Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition

Job Type Full-time Description

About CloudBees

CloudBees enables enterprises to deliver scalable, compliant, and secure software, empowering developers to do their best work.

Seamlessly integrating into any hybrid and heterogeneous environment, CloudBees is more than a tool—it's a strategic partner in your cloud transformation journey, ensuring security, compliance, and operational efficiency while enhancing the developer experience across your entire software development lifecycle. It allows developers to bring and execute their code anywhere, providing greater flexibility and freedom through fast, self-serve, and secure workflows.

CloudBees supports organizations at every step of their DevSecOps journey, whether using Jenkins on-premise or transitioning software delivery to the cloud. We’re helping customers build the future, today.

About the role

The Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition will lead global talent acquisition sit on the HR Leadership Team and report to our Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO). You will be responsible for driving initiatives to attract, recruit, engage, and retain top talent across diverse geographies (Americas, EMEA and APAC) and functions (Product, G&A, Commercial, Marketing, and Leadership).

What You’ll Do

Build the culture of talent, hiring and high-performance by leading the Talent acquisition function with pride.

Lead Talent Acquisition Strategy for CloudBees: 

• Innovate and streamline the global hiring process to enhance efficiency and quality of hire.
• Collaborate closely with HRBPs and business leaders to refine and evolve function-specific recruitment strategies.

Team Management:

• Provide guidance and support to facilitate the professional growth and performance of the Talent Acquisition team.

Executive Recruitment:

• Collaborate with the Executive team and the CHRO to set the strategic direction for our executive recruitment endeavors.
• Oversee the recruitment lifecycle for leadership positions internally and with external search partners, when needed.

Market Intelligence:

• Keep abreast of product industry talent trends and market dynamics, offering strategic insights and market intelligence to senior leadership.

Vendor/Partnership Management:

• Work with HRBPs to pinpoint strategic college partnerships, recruitment events, tools, and job boards, optimizing recruitment efforts and enhancing diversity initiatives.
• Oversee external agency relationships as necessary, including contract negotiations and management.

Workforce Planning:

• Partner with the CHRO, HRBPs, CFO and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to accurately forecast hiring needs, aligning with business growth projections and strategic objectives.

Data Analytics and Reporting:

• Utilize data analytics to track recruitment metrics, identify trends, and measure the effectiveness of talent acquisition strategies.
• Prepare regular reports and presentations for senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.

Role Requirements

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree.
• 10 years of progressive related experience developing and executing operational strategies including the full life cycle global talent acquisition process (i.e., hiring plans and forecasting, recruiting, on-boarding, compensation, performance measurement, development, etc.).
• 4 years of people leadership experience in building, managing and/or developing high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated ability to be an influential subject matter expert in executive recruitment working with all organizational levels to influence talent attraction and acquisition outcomes, assess enterprise-wide needs and appropriately execute TA strategies to achieve business objectives.
• Prior experience establishing talent market strategy for organizational trends, competitive intelligence, and benchmark industry practices.

We’re invested in you!

We offer generous paid time off to allow our employees time to rest, recharge and to be present with family and friends throughout the year. At CloudBees, we truly believe that the more diverse we are, the better we serve our customers. A global community like Jenkins demands a global focus from CloudBees. Organizations with greater diversity—gender, racial, ethnic, and global—are stronger partners to their customers.

Whether by creating more innovative products, or better understanding our worldwide customers, or establishing a stronger cross-section of cultural leadership skills, diversity strengthens all aspects of the CloudBees organization. In the technology indu