Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

<div class="content-intro"><p>Altana is the network for trusted trade. Our AI-powered product network empowers governments and businesses to build a more resilient and secure global economy while keeping trade flowing.</p></div><h4><strong>The Opportunity at Altana</strong></h4> <p>As Altana enters its next chapter of growth, we're looking for a high-impact, mission-driven talent leader to lead our talent acquisition function and build a world-class organization capable of delivering on our most ambitious goals. The work at Altana directly addresses critical global challenges across human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic growth - and this is the chance to build the engine that finds and attracts the people who solve them.</p> <p>You'll shape Altana's future by ensuring every team has the brilliant, driven, mission-aligned individuals it needs to scale a generational company and leave a lasting positive impact on the global economy and society.</p> <p>This role will step into a strong existing talent acquisition team and operate as a player-coach, focused on modeling and mentoring a best-in-class talent function.</p> <h4><strong>You Will</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Partner with the Chief People Officer, People Team, and leaders across Altana to ensure talent acquisition is a strategic catalyst for Altana's growth.</li> <li>Lead and mentor Altana's existing team of recruiters as a hands-on player-coach, modeling best-in-class recruiting and setting the team up to succeed.</li> <li>Help shape and execute a global talent acquisition strategy that matches Altana's quality standards, operating speed, and business complexity.</li> <li>Own executive search and end-to-end recruitment on critical, high impact roles, partnering with a vetted ecosystem of trusted external partners where needed.</li> <li>Equip the team to partner with senior leaders on workforce planning, department-specific hiring strategies, and building robust talent pipelines that accelerate business objectives.</li> <li>Drive excellence across the full recruiting lifecycle, (from market positioning and employer branding to sourcing, screening, and closing) ensuring an exceptional candidate experience and a diverse, high-quality pipeline through an equitable, inclusive process.</li> <li>Advance operational excellence in the Talent function, leveraging data, metrics, and scalable systems (including AI-powered tools and automation) to improve efficiency, accountability, and impact</li> <li>Support talent strategy and execution for continued global expansion across NYC, DC, London, and remote teams.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>You Have</strong></h4> <ul> <li>12+ years in talent acquisition, including 4+ years leading and developing recruiting teams, ideally in high growth tech environments.</li> <li>Proven success leading end-to-end Talent Acquisition strategy and operations in a high-growth, fast-scaling, tech environment (preferably with added complexity such as AI, fintech, data platforms, supply chain, or public-sector).</li> <li>Proven track record and passion for the art and science of recruiting, with a desire to still be hands on with critical, high-impact roles.</li> <li>Strategic business partner with the ability to collaborate closely with senior stakeholders, identifying data-driven insights on talent acquisition lifecycle to drive improvements in our talent strategy and execution.</li> <li>Demonstrated track record of building and leading high-performing, global recruiting teams in a high-impact culture.</li> <li>Deep experience in full-lifecycle recruiting, executive search, and data-driven talent sourcing strategies.</li> <li>Exper