Global Head of Talent Acquisition

We are seeking a visionary and hands-on Head of Global Talent Acquisition to design, build, and scale our entire talent acquisition function from the ground up. Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, and as a player/coach this role is critical to our next phase of growth, requiring a leader who can define our global talent strategy, optimize our hiring process, and establish us as an employer of choice across all locations and technical domains.

 

This is position requires regular travel to all of our offices to ensure strategic alignment and support key hiring initiatives on the ground.

 

 

• Strategy & Leadership (Build & Scale)

• Function Creation: Own the design and implementation of the company’s entire global talent acquisition strategy, infrastructure, processes, and policies from a nascent stage.

• Global Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive global recruiting strategy that supports aggressive growth goals, focusing on hiring across both US and global locations, while maintaining compliance with local employment laws.

• Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a single direct report (Recruiter) and strategically plan for future team growth as the company scales.

• Budget & Metrics: Define and manage the global recruiting budget. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the efficiency, quality, and effectiveness of the hiring process, reporting regularly to the Leadership team.

• Operations & Process Excellence

• • ATS Optimization: Maximize the utilization and efficiency of our current ATS (Applicant Tracking System), ensuring data integrity, compliance, and an excellent candidate experience.

  • Process Improvement: Standardize global hiring processes, interview best practices, and offer negotiation strategies to ensure consistency, fairness, and speed across all departments and locations.

  • Hiring Manager Training: Educate and train all hiring managers to ensure local legal compliance, internal fairness and a great candidate experience across the company.

  • Contractor Management: Oversee the recruiting and transition process for key contractors, ensuring strategic alignment with our long-term talent strategy.

• Talent Sourcing & Employer Branding

• • Technical Focus: Lead the recruitment for high-priority, difficult-to-fill technical and leadership roles across engineering, product, and other core departments.

  • Global Sourcing: Identify and implement effective, scalable, and cost-efficient sourcing channels and techniques tailored to the diverse talent pools in the US, Tbilisi, and the remote market.

  • Employer Value Proposition (EVP): Partner with Marketing and HR to define and amplify our global Employer Brand and Employee Value Proposition (EVP), particularly highlighting the unique value of working for a global AI organization that has achieved unicorn success in the market by creating a highly appealing candidate experience.

• Collaboration & Compliance

• • Hiring Manager Partnership: Build strong, trust-based relationships with executive leaders and hiring managers globally, acting as a strategic consultant on workforce planning, talent gaps, and market intelligence.

  • Diversity & Inclusion: Champion and implement strategies to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion are embedded in every stage of the recruitment process.

  • Travel: Travel regularly to our US and Tbilisi, Georgia, offices to build relationships, conduct training, and lead critical in-person recruiting efforts.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition, with at least 3+ years in a senior leadership or management role, preferably at a high-growth tech company.

• Proven experience building and leading a recruiting function from scratch or significantly scaling a nascent function.

• Demonstrable experience recruiting successfully in both the United States and international markets; experience in Eastern Europe (e.g., Georgia) or similar emerging tech hubs is highly preferred.

• Deep expertise in leveraging and optimizing an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data and metrics to drive process improvements and s