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CoLabSenior Director, Talent Acquisition
CoLab is looking for a Senior Director, Talent Acquisition to lead its recruitment strategy, build foundational hiring systems, and act as a strategic advisor to executives…
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CoLab is looking for a Senior Director, Talent Acquisition to lead its recruitment strategy, build foundational hiring systems, and act as a strategic advisor to executives and hiring managers. Operating remotely, this role involves managing the talent acquisition team, setting workforce plans, establishing structured evaluation processes, and overseeing recruitment technology and agency budgets. The employer provides an AI platform designed to help engineering teams streamline design reviews and catch issues…
Job Description
CoLab is looking for a Senior Director, Talent Acquisition to lead its recruitment strategy, build foundational hiring systems, and act as a strategic advisor to executives and hiring managers. Operating remotely, this role involves managing the talent acquisition team, setting workforce plans, establishing structured evaluation processes, and overseeing recruitment technology and agency budgets. The employer provides an AI platform designed to help engineering teams streamline design reviews and catch issues early, serving notable clients such as Ford, Komatsu, and Johnson Controls.
This position suits a data-fluent talent leader with deep experience scaling recruitment functions in high-growth B2B technology environments. The ideal candidate combines strategic executive presence with a hands-on approach to closing critical searches, establishing evaluation scorecards, and shaping employer branding for technical, go-to-market, and leadership roles.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute the multi-year talent acquisition strategy and hiring plan aligned with company growth objectives
- Lead, mentor, and expand the talent acquisition team while managing agency partnerships, executive search vendors, and budgets
- Advise executives and hiring managers on market conditions, compensation positioning, and hiring priorities using data-driven insights
- Develop structured assessment processes incorporating scorecards, structured interviews, and work samples based on internal hiring criteria
- Manage the recruitment tech stack, including applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools, and AI-assisted workflows
- Create repeatable playbooks for executive, technical, and go-to-market hiring pipelines
- Track and report on key recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill, pass-through rates, offer acceptance, diversity, and cost per hire
- Shape candidate experience and employer branding for senior and passive talent markets
- Direct cross-border hiring strategies across Canada and the United States
- Directly support and close critical searches, particularly during the early phases of building the function
Requirements
- Ten to twelve or more years of overall recruiting experience
- At least five years leading talent acquisition teams
- Minimum of three years operating at the Director level or higher
- Demonstrated experience scaling recruitment within a high-growth B2B technology company, ideally Series D through F
- Proven track record of hiring across technical, go-to-market, and executive positions
- Strong operational background in building recruitment processes, metrics, and tooling
- Experience managing recruitment budgets, third-party agency partners, and compensation strategies
- Data fluency with metrics utilized for decision-making
- Executive presence and business acumen capable of advising C-suite executives and vice presidents
- Experience navigating complex offers including equity and multi-stakeholder negotiations
- Background in recruiting for industrial software, PLM, CAD/CAE, manufacturing technology, or deep-tech hardware
- Experience handling international and cross-border hiring considerations
Qualifications
- Experience building or rebuilding a talent acquisition function from an early stage
- Prior international hiring experience
- Background recruiting for industrial, engineering software, or hardware-adjacent companies
- Hands-on familiarity with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI-driven sourcing tools
- Experience leading remote or distributed teams
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