[Hiring] Director of Talent Acquisition @Cushman & Wakefield

Role Description

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead a large, dedicated recruiting organization supporting one of our client accounts. This leader owns the end-to-end hiring strategy, delivery and performance for a high-volume, fast-moving operation spanning hourly, skilled technical and site leadership roles across a national footprint.

The Director is accountable for keeping the client staffed at target levels while opening new sites, scaling quickly and controlling cost. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can run a disciplined weekly operating rhythm, build a bench of strong managers, and be a trusted partner to client operations leaders and C&W account leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including 5+ years leading recruiting managers and teams.
• Proven success leading high-volume and multi-site hiring in operations, logistics, manufacturing, distribution or similar environments.
• Experience supporting new site launches or rapid workforce ramps, with demonstrated results against staffing and time-to-fill goals.
• Strong financial acumen: experience owning a TA budget, forecasting spend and building business cases for incentives and programs.
• Data-driven leader, fluent in funnel analytics, workforce forecasting and executive-level reporting.
• Excellent communication and influence skills, with comfort engaging senior client and operations executives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Requirements

• Experience in a dedicated client or outsourced recruiting (RPO / MSP) environment.
• Background hiring skilled trades and technical roles, including trade school and workforce development partnerships.
• Experience recruiting site and operations leadership in competitive labor markets.
• Familiarity with enterprise ATS and CRM platforms, and hiring event management at scale.
• Experience leading teams across multiple locations and time zones.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.