Head of Global Talent Acquisition

Head of Global Talent Acquisition

Join our team as Head of Global Talent Acquisition. Reporting to our CHRO, you will be a key member of the global HR Leadership Team and trusted partner to the Executive Team and business leaders. In this role, you will lead the enterprise-wide talent acquisition organization and collaborate with the business on meeting the talent demands of our dynamic global workforce. This includes creating an innovative, cohesive recruitment strategy, modernizing people insights and key data that drive business decisions, and building a world class organization, systems and processes focused on delivering an incredible candidate experience.

What you'll do:

• Build collaborative partnerships with business leaders and key stakeholders to develop and ensure an innovative recruitment strategy that aligns with the organization's strategy, growth priorities and workforce plans.

• Inspire, develop and elevate global Talent Acquisition team members by cultivating a team culture of ongoing learning, collaboration and a drive for excellence.

• Develop and operationalize a talent planning model in partnership with the business to enable the creation of both short-term and long-term recruiting plans.

• Optimize global talent acquisition processes, tools and technology to drive maximum efficiency and effectiveness that result in an amazing experience for candidates and the business.

• Develop and operationalize a recruiting capacity planning model to balance hiring resources and ensure the right resource allocation is supporting business needs.

• Establish a strategic point of view on building and providing people insights through data to support the business and leaders in driving business decisions.

• Ensure talent acquisition programs are creative, transformative, inclusive and support the long-term goals and vision of the company.

• Partner with Communications team to ensure our employer brand strategy is aligned to our company's vision, values and culture.

• Leverage digital technologies and social media to engage and connect with a broad pool of talented applicants in a modern and progressive way.

Experience:

• 10 years of experience leading and empowering a global talent acquisition organization with an emphasis on building strong teams and a performance-based culture.

• Strong business acumen and proven experience in a senior leadership role partnering and influencing key stakeholders in executing talent acquisition strategy.

• Experience across all aspects of recruiting, including early career programs through executive hiring.

• An understanding of the highly competitive and evolving talent markets and a passion to provide the ultimate candidate experience.

• Highly analytical and metrics driven; the ability to derive insights from data and strategically build a narrative that influences and advances business decisions.

• Proven success in delivering consistent results under time pressures while navigating complexity and competing priorities.

• Demonstrated interpersonal and relationship building skills, and a successful track record of establishing credibility and trust with a global client group.

• Excellent collaboration skills; a team player.

• Technology industry experience required; data center experience is a plus.

Digital Realty, Our Company

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300 facilities in 50 metros across 25 countries on six continents.

A bit about our Digital team

Our HR team are trusted advisors to colleagues across the business. We handle employee questions, recruit top talent, lead talent management initiatives, set the people strategy and work with our senior leaders to create long-term strategies and plans for the future of our business. The work is very rewarding and requires us to think strategically and have the confidence to challenge leaders when required.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive team environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Notes:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.