Director of Talent Acquisition
Position Overview
This is not a traditional corporate recruiting leadership role. Sapphire is seeking a hands-on Talent Acquisition leader capable of helping build the organization during a period of significant scale-up and operational growth. The mandate includes building recruiting infrastructure, partnering closely with executive leadership, and leading hiring efforts across engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, quality, field service, and corporate functions. The environment is highly entrepreneurial and execution-oriented.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute a scalable talent acquisition strategy aligned with rapid company growth and operational expansion.
Build recruiting infrastructure, processes, reporting, and operational discipline capable of supporting accelerated hiring demand.
Partner with leadership to forecast talent needs tied to manufacturing scale-up, product commercialization, and organizational growth.
Lead recruiting efforts across engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, quality, field service, technical, and corporate functions.
Build proactive pipelines for specialized and hard-to-fill technical and operational roles.
Personally source, engage, assess, and help close key hires across multiple functions and levels.
Support production line build-outs, manufacturing expansion initiatives, and operational scaling efforts.
Drive operational discipline, execution cadence, and performance accountability across the organization.
Strengthen recruiting workflows, ATS utilization, reporting, and hiring process consistency.
Establish recruiting metrics and dashboards tied to time-to-fill, quality of hire, sourcing effectiveness, and hiring performance.
Ensure recruiting processes support strong candidate experience and hiring manager alignment.
Partner closely with executive leadership and hiring managers to align recruiting priorities with business objectives.
Provide market intelligence, talent mapping, compensation insights, and workforce planning support.
Help establish scalable hiring practices and organizational processes capable of supporting long-term growth.
Support development of employer branding and recruiting outreach strategies aligned with the company’s growth trajectory and technical environment.
Partner cross-functionally to improve visibility within engineering, manufacturing, and industrial technology talent markets.
Qualifications
10–15+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience within manufacturing, industrial technology, energy, infrastructure, aerospace, automotive-adjacent, or other technically complex environments.
Demonstrated success supporting organizational scale-up, manufacturing growth, or operational expansion during periods of rapid growth.
Strong experience recruiting technical, engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, and skilled-trades talent.
Experience supporting both strategic recruiting initiatives and hands-on full-cycle recruiting execution.
Prior experience building recruiting infrastructure, processes, reporting, or talent acquisition functions preferred.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Deep understanding of sourcing strategy, talent mapping, candidate engagement, assessment, and closing within competitive technical talent markets.
Experience with ATS platforms, recruiting analytics, recruiting workflows, and sourcing technologies.
Strong understanding of recruiting metrics, operational reporting, and workforce planning support.
Able to operate effectively across both high-volume hiring and specialized technical recruiting environments.
Hands-on, execution-oriented recruiting leader comfortable operating in fast-growing environments.
Strong communicator and business partner capable of building credibility with executive leadership and hiring managers.
Able to balance strategic talent planning with direct recruiting execution.
Resourceful, organized, and capable of building process and structure during periods of rapid growth.
Benefits
We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees. Eligible team members receive paid vacation, paid sick time, comprehensive health benefits, and participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with company match.