Jobs · Human Resources · Illinois

Talent Acquisition Director

Pretium Packaging · Aurora, IL · 1 mo ago
Human ResourcesFull-time

About the role

Grow Boldly with Pretium and Build the Leadership Teams That Drive Our Future! Exceptional people build exceptional companies. We're looking for a strategic, innovative, hands-on, and results-driven Director of Talent Acquisition to lead enterprise-wide recruiting efforts and help shape the future of our organization.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy aligned with the company's growth objectives.

  • Partner closely with the Executive Leadership Team to anticipate workforce needs and build long-term talent pipelines.

  • Align hiring strategies with succession planning, organizational design, and business priorities.

  • Provide market intelligence, workforce insights, and recruiting analytics to support executive decision-making.

  • Lead and oversee executive-level recruiting efforts, including Vice President, Senior Vice President, and C-suite searches.

  • Deliver exceptional candidate experiences through highly professional, confidential, and consultative search processes.

  • Partner with business leaders and HR teams to manage complex compensation discussions, negotiations, and offer strategies.

  • Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within leadership hiring and succession planning efforts.

  • Establish scalable recruiting processes, tools, and systems that enhance efficiency and hiring outcomes.

  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing time-to-fill, improving quality-of-hire, and elevating the candidate experience.

  • Leverage workforce analytics and talent intelligence to identify trends, competitive hiring opportunities, and future workforce needs.

  • Lead implementation and optimization of recruiting technologies, ATS platforms, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.

  • Build, coach, and develop a high-performing talent acquisition team.

  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

  • Create career development opportunities and succession plans for recruiting team members.

  • Establish performance metrics and best practices that drive recruiting excellence across the organization.

  • Strengthen the company's employer brand through strategic outreach, networking, industry partnerships, and executive visibility.

  • Develop initiatives that position the organization as an employer of choice within competitive talent markets.

  • Lead onboarding feedback and new-hire engagement programs to improve retention and accelerate leadership success.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field.

  • 10+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.

  • Proven success leading executive and senior-level recruiting initiatives across multiple business units, functions, or geographic regions.

  • Experience developing and executing large-scale recruiting strategies in complex organizations.

  • Strong expertise in workforce planning, executive search, talent strategy, and succession planning.

  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and build trusted executive relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Marketing, or a related discipline.

  • Experience supporting organizations with significant annual hiring volume.

  • Advanced experience with HRIS and ATS platforms such as Workday, SuccessFactors, Jobvite, or similar systems.

  • Background leading employer branding and talent marketing initiatives.

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