Hiring: Director, Global Executive Talent Acquisition Company: Equinix Location: Dallas, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 14:54:49 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AutoCAD, CAD, REST, Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •15+ years of experience in talent acquistion Required Skills: •Report to the Senior Director, Talent Marketplace, who retains accountability for executive hiring strategy. You will translate that strategy into exceptional execution, leading through a collaborative, multi-stakeholder model and ensuring the team can deliver consistently without dependence on any single executive relationship. •Shape leadership: Help Equinix identify and engage the executives who can deliver critical business priorities •Build lasting capability: Create a global executive search engine that becomes stronger, faster and more insightful with every mandate •Lead through influence: Partner with senior executives, HR leaders and specialist teams across a complex global organisation •Lead and develop a global team. Develop, coach and performance-manage the GETA team, creating clear expectations, strong operating rhythms, thoughtful capacity planning and meaningful career pathways for senior practitioners •Deliver executive search with excellence. Lead day-to-day delivery for VP, SVP and selected C-suite searches globally, from intake and success profile through assessment, selection and offer close •Raise the bar on search quality. Coach recruiters hands-on in market mapping, outreach, assessment, candidate care and senior stakeholder management, while embedding consistent standards across active searches •Partner at the highest levels. Engage senior hiring executives, people business partners and hiring managers to align on outcomes, interview plans, decisions and risks, and provide clear reporting on the executive hiring portfolio Qualifications: •Significant experience leading executive search, executive talent acquisition or comparable global talent programmes in a complex, matrixed organisation – ideally combined with experience at a global external search firm •A strong record of leading, coaching and developing experienced executive recruiters or senior talent practitioners across multiple markets (AMERs, EMEA, APAC) •Deep expertise in executive search delivery, including search strategy and qualification, market mapping, pipeline cultivation, assessment, selection, offer management and executive candidate care •The judgement and presence to partner credibly with VP, SVP and C-suite stakeholders while creating alignment across business leaders, People team partners, and specialist teams •Commercial discipline in managing search partners, programme budgets, cost-per-hire and build-versus-buy decisions •Confidence using data, dashboards and quality signals to improve delivery, expose risk and inform senior-level decisions •A leadership style grounded in care, excellence, accountability, inclusion, candor, and adaptability •Faster, more predictable search delivery against agreed program targets •High-quality executive slates, bringing diverse candidate archetypes, industries, and domains together with a deliberate balance of internal delivery and external partner support •Strong offer acceptance, disciplined cost-per-hire and well-managed vendor investment Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!