Director, Talent Acquisition

About the role

This is a high-impact leadership role designed for a strategic talent acquisition professional who combines operational excellence with the ability to build scalable recruiting programs that fuel company growth. As Director of Talent Acquisition, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution of Avathon's global hiring efforts. You will lead and develop a high-performing recruiting organization while building the systems, processes, and employer brand necessary to attract exceptional talent across technical, corporate, and leadership functions. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in full-cycle recruiting, talent strategy, workforce planning, and employer branding. They have a proven track record of building recruiting infrastructure, improving hiring efficiency, elevating candidate experience, and partnering with business leaders to deliver talent that drives organizational success.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Avathon's global talent acquisition strategy to support rapid growth and evolving business priorities
• Build scalable recruiting programs, processes, and hiring plans that ensure timely and effective talent delivery across the organization.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global Talent Acquisition team.
• Partner closely with executive leadership and hiring managers to forecast workforce needs and align hiring strategies with business objectives.
• Own and optimize the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessment, offer management, and onboarding partnership.
• Maximize the effectiveness of Avathon's ATS (Greenhouse) to improve recruiter productivity, hiring visibility, and reporting capabilities.
• Design and execute employer branding initiatives that strengthen Avathon's reputation as an employer of choice.
• Develop programs that encourage employees to serve as brand ambassadors and referral champions.
• Build proactive talent pipelines to support current hiring needs and future workforce growth.
• Develop strategic sourcing strategies that attract diverse, high-quality talent across all functions and levels.
• Implement structured interviewing methodologies and interviewer training programs to improve hiring consistency and decision quality.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive candidate experience program, including feedback collection, survey analysis, and continuous process improvement.
• Develop and manage university recruiting partnerships and internship programs to cultivate early-career talent.
• Own and maintain Avathon's job description library, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with organizational needs.
• Build recruitment analytics frameworks, dashboards, and KPI reporting to measure performance, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement.
• Establish long-term relationships with high-potential candidates and talent communities to support future hiring initiatives.
• Champion inclusive hiring practices and initiatives that expand access to diverse candidate pools and strengthen workforce representation.
• Required Experience
• 8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including leadership of recruiting teams in high-growth technology organizations.
• Proven success developing and executing strategic recruiting initiatives at scale.
• Experience hiring highly technical talent, including AI, machine learning, software engineering, data science, product, and technology leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of workforce planning, employer branding, talent analytics, and recruiting operations.
• Experience building and optimizing recruiting processes, systems, and interview frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage recruiting metrics and market data to drive business outcomes.

Benefits

Additional Information

Who We Are & Why Join Us Avathon is the leading Industrial AI autonomy platform, helping customers across heavy industries -- energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and logistics -- accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations. Our platform is built on a Computational Knowledge Graph foundation that contextualizes and connects operational data across siloed systems, bringing together time series, structured, unstructured, and machine vision data to power AI-driven applications in asset performance management, supply chain intelligence, visual AI, and global trade management. With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale. Cutting-Edge AI Innovation -- Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future. High-Growth Environment -- Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm. Meaningful Impact -- Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives. Learn more at: avathon.com

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