Director, Talent Attraction

Leadout Capital; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadout Capital is seeking a Director of Talent Attraction (AMER) in Toronto to lead the strategy and execution of how we source, engage, and attract top talent across the organization. You will own employer branding, sourcing strategy, and talent pipelining programs, partnering with talent delivery and business leaders to build a high-quality pipeline.

You will lead a high-performing AMER sourcing team, define operating models, and drive AI-enabled transformation to meet current and future

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years in talent acquisition or recruitment, with 3–5+ years in people leadership.
• Proven track record building and scaling talent attraction strategies in high-growth environments.
• Strong knowledge of employer branding, talent marketing, and sourcing technology, including AI tools.
• Data-driven mindset with ability to forecast and report to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and ability to lead AI-enabled sourcing transformation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication with executives.
• Proven ability to build cross-functional partnerships to achieve results.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end talent attraction strategy to accelerate top-of-funnel pipeline.
• Grow and lead Recruiting Managers, sourcers, and talent brand specialists; set goals and coach.
• Forecast hiring needs and deliver against quarterly/annual targets with proactive pipelines.
• Use data to forecast trends, benchmark sourcing channels, and manage team capacity.
• Deliver pipeline and source-of-hire reporting for senior leadership.
• Champion AI adoption in sourcing and measure impact on productivity and quality.
• Foster team engagement and continuous improvement in recruitment practices.
• Partner with senior leadership on global sourcing initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Talent attraction

Data analysis

AI fluency

Employer branding

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS/CRM platforms

AI sourcing tools

Job description

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About the Role

We're looking for a Director, Talent Attraction (AMER) to lead the strategy and execution of how we source, engage, and attract top talent across the organization. This leader owns employer branding, sourcing strategy, and talent pipelining programs — partnering closely with talent delivery, employee brand marketing, and business leaders to build a high-quality pipeline that meets current and future hiring needs. The role also plays a key part in scaling our AMER sourcing model, including leading a high-performing AMER sourcing/recruiting organization, defining how the team operates and iterates as we understand the business's immediate and future talent needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own end-to-end talent attraction strategy—utilizing competitive intel, market research, targeted sourcing, and activations to accelerate top-of-funnel pipeline.
• Lead and grow a team of Recruiting Managers, sourcers/Talent Attraction Partners, and talent brand specialists — setting goals, driving accountability, and coaching for performance.
• Partner with Talent Delivery leadership and cross-functional recruiting teams to forecast hiring needs and deliver against quarterly/annual hiring targets, including proactive pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Use data and market intelligence to identify talent trends, competitive benchmarking, sourcing channel effectiveness, and to forecast and manage team capacity against shifting headcount demand.
• Deliver and analyze reporting on pipeline health, funnel metrics, time-to-fill, and source-of-hire, driving transparency for senior leadership.
• Champion AI fluency across the organization—identifying opportunities to leverage AI and agents within sourcing, driving adoption and experimentation, and measuring impact on productivity, quality, and pipeline outcomes.Champion AI fluency across the organization—identifying opportunities to leverage AI and agents within sourcing, driving adoption and experimentation, and measuring impact on productivity, quality, and pipeline outcomes.
• Build a strong sense of team unity and engagement, developing recruiter capability (business acumen, partnering, and influencing skills) and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and self-learning.
• Continuously test and implement new sourcing techniques, tools, and approaches — including emerging technologies like AI and agents — to drive collective team success.
• Partner with senior recruiting leadership on global sourcing and recruiting initiatives and programs.

Requirements

• 8-10+ years of experience in talent acquisition, sourcing, or recruitment, including 3-5+ years in a people-leadership role (experience leading people managers preferred).
• Proven track record building and scaling talent attraction/sourcing strategies in a high-growth or enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of employer branding, talent marketing, and sourcing technology (LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS/CRM platforms, etc.), including emerging AI/agent-based sourcing tools.
• Data-driven mindset with demonstrated ability to analyze and leverage data to forecast, report to senior leaders, and drive effective recruiting strategy.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and curiosity, with experience applying AI to sourcing workflows, productivity, talent intelligence, or candidate engagement and the ability to lead teams through AI-enabled transformation.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills; comfortable partnering with senior executives across functions.
• Demonstrated success building strong internal partnerships to gain support and achieve cross-functional results.