Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition
- Location
- Foster City, CA
- Listed
- 31 days ago
In this role, you will
- Strategic Talent Architecture & Vision: Create and execute Zoox's end-to-end talent strategy, both proactive and reactive external recruiting, encompassing company-wide hiring, which includes the university program, internal mobility initiatives, core industry, and executive recruiting.
- Team Development & Leadership: Lead a high-performing cross-functional recruiting organization of at least 50+, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability through dedicated mentorship, coaching, and a focus on continuous operational improvement
- Operational Scaling & Excellence: Engineer scalable talent processes, from initial sourcing to offer delivery, ensuring seamless, consistent candidate experience across all organizational levels and recruitment stages
- Talent Intelligence & Data Storytelling: Establish a data-driven recruitment culture by architecting organization-wide reporting frameworks; translate complex talent metrics into high-impact narratives that empower executive leadership to optimize workforce planning and sourcing strategies
- Technology Enablement & Innovation: Partner with the Manager of HR Technology to architect and evolve a scalable talent ecosystem and leverage AI as a strategic lever, driving enterprise-wide streamline and shifting organization's capacity toward high-impact human judgment and relationship-building.
- Strategic Partnership & Executive Influence: Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the CEO, C-suite, and other senior business leaders, influencing talent-related decisions by aligning acquisition strategies with long-term workforce planning and business objectives.
- Organizational Leadership: Act as core partner on the People Experience (PEx) leadership team, contributing to the development and execution of a comprehensive, company-wide PEx strategy.
Qualifications
- Team Leadership: 15+ years of TA leadership experience, including 3+ years at the Senior Director level leading organizations of 50+; proven expertise in a 'leader of leaders' model
- Strategic Execution: Extensive experience developing and executing end-to-end talent strategies for top talent built on proven technical experience recruiting in a complex, high-growth technology company (Autonomous Systems, AI/ML, Software & Hardware).
- Change & Operational Leadership: Data-driven decision-maker with track record designing and implementing talent ecosystems (e.g. KPIs, scorecards, and metrics) to optimize TA effectiveness; preferred experience of pioneering use of AI as a strategic lever.
- Executive Presence & Influencing: Exceptional executive presence, with strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and present to C-level executives.
- Collaboration: Track record of building deep, trusted cross-functional relationships across all functional areas to drive a unified PEx strategy.
- Problem Solving: Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and fast-paced environments, excelling at thinking critically to solve complex organizational bottlenecks and taking decisive action in a high-stakes, evolving industry.
- Functional Expertise: Strong familiarity with the external technology talent market, with a deep understanding of emerging trends in talent acquisition and workforce planning (eg. VNDLY, Lever, Workday, ServiceNow, and other industry-leading software platforms.)
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
About Zoox
At Zoox, we are seeking a Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition to architect our global scaling strategy and lead a high-performing team of 50+ across early career, internal mobility, core industry, and executive recruiting. As a key member of the People Experience (PEx) leadership team, you will shape and own the end-to-end talent acquisition lifecycle, ensuring our recruiting engine is scalable and built for Zoox’s growth. You will leverage visionary leadership and innovative technology to keep our talent strategy as cutting-edge as the autonomous technology we build.
From Zoox's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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