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Vagaro · 2 hours ago

Talent Acquisition Director

Pleasanton, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

7+ years exp

Vagaro is seeking a Talent Acquisition Director to lead and scale their end-to-end talent acquisition strategy in a high-growth environment. This role involves providing strategic and operational leadership across recruiting execution, workforce planning, and team development, while also being hands-on for critical hiring initiatives.

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Responsibilities

Define, develop, and execute a scalable talent acquisition strategy aligned with business growth objectives

Lead, develop, and coach recruiting team members, including Recruiters and Junior Recruiters

Partner with executive leadership, HRBPs, and Finance to forecast hiring needs, prioritize requisitions, and align recruiting capacity with growth plans

Establish recruiting capacity models, annual hiring plans, and success metrics

As needed, recruit for senior leadership requisitions to support business needs and hiring surges

Own recruiting budget oversight, including agency usage, job boards, recruiting tools, and vendor relationships

Manage relationships with external recruiting partners, job boards, educational institutions, and recruiting technology vendors

Own and optimize the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle within Workday Recruiting

Ensure consistent, compliant use of Workday Recruiting for requisitions, pipelines, reporting, and audits

Partner with HR Operations and HRIS on workflow design, reporting enhancements, and data integrity

Support or participate in Workday Recruiting implementations and major enhancements (implementation experience strongly preferred)

Provide leadership oversight across high-volume, professional, technical, accounting and finance, marketing, management, and executive-level hiring

Serve as a working leader for critical, confidential, or executive searches as needed

Ensure structured intake meetings, interview discipline, and hiring manager accountability

Define, track, and report on key talent acquisition metrics, including time-to-fill, pipeline health, quality of hire, candidate experience, and hiring manager satisfaction

Use data and market insights to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities

Ensure recruiting practices comply with employment laws, internal policies, and audit standards

Develop training, tools, and best practices to elevate recruiter capability and consistency

Partner with HR and People Programs on interviewer training and hiring manager enablement

Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and inclusive hiring practices

Set strategy for and selectively represent the company at priority recruitment events and executive-level networking opportunities

Build and maintain talent communities, including relationships with past applicants and referrals

Partner with Employee Experience and Marketing to support employer branding initiatives

Partner with HRBPs and Finance on workforce planning, headcount forecasting, and hiring prioritization to ensure recruiting capacity aligns with business plans

Train and support hiring managers through recruitment workshops and ongoing guidance

Partner with HR leadership to support manager and employee training initiatives related to hiring practices and compliance

Establish governance and consistency for executive-level hiring, including intake rigor, interview structure, assessment alignment, and offer process coordination

Qualification

Talent Acquisition StrategyWorkday RecruitingTeam LeadershipMetricsKPIsSaaS ExperienceRecruiting Budget ManagementBachelor’s DegreeMaster’s DegreePHR CertificationSHRM CertificationOperational ExecutionStrategic Thinking

Required

Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred

7+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience in high-growth organizations with fewer than 1,000 employees

Proven experience leading and scaling recruiting teams

Hands-on experience using Workday Recruiting, including requisition lifecycle management, candidate pipelines, reporting, and cross-functional coordination with HR Operations

Strong executive presence, strategic thinking, and operational execution skills