US Talent Acquisition Team Lead · Regional Talent Acquisition Americas

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:08:08 GMT
HR

Regional Talent Acquisition Americas · Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America · $120,396.80 - $180,595.20 USD Annual · onsite

Lead a high-performing team of Talent Acquisition (TAq) Partners across a US hub or site, reporting to the Head of Americas TAq Partnering. Take ownership for developing the team through coaching, ensuring they operate as trusted recruiting business partners and advisors.

Oversee resource and capacity planning to deliver the hiring demand forecast across all talent and skill segments, collaborating closely with HRBPs, Global TAq Leads, TAq COEs and the International Experience team.

Drive consistent, high-quality hiring outcomes that balance speed, quality and cost, while elevating the experience for candidates and hiring managers.

Act as a key global point of contact for a business area, leading projects, embedding new technologies and processes, and using data and market insights to shape strategy and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading, coaching and performance-developing a team of TAq Partners, building their capability as Talent Advisors and ensuring regular one-to-ones, feedback, and career development support.

Partnering with the Americas Lead to plan and deliver meetings, training, communications, and engagement activities that keep the team aligned and motivated.

Ensuring the team delivers end-to-end recruitment in line with global standards, creating a level playing field for all candidates and embedding consistent assessment approaches.

Acting as aligned point of contact for designated business areas, Global TAq Leads, HRBPs and senior leaders, translating demand plans into actionable hiring strategies.

Championing the use of AI-driven tools and digital platforms, adopting and embedding new technologies to improve speed, equity, and experience across the hiring lifecycle.

Leading or delegating local and global projects that enhance talent attraction, assessment, candidate experience and hiring manager satisfaction.

Using data, dashboards, and market intelligence (including Power BI) to inform recruitment strategies, identify improvement opportunities, and provide insight-led consulting to stakeholders.

Ensuring recruitment services comply with global recruitment standards, local policies, and country-specific regulations.

Driving proactive talent engagement by overseeing sourcing strategies in partnership with Attraction, Sourcing and Assessment COEs, including referrals, networks, events, and external advertising.

Supporting conference and external event strategies in country to build talent pipelines across key segments.

Building deep understanding of supported business areas, markets, and talent segments to inform credible conversations with leaders and prospective candidates.

Developing team capability in offer negotiation and total reward understanding, working with International Experiences and Reward COEs on mobility, immigration, and market benchmarking.

Leading early talent recruitment activities within the market, including conference strategies and support on challenges.

Providing thought leadership on talent, skills, and talent acquisition to HR colleagues, hiring managers and business leaders.

Acting as an escalation point for HRBPs, Global TAq Leads and business leaders on complex hiring or process issues.

Supporting vendor management by ensuring third-party providers meet procurement and policy standards and by recommending partners that best meet business needs.

Essential skills and experience include:

Bachelor's degree and 7 years of relevant experience.

Expertise in driving full life cycle recruitment solutions cross-functionally, including talent attraction, assessment, and offer.

People management and development experience.

Collaborative mindset with ability to utilise network to quickly identify solutions.

Strategic thinker with ability to translate people and talent strategy into actionable attraction, sourcing, and hiring plans.

Impactful communicator with strong stakeholder management and influencing abilities.

Data-driven with ability to use insights to shape strategies and drive continuous improvement/efficiency.

Confident navigating Power BI and dashboards.

Digitally savvy, curious, and enthusiastic about leveraging transformative technologies.

Demonstrated business acumen.

Ability to work in agile and fast-paced environment.

Desirable skills and experience include:

Methodical prioritisation with strong project management expertise.

Proven consulting capabilities, particularly in global, complex environments.

Experience of generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT), Textio, and candidate engagement platforms.

Experience of hiring globally and supporting global mobility.

Understanding of local employment regulations.