-driven decision making
• AI technology
• Hiring strategy
• Candidate experience
• Talent Pipelining
• Player Coach
• Influencing Skills
• Agentic AI
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Visier (Analytics Software)
• Organizational Design
• Employer Branding
• People Analytics
• Talent Strategy
• Business Intelligence
• Decision Making
• Employee Onboarding
• Coaching
• Strategic Leadership
• Strategic Partnership
• Strategic Sourcing
• Workforce Planning
• Team Leadership
• Value Propositions
• Advising

Job areas

• Human Resources
• Management & Leadership
• Data & Analytics
• Software
• Technology
• Head of Talent Acquisition
• Talent Acquisition Director
• Human Resource Managers
• Human Resources Managers

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