Director, Talent Acquisition — Lead NA Recruiting Across Functions

Sony Pictures Entertainment; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Sony Pictures Entertainment is seeking a Director, Talent Acquisition to lead our North America professional recruiting team and partner with P&O leaders on hiring strategy across Corporate, Technology, Creative, Marketing, Distribution, Sales, and more.

This hands-on leadership role involves guiding an experienced team, managing executive searches, building proactive pipelines, and leveraging data and market insights to continuously improve hiring outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of Talent Acquisition experience with at least 5 years leading recruiting teams.
• Experience across multiple functions including technical recruiting and executive search.
• Proven ability to develop proactive sourcing strategies and build talent pipelines.
• Entertainment/meda/streaming or related industries experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead North America professional recruiting, overseeing strategy, team performance, resource allocation and delivery.
• Coach and develop a team of recruiters and coordinators, setting expectations and accountability.
• Partner with senior leaders to understand hiring needs and market conditions.
• Oversee executive hiring while managing a portfolio of searches.
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies and pipelines for Technology and leadership roles.
• Provide external talent-market insights and coach on sourcing and mapping.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and leverage tools and data.
• Use data to evaluate effectiveness and improve hiring outcomes.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Team leadership

Executive search

Strategic sourcing

Data-driven recruiting

Stakeholder management

Recruiting technology/tools

Entertainment industry experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Sony Pictures Entertainment is seeking a Director, Talent Acquisition to lead our North America professional recruiting team and partner with P&O leaders on hiring strategy across Corporate, Technology, Creative, Marketing, Distribution, Sales, and more.

This hands-on leadership role involves guiding an experienced team, managing executive searches, building proactive pipelines, and leveraging data and market insights to continuously improve hiring outcomes.