GeneDx

Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

GeneDx

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $230,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own the enterprise Talent Acquisition strategy aligned to growth plans; translate business priorities into workforce and hiring strategy across functions and levels.
  • Elevate TA into a strategic, metrics-driven business partner by strengthening stakeholder operating rhythms (intake, calibration, scorecards, decisioning), building trusted relationships, and using dashboards/KPIs to diagnose bottlenecks and drive continuous improvement.
  • Lead, coach, and scale a high-performing TA team and operating model —set standards and quality bars, clarify roles, and rebalance capacity away from low-value work toward proactive sourcing, candidate engagement, and high-signal assessment.
  • Architect and operationalize the Talent technology ecosystem (ATS/CRM, automation, analytics, assessments, sourcing tools), including enterprise change management, enablement, documentation, and governance to ensure scalable, consistent, auditable execution and measurable adoption/ROI.
  • Personally lead critical senior and executive searches (SVP → C-suite) using advanced sourcing, networking, assessment, and outreach/closing playbooks.
  • Build proactive external partnerships and pipeline programs that expand candidate reach and quality (e.g., hackathons, diversity-in-tech initiatives, universities/bootcamps, internships/fellowships for genetic counselors, professional associations, and community ecosystems).
  • Own employer brand and the end-to-end hiring experience by bringing the GeneDx story to life across touchpoints (outreach through offer/onboarding handoffs) and improving candidate and hiring manager experience/NPS while maintaining speed and rigor.
  • Lead cross-functional hiring effectiveness initiatives to remove blockers, streamline decision-making, shorten cycle time, and protect candidate experience.
  • Own vendor strategy and procurement outcomes across Talent tech and assessment partners; negotiate, rationalize spend, and ensure adoption and ROI.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of Talent Acquisition/People Ops experience with at least 5-10 years leading teams and Talent transformations.
  • Proven track record in architecting and delivering major Talent Technology transformations, including adoption governance, analytics, and measurable productivity gains.
  • Strong capability in TA operating model design (roles/capacity, intake, funnels, assessment, governance, workforce planning partnership).
  • Hands-on experience leading executive searches (SVP → C-suite) with creative sourcing and high-touch processes such as modern sourcing stacks (Boolean + AI sourcing tools, candidate rediscovery, talent communities).
  • Exceptional project management skills — deliver complex, cross-functional projects on time and with impact.
  • Deep strength in root-cause problem solving and operational simplification.
  • Metrics-first mindset: comfortable building and using dashboards, running experiments, and driving decisions from data.
  • Change management experience: You can design adoption plans, training, and governance that create lasting behavior change.
  • Highly organized, decisive, and comfortable operating in a hyper-fast environment.
  • Excellent communicator and trusted advisor to senior leaders; proven ability to influence without relying on authority.
  • Passion for building high-performing teams and creating clear processes and structure without slowing speed.
  • Preferred but not required:
  • Experience in healthcare, diagnostics, biotech, or other regulated industries.
  • Background in employer brand or candidate experience transformation.
Benefits
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance
  • 401k Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Discounts
  • Voluntary benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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

Hard Skills & Tools
Talent AcquisitionPeople OperationsTalent Technology transformationsTA operating model designexecutive searchesBoolean sourcingAI sourcing toolsproject managementroot-cause problem solvingchange management
Soft Skills
metrics-first mindsethighly organizeddecisiveexcellent communicatortrusted advisorinfluence without authoritypassion for building teamscreating clear processesoperational simplificationstakeholder relationship building