Cargill

Director, Talent Acquisition – Digital Technology, Data

Cargill

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Wayzata • Minnesota • United States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead a geographically dispersed TA team with global hiring scope, shaping the vision, structure, and rhythms that enable consistent, scalable delivery across regions and functions
  • Define and execute a multiyear talent strategy aligned to business priorities and hiring plans; balance speed, quality, diversity, and cost to meet ambitious growth targets.
  • Transform TA capabilities and ways of working—modernize processes, tools, and skills; pilot and scale creative recruiting approaches (e.g., proactive sourcing, recruitment marketing, employer brand, assessments) with continuous improvement.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and HR leaders, translating business needs into practical recruiting plans; influence workforce plans, discuss tradeoffs using market intelligence, and lead decisively in high ambiguity environments.
  • Drive program delivery and operational excellence across sourcing, assessment, and offer processes; establish SLAs and KPIs using data and metrics to identify risks/opportunities, and course correct to improve cycle time, quality, and hiring outcomes.
  • Provide indirect leadership for Early Careers/University and Executive hiring, ensuring standards, coordination, and successful outcomes while maintaining alignment with the broader DT&D talent strategy.
  • Build and sustain strategic pipelines in priority market for critical roles, guiding targeted sourcing strategies and elevating the employer brand and candidate experience.
  • Optimize the vendor and channel ecosystem—lead governance (QBRs, KPIs), manage budget and contracts, and maximize cost, quality, and speed across external partners and platforms.
  • Ensure compliance and risk management globally, aligning policies and practices with local laws and company standards in partnership with Legal, Total Rewards, and HR operations.
  • Develop leaders and recruiters, forecasting resources, hiring, coaching, and upskilling; foster an inclusive, high performance culture of clarity, accountability, feedback, and growth.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience leading a talent acquisition team, including performance management, coaching, and developing recruiters.
  • Extensive background in technology recruiting, with hands-on experience attracting engineering, digital, data, and technical product talent.
  • Proven ability to build, implement, and execute a talent acquisition strategy, including pipeline development, sourcing channels, and scalable recruiting processes.
  • Strong proficiency with recruiting technologies, including ATS, CRM, sourcing tools, and digital talent acquisition platforms.
  • Minimum 6 years of relevant experience; typically reflects 10+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including direct leadership of recruiting teams and technology hiring.
  • 5+ years recruiting in high-performing technology or digital environments, with experience supporting senior-level or niche technical roles.
  • 3+ years of leadership experience building and leading high-performing, global or multilocation recruiting teams.
  • Experience designing or transforming TA operating models, processes, or tools to support scaling technical hiring.
  • Strong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, including experience working with senior technology and business leaders.
  • Experience supporting rapid growth, workforce transformation, or large-scale tech hiring initiatives.
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with experience embedding inclusive recruiting practices into sourcing, assessment, and selection.
  • Deep experience using data and market intelligence to shape strategy, drive KPIs/metrics, diagnose risks, and tell a clear story to executive stakeholders.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly dynamic, and ambiguous environment, adapting strategy as priorities evolve.
Benefits
  • medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
talent acquisition strategypipeline developmentsourcing channelsrecruiting processesperformance managementcoachingtechnology recruitingdata analysisrisk managementcompliance
Soft Skills
communicationinfluencingrelationship-buildingleadershipcoachingadaptabilitystrategic thinkingproblem-solvingteam buildingcultural awareness