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Global Talent Acquisition Director

Location: Houston, US,

Company Overview: LivaNova is a global player in medical technology, dedicated to advancing healthcare through innovative solutions. With a commitment to cutting-edge research, development, and delivery of medical devices and technologies, we are poised for continued growth and impact in the industry.

Position Overview: We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and execution-oriented leader to join our team as the Director of Global Talent Acquisition (TA). Reporting to the VP Global Employee Experience, this role will have strong collaboration with the Talent and Employee Experience organisations within HR. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for leading the global TA team and driving our strategy to recruit and select diverse top tier professionals, including executives, managers, individual contributors, and operators to support the organization. This is a hybrid role which requires office presence 2/3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Develop and execute a global talent acquisition strategy aligned to deliver the overall business objectives, the talent and the company's diversity and inclusion priorities.
  • Collaborate with HR VPs and their senior leadership business partners to understand current and future talent needs, translating them into actionable plans with corresponding metrics.
• Team Management:
  • Lead and develop a global talent acquisition team, existing of both in-house (NA) and RPO model (outside the US).
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration across the company.
  • Effectively the lead the team and encourage a diverse and inclusive workplace culture in both people and thought leadership. Uphold a strong work ethic with a high drive, high expectations positive attitude, along with crisp execution in the position to make a daily impact to the business.
  • Build capability and expertise within the team to upskill and enhance the team's overall organizational effectiveness and recruiting capabilities.
• Global Recruitment:
  • Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process, from identifying business needs, to attraction, acquisition and anticipating onboarding, development and career pathing, ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience.
  • Drive open requisitions and source candidates for specific senior leadership open positions
  • Drive and further develop the in-house TA team and optimising the partnership with RPO
  • Able to understand global talent markets and to appreciate regional differences in recruitment practices
  • Implement best practices for sourcing, screening, and selecting candidates across various regions.
  • Drive the recruiting process with external agencies where applicable.
• Diversity
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive plan to source, attract and hire top diverse talent.
  • Build and maintain relationships with diverse talent pools and communities; partner with hiring managers to identify diverse candidates.
• Employer Branding:
  • Further develop, leverage and optimize LivaNova's employer brand to attract top talent in the competitive medical tech sector.
  • Collaborate to drive creative and effective recruitment marketing strategies and a positive candidate experience.
• Technology:
  • Drive and assist in implementation of TA technologies, including Phenom, which enable recruiters and hiring managers to improve the candidate experience, automate processes, and attract the right candidates through targeted marketing and branding assets.
• Collaboration:
  • Work closely with HR business partners, BU leaders and hiring managers, and other key stakeholders to understand departmental needs and align recruitment efforts accordingly.
  • Develop cutting edge hiring managers training and education and drive attraction of the best talent and deliver a positive candidate experience.
  • Collaborate with the global HR team to ensure consistency and compliance in talent acquisition processes.
• Metrics and Reporting:
  • Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of talent acquisition efforts.
  • Regularly report on recruitment metrics and provide insights to leadership for continuous improvement.
  • Drive weekly GEMBA to ensure full visiblity of all open roles, pipeline and challenges with rigorous action and remediation planning.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience (10 years) in global talent acquisition, preferably in the medical technology or healthcare sector.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization liaising with HR organization and leaders to ensure desired goals are met.
• Data and digital (AI) driven mindset: leverage data and analytics to inform decision-making and drive initiatives that contribute to the success of the business as well as contemporize methods of recruitment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to build sustainable relationships with cross-functional leaders and teams.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop a high-performing team.
• In-depth knowledge of global recruitment trends, best practices, and employment laws.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated success in employer branding and recruitment marketing.
• Experience collaborating with senior executives and managing relationships with external partners.
• Comfortable with rapid and complex changing environment.
• Strong internal and external customer centric mindset.
• Knowledge or experience with Workday will be a plus.
• The minimum requirements, skills and qualifications contained in this job description outline the core functions and requirements of the position and do not constitute an exhaustive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of or assigned to an employee in this position at the Company's discretion. Further, the ability to meet the minimum requirements and/or possession of the stated skills and qualifications do not imply or establish that an individual will be employed in this position.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

LivaNova values equality and celebrates diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from unlawful discrimination.

Our selection process is driven by the key demands/requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate's sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.

Notice to third party agencies:

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Services Agreement, we will not consider, or agree to, payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event that a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

Beware of Job Scams:

Please beware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons posing as LivaNova recruiters or employees. The scammers may attempt to solicit confidential, personal information, such as a social security number, or your financial information. LivaNova will never ask for fees prior/during/after the application process, nor will we ask for banking details or personal financial information in return for the assurance of employment. If you are concerned that an offer of employment might be a scam or that the recruiter is not legitimate, please verify by searching for "See Open Jobs" on, and check that all recruitment emails come from an @livanova.com email address.