Global Talent Acquisition & Programs Director

Axon; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k with emplo

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave for all

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Fitness Programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Learning & Development programs

Job summary

Axon is seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our global recruiting function, partnering with R&D, Product, Data, Security and IT to scale technical hiring with speed and rigor. You’ll own end-to-end TA outcomes, shape strategy, and develop top-tier professionals while delivering measurable impact in a fast-growing environment.

You’ll drive inclusive processes, executive-level reporting, and an operating rhythm that aligns with business needs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of broad TA and/or HR experience including talent management and performance management.
• Recent experience recruiting in multiple discipline areas and levels, including leadership positions.
• Proven recruiting leader with meaningful people leadership experience
• Demonstrated success leading technical hiring, including influencing senior leaders
• Strong delivery orientation with a track record of getting hiring done in fast changing environments
• Executive presence
• Highly data fluent, you use funnel metrics and market data to drive decisions and improvements
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make decisions with incomplete information, and keep teams moving
• Known for simplifying messy systems, removing barriers, and building elegant operating rhythms
• Experience leading recruiting across multiple regions and cultures, working effectively across time zones
• Experience scaling teams in high growth environments
• Experience modernizing TA through automation, talent intelligence, and process redesign
• Strong executive presence with a reputation for truth telling and solutions

Responsibilities

• Own global R&D Talent Acquisition outcomes with full autonomy, set direction, align executives, and deliver
• Operate as an enterprise leader who anticipates issues early, makes decisions fast, and drives closure in ambiguity
• Translate business strategy into clear hiring plans, priorities, and capacity models that consistently land
• Establish and run an executive operating rhythm that leaders rely on for pipeline health, forecast accuracy, and tradeoff decisions
• Hold hiring leaders accountable to standards for role clarity, assessment quality, interview discipline, and timely decisions
• Build and scale a high performing recruiting organization through strong leader development, clear expectations, and performance management
• Help own and drive the Axon global recruiting system end to end and continuously improve speed, quality, and candidate experience so all P&L’s and recruiting team’s are successful, not just R&D
• Use funnel analytics and market intelligence to remove bottlenecks, increase predictability, and improve offer outcomes
• Drive ATS discipline, data hygiene, and automation so the function runs clean and scales
• Partner deeply with technical and product leaders to design job relevant assessments and structured interview plans
• Build durable sourcing and talent intelligence strategies for hard to hire technical markets
• Deliver crisp executive reporting that ties insights to decisions, actions, and measurable results

Skills

TA/HR leadership

Executive presence

Technical hiring

Data-driven decisions

Global recruiting

Stakeholder management

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in human resources or related field

Job description

Axon is seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our global recruiting function, partnering with R&D, Product, Data, Security and IT to scale technical hiring with speed and rigor. You’ll own end-to-end TA outcomes, shape strategy, and develop top-tier professionals while delivering measurable impact in a fast-growing environment.

You’ll drive inclusive processes, executive-level reporting, and an operating rhythm that aligns with business needs.