sonarsource - Sonar - Director, Global Head of Recruiting
Requirements
• Have 10+ years of recruiting experience, including tenured experience running a high-performing team and function while directly owning a req load • Have wide and deep experience across both technical and non-technical recruiting — including highly technical engineering recruitment and building a talent-dense GTM division within a high-growth B2B SaaS company • Have proven, hands-on experience rebuilding a recruiting process using the newest technologies to fundamentally optimize how a TA team operates — deeper than prompting LLMs, this means having led the redesign itself • Have a strong background in recruiting operations, with a genuine passion for why recops is the foundation of a successful, scalable recruiting team • Have experience managing requisition administration and recruiting budgets, with a track record of close partnership with FP&A on headcount planning and forecasting • Have experience negotiating commercial terms and contracts with recruiting agencies, working closely with Procurement and Legal to drive value and manage vendor spend effectively • Have working knowledge of compensation practices across global markets, and can contribute meaningfully to compensation strategy in partnership with a Compensation Director • Have strong experience partnering with HR Operations on visas/immigration, right-to-work, onboarding, and background check processes • Have experience leading globally distributed recruiting teams and partnering with stakeholders across multiple international markets and time zones • Have demonstrated success operating as both a strategic leader and an individual contributor — comfortable setting vision and strategy while staying hands-on with sourcing and closing • Bring strong data fluency, with a track record of using recruiting metrics to drive decision-making and process improvement • Have experience partnering with senior executives and acting as a strategic advisor on talent and organizational planning • Have led employer branding or talent marketing initiatives that measurably improved candidate pipeline quality or volume • Bring excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and across cultures • Be based in, or willing to relocate to, Austin, Texas, with a commitment to the in-office collaboration model
Responsibilities
• Lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed recruiting team, while personally owning a req load and leading searches directly — modeling the standard you expect from the team • Partner with stakeholders across every hub to ensure hiring strategy reflects the realities of each local market and business unit • Own requisition administration and management, partnering closely with FP&A on headcount planning, budget tracking, and forecasting against approved plan • Redesign and modernize recruiting processes and infrastructure, leveraging the newest technologies to fundamentally change how the TA function sources, assesses, and closes talent — not just layering AI tools onto existing workflows • Build recruiting operations as a true foundation for the function: process design, data infrastructure, reporting cadence, and systems that let the team scale without breaking • Lead full-cycle recruiting for a mix of highly technical engineering roles and high-growth B2B SaaS GTM roles, building talent-dense teams across both domains • Own recruiting metrics and reporting using data to drive continuous improvement • Partner with the Compensation Director to inform and align on competitive offers across global markets, bringing market intelligence to compensation strategy and decisions • Build strong partnership with HR Operations, working closely on visas/immigration, right-to-work verification, onboarding, and background checks to ensure a seamless candidate-to-employee transition • Build and evolve employer branding and talent marketing strategies to strengthen Sonar's positioning as a top destination for AI, engineering, and GTM talent • Own the recruiting technology stack (ATS, sourcing tools, assessment platforms) and lead evaluation and adoption of new tools as the team scales • Ensure compliance with local employment and hiring regulations across all global hub locations • Champion a consistent, high-quality candidate experience from first touch through offer and onboarding
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