Talent Acquisition Leader: Strategy, Growth & Impact

Kinvie; United States, Northern America, Americas; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Versapay is seeking a Senior Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our talent acquisition function and partner with the executive team to drive growth. This role requires hands-on leadership, strategic thinking, and a data-driven approach to building scalable recruiting processes.

You will work closely with the CPO and executives to define standards, build pipelines for critical roles, and use AI and automation to improve efficiency and hiring quality.

Qualifications

• 10-12+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition or recruiting, including experience leading a talent acquisition team.
• Experience in high-growth technology, SaaS, fintech, or similarly dynamic environments.
• A demonstrated track record of building recruiting strategies, teams, processes, and programs that scale.
• Deep hands-on recruiting and candidate assessment expertise, including executive and critical- role hiring.
• A highly analytical, data-driven approach to talent decisions, with sound judgment and strong business orientation.
• A bias toward action, with the ability to move between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
• The ability to operate effectively in an environment where growth, efficiency, and accountability are equally important.
• Strong executive presence and proven credibility with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise talent acquisition strategy in partnership with the CPO and executive leadership team.
• Define consistent hiring standards, structured assessment practices, and quality-of-hire expectations across the company.
• Build hiring plans around the company's most critical capabilities and growth priorities.
• Identify hiring and capability gaps early and drive action to close them.
• Own quality of hire end-to-end, partnering with business leaders on critical and executive searches.
• Build strong pipelines for high-priority roles and ensure hiring managers make timely, well-informed decisions.
• Use data, technology, AI, and automation to improve recruiting efficiency, pipeline visibility, and decision quality.
• Lead, coach, and develop the recruiting team, setting clear priorities, capacity plans, performance expectations, and standards of work.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CPO, CEO, and executive leadership team on talent and organizational decisions.
• Translate talent data into clear business insights, risks, and recommendations.
• Deliver real-time market intelligence and compensation benchmarking to inform hiring decisions, workforce planning, and offer strategies.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Executive searches

Data-driven

Leadership

Strategic thinking

High-growth environments

Analytics

Credibility with senior leaders

Job description

Versapay is seeking a Senior Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our talent acquisition function and partner with the executive team to drive growth. This role requires hands-on leadership, strategic thinking, and a data-driven approach to building scalable recruiting processes.

You will work closely with the CPO and executives to define standards, build pipelines for critical roles, and use AI and automation to improve efficiency and hiring quality.