Director Talent Acquisition

The Director of Talent Acquisition will serve as a hands-on senior recruiter responsible for delivering high-impact hiring across the organization. This role will personally lead and execute executive, leadership, and mission-critical searches across the United States, partnering closely with senior leadership to build teams that support the company’s continued growth and innovation within a global telecommunications and technology-driven manufacturing environment.

This position is designed for a player-coach who thrives in direct recruiting execution while helping shape the broader talent strategy.

Hands-On Leadership Recruiting

• Lead full lifecycle recruitment for leadership and highly specialized roles across commercial, technical, operations, manufacturing, and corporate functions.
• Personally manage and execute critical searches from market mapping through offer negotiation.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of senior and hard-to-find talent.
• Partner directly with executive leadership to understand hiring needs, define role requirements, and deliver top-tier talent.

Strategic Talent Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on talent market trends, competitive compensation, and hiring strategy.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for high-impact and difficult-to-fill roles.
• Support workforce planning and leadership succession initiatives.
• Build proactive pipelines for future leadership and technical needs.

Candidate Experience

• Conduct candidate outreach, screening, and evaluation.
• Lead structured interview processes and provide clear hiring recommendations.
• Manage offer development, negotiation, and closing strategies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including leadership or executive-level hiring.
• Strong background recruiting within telecom, manufacturing, technology, or engineering-driven organizations.
• Demonstrated success executing complex searches for senior leadership and specialized technical roles.
• Proven ability to operate as a hands-on recruiter while influencing senior business leaders.
• Strong sourcing, market mapping, and candidate engagement capabilities.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
• 25% travel, or as needed.

What Success Looks Like

• Critical leadership roles filled quickly with high-caliber talent.
• Strong partnerships with executive leadership.
• Deep pipelines of specialized telecom and manufacturing talent across the U.S.
• A recruiting function known for speed, quality, and strategic impact.