Director of Engineering Talent Acquisition (Hybrid)

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; Towson (MD); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401(k)

ESOP

PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition – Engineering to lead a high-performing team of recruiters focused on firmware, embedded systems, infrastructure, and technical leadership.

You’ll partner with VP/Directors of Engineering, HR, and Total Rewards to design scalable hiring strategies that maintain quality and diversity. This hybrid role requires 8–10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting with 5+ years in management, plus strong sourcing, analytics, and

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of full-cycle technical/engineering recruiting experience, including 5+ years in a people-management role-leading recruiter within the manufacturing industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters focused on engineering hiring, setting individual and team performance goals.
• Own headcount planning, workload distribution, and capacity/utilization across the team relative to open requisition volume.
• Build recruiter career pathing, onboarding, and ongoing skills development (technical sourcing, competency-based interviewing, negotiation).
• Foster a high-accountability, data-driven team culture.
• Serve as the primary TA partner to engineering leadership, translating org growth plans into hiring strategy and forecasts.
• Build trusted relationships with hiring managers to align on role scoping, leveling, competencies, and interview design.
• Advise engineering leaders on market compensation trends, talent availability, and competitive positioning.
• Design rapid-scale hiring playbooks (surge sourcing, accelerated interview loops, hiring events) to stand up new engineering teams or functions quickly without compromising quality bar.
• Develop geo-specific talent strategies for constrained or highly competitive labor markets, including remote/distributed hiring, relocation incentives, and alternative talent pools (bootcamps, military transition, upskilling programs).
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Skills

Leadership & coaching

Engineering recruiting

Team management

Stakeholder management

Hiring strategy

Workday

Tools

Workday ATS

Job description

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition – Engineering to lead a high-performing team of recruiters focused on firmware, embedded systems, infrastructure, and technical leadership.

You’ll partner with VP/Directors of Engineering, HR, and Total Rewards to design scalable hiring strategies that maintain quality and diversity. This hybrid role requires 8–10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting with 5+ years in management, plus strong sourcing, analytics, and