Leadership & Strategy: Lead, coach, and inspire the Americas Talent Acquisition team to achieve hiring goals across multiple business units and functions.
Recruiter Alignment: Assign recruiters to requisitions based on business priorities, workload balance, and expertise. Provide ongoing guidance to recruiters on process execution, candidate management, and offer preparation.
Hiring Excellence: Partner with senior business and HR leaders to forecast workforce needs and design hiring strategies that deliver top talent in areas including product, technology, analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, and corporate operations.
Process & Compliance Oversight: Ensure recruiting processes are consistently applied and aligned with FICO standards. Maintain accurate requisition data, particularly around budgeting and headcount planning.
Technology Optimization: Leverage and optimize recruiting technologies, including Workday, LinkedIn, and other tools to improve efficiency, candidate experience, and data-driven decision-making.
Vendor & Contract Management: Oversee relationships with external recruiting partners, manage vendor contracts, and ensure effective usage and renewal of third-party recruiting support.
Employer Branding & Candidate Experience: Champion FICO’s employer value proposition to attract a broadly diverse, high-caliber talent audience. Ensure a seamless and engaging experience for candidates at every stage of the hiring journey. Ensure decisions closely align job requirements with candidate profiles while avoiding prohibited biases.
Operational Excellence: Establish recruiting metrics, reporting, and best practices to monitor effectiveness and continuously improve performance.
Collaboration & Influence: Build trusted partnerships with executive stakeholders, influencing talent decisions with market insights, competitive intelligence, and analytics.
Requirements
Technology Hiring Expertise: A proven track record of successfully hiring across domains such as software engineering, analytics, cyber security, cloud, and corporate operations.
People Leadership: Experience leading, scaling, and developing high-performing recruiting teams; skilled at fostering engagement, accountability, and growth.
Operational Rigor: Skilled in aligning recruiters to requisitions, ensuring accurate data and budgets, guiding offer processes, and managing recruiting vendors.
Strategic & Execution Balance: Ability to set vision, design strategy, and deliver results in a fast-paced, complex environment.
Process & Technology Orientation: Strong understanding of recruiting systems, processes, and data analytics. Hands-on experience with Workday or similar HRMS is highly preferred.
Executive Presence: Confidence in engaging with senior leadership, influencing decisions, and driving talent outcomes.
Business Acumen: Ability to connect talent acquisition strategies to organizational priorities and business outcomes.
Adaptability: Comfortable managing ambiguity, shifting priorities, and evolving business needs.
Benefits
An Inclusive Culture: Experience a work environment that embodies our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers, and Earn the Respect of Others.
Growth and Development: Leverage your unique strengths and enjoy opportunities to make a meaningful impact while participating in valuable learning experiences for professional growth.
Competitive Compensation and Benefits: Receive a highly competitive salary, benefits, and rewards program designed to recognize your contributions and encourage you to bring your best every day.
Work-Life Balance and Community: Enjoy an engaging, people-first environment that supports work-life balance, with employee resource groups and social events to foster connection and camaraderie.
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