Director, Talent Acquisition Strategy

Where Conviviality is at work.

Pernod Ricard is a global premium international champagnes and spirits company. Were the team behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT Vodka Jameson Irish Whiskey Malibu Kahlúa Liqueur The Glenlivet Beefeater and Malfy Gins and a leading portfolio of American whiskey brands including Jeffersons Rabbit Hole TX Smooth Ambler and Skrewball whiskey.

Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word convivialitéit means human connection authenticity friendly and jovial. Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard.

Guided by our 4 core values: (1) grounded in the real; (2) fiercely authentic; (3) passion for challenge; and (4) connected beyond borders; we are team players dream makers trailblazers movers and (cocktail) shakers. We have a passion for living life to the fullest making new friends every day and realizing our potential as people and as a business!

The salary range for this role based in New York is $156800.00 to $196020.00. The range may vary if the role outside of this location. Base salaries are determined during our interview process by assessing a candidatesexperience skills against internal peers and against the scope and responsibilities of the position.

Job Summary:

The Director Talent Acquisition Strategy leads the development and execution of the North America talent acquisition strategy in partnership with the Head of Talent Management and business leaders. Operating within an embedded recruiting model this role provides centralized Talent Acquisition leadership governance tools and standards while enabling recruiters to meet the unique needs of their functions. The Director will drive consistency quality and innovation across hiring practices and directly lead executive and critical-talent recruitment ensuring a strategic and high-touch approach to leadership hiring.

Who will love this job:

You are a strategic Talent Acquisition leader who is equally comfortable shaping enterprise-wide strategy and personally leading high-impact searches. You thrive in complex distributed recruiting environments and know how to create consistency without losing the flexibility needed to support different businesses and functions. You are a trusted advisor who can influence senior leaders use data and market intelligence to strengthen decisions and build recruiting capability across teams. You are also energized by evolving how Talent Acquisition works through technology AI assessment excellence and continuous improvement.

What youll do:

Talent Acquisition Strategy & Governance

• Define and lead the North America talent acquisition strategy in alignment with business priorities and workforce plans.
• Establish recruiting frameworks governance standards and clear ways of working across embedded recruiters People Business Partners Talent Management and business leaders.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on hiring priorities market dynamics and talent acquisition strategy.

Executive & Critical Talent Hiring

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for executive senior leadership and business-critical roles.
• Design tailored search strategies and bring market intelligence benchmarking succession context and rigorous assessment into leadership hiring decisions.
• Partner directly with senior executives the Chief People Officer and Head of Talent Management while ensuring an exceptional high-touch candidate experience.

Embedded Recruiting Team Enablement

• Provide direction coaching tools and capability building for recruiters embedded within the business.
• Develop structured methodologies and playbooks that strengthen sourcing assessment selection and hiring decision-making.
• Drive consistency across recruiting teams while preserving the flexibility needed to support distinct business and functional needs.

Talent Quality & Assessment Excellence

• Partner with Talent Management to establish structured competency-based and inclusive assessment practices that improve quality of hire.
• Develop interview frameworks assessment tools and selection methodologies that strengthen hiring rigor and decision quality.
• Monitor and continuously improve candidate experience across the hiring journey.

Workforce Planning & Talent Insights

• Partner with People Business Partners Talent Management and business leaders to translate workforce plans and future capability needs into proactive hiring strategies.
• Provide labor-market intelligence talent availability insights and hiring analytics to inform workforce and talent decisions.
• Connect external talent acquisition strategies with internal mobility succession planning leadership development and broader talent priorities.

Talent Acquisition Operations Technology & Innovation

• Establish and monitor key recruiting metrics including quality of hire time to fill source effectiveness candidate experience recruiter productivity and representation.
• Champion the responsible adoption of AI automation and recruiting technologies that improve recruiter effectiveness hiring outcomes and scalability.
• Identify opportunities to optimize recruiting processes tools and ways of working and lead the selection and management of external recruiting partners and technology solutions.

Employer Brand & Talent Attraction

• Partner with Communications Culture HR and business leaders to strengthen the organizations employer brand and employee value proposition across key talent markets.
• Develop targeted sourcing and attraction strategies for critical hard-to-fill and future-focused talent segments.
• Expand digital talent attraction capabilities through social channels targeted campaigns talent communities and emerging technologies.

Whats in it for me

Being part of an inclusive and diverse company where professional development and internal career mobility is front-and-center to our talent strategy. This means your career at Pernod Ricard has many possibilities. Youll be part of a culture that celebrates the rich diversity of our people across the globe and be part of our long-standing commitment to making exceptional products giving back to our communities and honoring our responsibility to preserve the environment.

Required qualifications:

• 12 years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience including experience leading enterprise regional or global Talent Acquisition strategies.
• Experience operating within complex or federated recruiting models including CoE and embedded recruiter structures strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading executive search and senior leadership hiring.
• Experience building transforming or scaling Talent Acquisition strategies operating models processes and standards.
• Experience partnering closely with People Business Partners and Talent Management on workforce planning succession internal mobility and broader talent strategies.
• Strong analytical capabilities with experience defining and using Talent Acquisition KPIs data and market intelligence to drive decisions.
• Experience with recruiting technologies AI-enabled tools automation and emerging Talent Acquisition practices.
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on when needed including personally leading critical or executive searches.
• Strong executive presence communication and influencing skills with the ability to build credibility across senior leaders and diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead change and influence mindsets behaviors and ways of working across a complex organization.

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Target Hire Date:

When you join Pernod Ricard youll experience a workplace that is rich in heritage driven by our iconic brands and a long-standing commitment to sustainability safety and giving back to the people and communities where we work. We know that happiness at work starts with that feeling of belonging you get from an inclusive culture where being uniquely you is celebrated. Our values are lived they drive our behaviors and its what brings our culture to life.

Our work philosophy celebrates the magic of human connection with the flexibility needed to provide ones most meaningful contribution. We offer a flexible work policy with most of our positions offering a a hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. As a global employer we understand that not everyones working hours are the same and we empower our employees to work the hours that make the most sense for them and their teams schedules.

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This recruitment process uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to match applicant skills with role requirements and qualifications.

Pernod Ricard USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It employs qualified individuals based solely on ability training and experience and does not and will not discriminate for or against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based upon actual or perceived race color religion sex age disability national origin citizenship marital status sexual orientation gender identity genetic information military service or any other classification protected by law. Offers will be subject to United States local terms.

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