Director, Talent Acquisition

Job Title: Director of Global Talent Acquisition 
Location: Boston or Pittsburgh (Hybrid / 2 days in the office)
Reports To: Head of Human Resources

About the Role:

We are seeking a strategic, data-driven, and innovative Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our high-volume global hiring efforts and build a world-class recruitment engine. As the leader of our global TA team, you will be responsible for developing and executing scalable talent strategies that attract, engage, and hire top-tier talent across all business functions, with a special emphasis on engineering roles such as Machine Learning and AI. 

You’ll partner closely with executive leadership, HR business partners, hiring managers, finance and various cross-functional stakeholders to ensure our hiring practices support the company's growth and culture. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive global talent acquisition strategy aligned with the company’s ambitious growth objectives and employer brand.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing, geographically dispersed Global TA team, including recruiters and coordinators. 
• Optimize processes by designing and refining recruitment workflows to enhance efficiency and ensure compliance while creating seamless experiences for candidates, recruiters, hiring managers, and interviewers.
• Drive innovation in sourcing, assessment, and selection methodologies, leveraging technology and analytics to improve efficiency and quality of hire.
• Drive a top-tier candidate experience to attract, engage, and hire top talent across all departments.
• Partner with senior leadership across departments to forecast hiring needs, influence workforce planning, and ensure a strong pipeline of qualified talent.

• Own and optimize recruitment metrics and reporting; provide regular updates to executive leadership on hiring trends, pipeline health, and other KPIs.
• Partner with Marketing on recruitment marketing and employer branding efforts, ensuring alignment with the company’s mission and values.
• Manage relationships with external partners, such as executive search firms, job boards, and recruitment software vendors.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws and hiring regulations across the US and Singapore markets.
• Monitor market trends and collect competitive intelligence; bring best-in-class, innovative hiring best practices and insights from across the competitive landscape

• Maintain and monitor budgets in close partnership with finance and business leads to balance financial considerations in the hiring process and for team spend.  
• May oversee immigration activity as well as pre-hire and first week activities for new hires. 

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, with at least 5 years in a leadership role in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment.
• Proven experience leading technical recruitment teams.
• Strong understanding of the tech talent market, especially for ML and AI. 
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse), CRM tools, and recruitment analytics platforms.
• Sourcing and automation tools: Findem, LinkedIn, Guide, Codepad, and Venturefizz.
• Experience managing Marketing Campaigns on Google and LinkedIn
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to execute and deliver results in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process. 

Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range$168,000—$231,000 USD

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.

Our journey is always people first.

We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Higher purpose, greater impact.

We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.  

Scale up, not starting up.

Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.

Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit  www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

 

Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.