Talent Attraction Director

Salesforce; Toronto; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Care

Life Insurance

Retirement Savings

Employee Assistance Programs

13 paid days off per year

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Director of Talent Attraction (AMER) to lead how we source, engage, and attract top talent across the organization. You will own employer branding, sourcing strategy, and talent pipelines, partnering with Talent Delivery, Employee Brand Marketing, and business leaders to build a high-quality pipeline.

You will scale the AMER sourcing model, lead Recruiting Managers and sourcers, forecast hiring needs, and drive data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in talent acquisition or recruitment
• 3-5+ years in a people-leadership role
• Proven track record building and scaling talent strategies
• Data-driven with ability to forecast and report to senior leaders
• AI fluency and applying AI to sourcing workflows
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication
• Strong internal partnerships across functions

Responsibilities

• Lead talent attraction strategy across the organization
• Own employer branding, sourcing strategy, and talent pipelines
• Scale AMER sourcing model and lead the AMER team
• Develop end-to-end talent attraction strategy using market research and activations
• Lead Recruiting Managers and sourcers, coaching for performance
• Forecast hiring needs with cross-functional teams and deliver targets
• Use data/market intelligence to forecast trends and headcount
• Deliver reporting on pipeline health and time-to-fill
• Champion AI fluency and adoption across sourcing
• Build team unity and continuous improvement culture
• Test new sourcing techniques and tools
• Partner with senior recruiting leadership on global initiatives

Skills

People leadership

Talent acquisition

Employer branding

Sourcing technology

Data analytics

AI fluency

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS/CRM platforms

AI sourcing tools

Job description

Who you are

• 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

What the job involves

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Medical Care
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings
• Employee Assistance Programs
• With 9 standard holidays and four floating holidays, you get a total 13 paid days off each year