[Hiring] Recruiting Director @ManpowerGroup

Role Description

The Recruiting Director, Control Tower is responsible for leading recruiting excellence, talent attraction strategy, sourcing optimization, recruiting governance, and recruiting enablement across Manpower. This role establishes recruiting standards, operating frameworks, digital sourcing strategies, and performance governance that improve recruiter effectiveness, candidate attraction, and business outcomes. Working in partnership with Recruitment Marketing, Operations, Sales, and Delivery leadership, the Director drives scalable, data-driven recruiting programs that support hiring demand, workforce planning objectives, and operational performance.

Job Responsibilities

• Recruiting Excellence & Governance
  • Establish recruiting standards, governance frameworks, and best practices across recruiting teams, sourcing channels, and delivery organizations.
  • Develop and maintain recruiting playbooks, operating procedures, and enablement resources that drive consistency, quality, and scalability.
  • Ensure alignment of recruiting programs and activities with brand standards, compliance requirements, and enterprise priorities.
  • Foster collaboration across recruiting organizations to share best practices, improve performance, and strengthen recruiting capabilities.
  • Leverage and effectively use AI-enabled tools, technologies, and digital solutions to enhance effectiveness, efficiency, and decision-making.
• Talent Attraction & Digital Recruiting Strategy
  • Lead enterprise social recruiting, digital sourcing, and talent attraction strategies across paid and organic channels.
  • Develop scalable, data-driven sourcing programs that improve candidate pipeline quality and recruiting effectiveness.
  • Partner with Recruitment Marketing and Brand leadership to align attraction strategies with workforce needs and hiring priorities.
  • Evaluate emerging recruiting technologies, sourcing platforms, and digital innovations that enhance candidate engagement and recruiting outcomes.
• Recruiting Operations & Resource Optimization
  • Provide enterprise oversight of job board strategies, sourcing investments, and recruiting technology utilization.
  • Monitor and optimize recruiting channel performance, sponsorship strategies, and resource allocation to maximize recruiting ROI.
  • Manage enterprise recruiting platform resources, licenses, credits, and utilization standards.
  • Oversee virtual recruiting events, sourcing campaigns, and attraction initiatives that support hiring demand and applicant flow.
• Analytics, Performance & Continuous Improvement
  • Develop recruiting performance scorecards, dashboards, and reporting frameworks that increase visibility into recruiting effectiveness.
  • Analyze applicant conversion metrics, sourcing channel effectiveness, campaign performance, and cost-per-applicant data to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Translate recruiting data and labor market intelligence into actionable insights for recruiting leaders and business stakeholders.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance recruiter productivity, candidate experience, and hiring outcomes.
• Leadership & Strategic Partnership
  • Partner with Sales, Client Management, Operations, Delivery, and Marketing leaders to support workforce strategies and talent acquisition solutions.
  • Lead, coach, and develop subject matter experts supporting sourcing operations, recruiting enablement, analytics, and digital recruiting programs.
  • Provide thought leadership on labor market trends, sourcing innovation, competitive positioning, and recruiting best practices.
  • Support enterprise recruiting transformation initiatives that improve operational effectiveness, scalability, and business performance.

Success Measures

• Improved ROI across job boards, sourcing channels, and talent attraction investments.
• Increased applicant quality and recruiting conversion rates.
• Consistent adoption of recruiting standards, governance processes, and best practices across markets and delivery teams.
• Increased utilization and effectiveness of recruiting technologies and sourcing resources.
• Enhanced visibility into recruiting performance through analytics, scorecards, and reporting.
• Successful implementation of recruiting transformation initiatives that improve recruiter effectiveness and business outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction across recruiting, sales, operations, and delivery leadership teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years management experience overseeing a large recruiting team or recruiting center.
• 10+ years professional placement experience, preferably with a national staffing organization.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications/Certifications

• 5 Years’ experience working with and managing large client program accounts.

Skills

• Expertise in recruiting strategy, talent attraction, digital sourcing, recruiting analytics, and recruiting operations.
• Strong analytical thinking, business acumen, problem-solving, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Leadership skills including strategic planning, change leadership, team development, and stakeholder management.
• Effective written and verbal communication, executive presence, and influencing without authority.

Work Environment/Physical Requirements

• This is a remote position with periodic travel required to support leadership meetings, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning sessions.

Company Description

ManpowerGroup is proud to be an equal opportunity affirmative action workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all employees.