Talent Acquisition Lead

About the role

This position is for a Talent Acquisition Lead based in Mexico, reporting to a fast‑growing global organization. You will combine people‑leadership with hands‑on recruiting, guiding a pod of recruiters while directly delivering critical hiring initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coach a recruiter pod, ensuring focus, productivity and delivery against hiring goals.
• Balance people‑leadership duties with direct execution of complex and senior searches.
• Translate broader talent‑acquisition objectives into clear priorities and actionable goals for the team.
• Conduct regular one‑on‑one meetings to discuss performance, pipeline health and career development.
• Review and improve recruiting practices across sourcing, outreach, candidate engagement, interview processes and stakeholder communication.
• Coach recruiters on strategy, stakeholder management, sourcing techniques and professional growth.
• Support continuous improvement of hiring processes to ensure scalability, consistency and an excellent candidate experience.
• Identify and escalate performance or team challenges, partnering with leadership on solutions.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in talent acquisition, recruitment or executive search.
• At least 2 years of experience leading a recruiting team, pod or similar function.
• Proven ability to manage a personal recruiting workload while developing other recruiters.
• Deep knowledge of the full hiring lifecycle, including sourcing strategy, outreach and pipeline management.
• Strong leadership and coaching capabilities with a track record of delivering hiring results.

Required skills