VP, Talent Acquisition & Enablement

NCL Bahamas Ltd.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

NCL Bahamas Ltd. is seeking a Senior VP, Talent Acquisition & Enablement to lead the end-to-end recruitment function across its global brands.

You will evolve the operating model, technology stack, and employer brand to scale talent attraction during a company turnaround. You will own external search spend, governance, and the development of a scalable recruitment technology roadmap while partnering with CHRO, ELT, and business leaders to build pipelines and improve time-to-fill and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition leadership experience, including enterprise or multi-brand scale.
• Experience consolidating recruiting functions, vendor ecosystems, or technology stacks in a matrixed org.
• Proven ability to manage external search/agency spend and drive cost reductions.
• Experience building or scaling recruitment technology (ATS/CRM, AI-enabled sourcing).
• Strong executive presence and ability to partner with CHRO, ELT, and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise recruitment strategy and execution across global brands and talent segments.
• Set hiring standards and SLAs across brands to ensure a consistent candidate experience.
• Translate workforce plans into proactive hiring pipelines across geographies.
• Audit and optimize end-to-end recruitment processes to reduce time-to-fill.
• Establish scalable recruiting practices, tools, and vendor governance.
• Define recruitment metrics and reporting cadence to drive improvements.
• Own external search and staffing agency portfolio and optimize spend.
• Build preferred-vendor strategies for hard-to-fill roles; govern external spend.
• Develop a technology roadmap for scalable recruitment (ATS/CRM, AI tools).
• Ensure recruitment systems integrate with Workday and HR ecosystem.
• Pilot emerging talent tech to increase recruiter capacity.
• Build and steward employer brand across markets; lead external partnerships.
• Coach and lead a high-performing TA team across geographies.
• Model company values and adapt leadership through change.

Skills

Talent acquisition leadership

Vendor governance

Recruitment technology

Executive partnership

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Workday

AI sourcing tools

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

NCLH is in the midst of a company-wide turnaround, and the strength of our talent pipeline is a direct lever on that outcome. The VP, Talent Acquisition & Enablement owns the end-to-end recruitment function across NCLH’s global workforce and brands, advancing a scalable, enterprise-wide talent acquisition model that supports a diverse range of professional and operational talent needs. This role is both an operator and an architect: leading day-to-day hiring execution while evolving the operating model, technology stack, vendor ecosystem, and employer brand that will carry NCLH's talent attraction strategy forward. The VP will own external search and staffing agency spend, strengthen governance and cost discipline, and build the forward-looking, technology-enabled recruitment capability the business needs to scale efficiently as the turnaround progresses.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Enterprise Talent Acquisition Leadership Own enterprise recruitment strategy and execution across NCLH’s global workforce, supporting a broad range of corporate, professional, technical, and operational talent segments across brands and geographies.

Set hiring standards and service-level expectations across all NCLH brands (NCL, Luxe, Shared Services), ensuring consistent candidate experience and quality-of-hire benchmarks.

Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to translate workforce plans into proactive, forward-looking hiring pipelines rather than reactive requisition fulfillment.

Process Optimization & Governance Audit and re-engineer end-to-end recruitment processes (requisition intake, sourcing, screening, offer, onboarding handoff) to remove redundancy and reduce time-to-fill.

Establish consistent, scalable recruiting practices, tools, and vendor governance across brands and talent segments within an enterprise operating model.

Establish standard recruitment metrics and a reporting cadence (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness, offer-acceptance, diversity of slate) to drive continuous improvement.

Vendor & External Spend Management Own the full external search and staffing agency portfolio, optimizing vendor relationships and renegotiating terms to reduce reliance on contingent search fees.

Build a preferred-vendor and tiered-sourcing strategy that reserves external search spend for genuinely hard-to-fill or executive-level roles.

Establish governance and approval controls for external recruitment spend in partnership with Total Rewards and Finance.

Recruitment Technology & Scalability Define and execute a forward-thinking recruitment technology roadmap (ATS, CRM, sourcing/AI-assisted screening tools, and specialized workforce platforms) that is scalable to changing hiring volumes and the complexity of a global workforce.

Partner with the HR Technology, Transformation & Insights COE to ensure recruitment systems integrate cleanly with the broader Workday and HR technology ecosystem.

Evaluate and pilot emerging talent technology (AI sourcing, skills-based matching, automated scheduling) to increase recruiter capacity without adding headcount.

Employer Brand & Talent Attraction Build and steward NCLH's employer brand narrative, positioning the company competitively across professional, technical, and operational talent markets globally.

Lead employer branding initiatives (careers site, social/digital presence, campus and strategic talent partnerships) that support turnaround-era talent attraction goals.

Represent NCLH's talent brand externally, including strategic industry and talent partnerships addressing critical workforce supply needs.

Team Leadership Build, coach, and lead a high-performing talent acquisition team spanning multiple talent segments, geographies, and sourcing specialties.

Model the company's core behaviors (collaboration, urgency, accountability, ownership, adaptability) in leading the function through change.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition leadership experience, including at least 5 years leading TA at an enterprise or multi-brand scale. Demonstrated experience consolidating fragmented recruiting functions, vendor ecosystems, or technology stacks in a matrixed organization. Track record of managing significant external search/agency spend and driving measurable cost reduction. Experience building or scaling recruitment technology (ATS/CRM implementations, AI-enabled sourcing tools). Strong executive presence and ability to partner directly with CHRO, ELT, and business unit leaders.

Preferred: Experience leading talent acquisition for complex, multi-segment workforces, including corporate/professional and/or high-volume operational populations. Hospitality, travel, cruise, maritime, airline, or other complex, high-volume industry experience. Familiarity with global/expatriate hiring considerations and international workforce mobility. Experience operating within a company undergoing a public turnaround or transformation.

SUCCESS MEASURES

Reduction in time-to-fill and cost-per-hire across enterprise requisitions and key talent segments. Measurable reduction in external search/agency spend as a percentage of total hires. Improved governance, efficiency, and standardization across recruitment vendors and technology platforms. Improved quality-of-hire and retention metrics for roles filled during the turnaround period. Strengthened employer brand metrics (applicant volume/quality, offer-acceptance rate, candidate NPS).

ABOUT NCLH

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) is a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line®, Oceania Cruises® and Regent Seven Seas Cruises® brands. The combined brands currently operate 32 ships, employ over 35,000 shipboard crew from more than 110 different countries and visit approximately 700 different port destination each year.

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We’re thrilled you’re here to explore career opportunities with our team. If you're driven and enjoy thriving in an environment that values People Excellence, you’re in the right place! We’re incredibly proud of our team and the meaningful work we do every day. Our culture is built on Innovation, Collaboration, Transparency and Passion; our key Value Anchors that continue to drive our success and shape our future. We’re excited to learn more about your background and experiences, and to see where this journey might take us together.

Our team is committed to People Excellence and we make it our business to ensure that we recruit the best and the brightest talent to be a part of our growing company. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and collaborate with our team in driving innovation, guest experiences and operational excellence, then NCLH is the place for you!

MORE ABOUT NCLH

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) is a leading global cruise company that operates Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. With a combined fleet of 34 ships and itineraries to approximately 700 destinations worldwide, NCLH has exciting plans to expand our business in the years ahead. We expect to add 13 additional ships across the three brands through 2036. To learn more about our brands, please visit: https://www.nclhltd.com/brands Norwegian Cruise Line https://youtu.be/_xCrwYz_7e8 Oceania Cruises https://youtu.be/E_aptk9QNvE Regent Seven Seas Cruises https://youtu.be/irx8sLBX0Sc