Aspen Technology
Director, Talent Acquisition
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The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.
The Role
The Director, Talent Acquisition (TA), will be co-located within one of our main US offices (Medina, MN, Bedford, MA, Houston, TX, Austin, TX) or UK office (Reading, UK) and have a business leaders’ mindset to drive forward our Talent Acquisition operations, maturity model, and strategy. This role will partner closely with business leaders and HR Business Partners in a matrixed environment to provide a clear talent acquisition strategy inclusive of end-to-end recruitment process, talent pipelines, process and technology automation, and operational influence through headcount management and value creation to enable the business unit to achieve double-digit YoY growth.
Reporting to the VP, Human Resources, this role will lead the global TA function for the business unit. This role will follow our hybrid policy (4 in-office days and up to 1 remote day per week).
Your Impact
- Hands-on management of the full life cycle recruitment process including sourcing, screening, compensation, mobility, and pipelining. This includes carrying a req load at times.
- Partner with senior leaders in the business and colleagues within HR to further enhance and develop our future talent pipelines.
- In partnership with FP&A, own the headcount management and execution for the company relating to hiring velocity and cost aligned to operating strategy and plan.
- Oversee key projects impacting talent: technology implementations for recruiting, University Hiring, hiring compliance, and talent framework to support spanning and future talent.
- Cultivate a network of relationships inside and outside the organization, feeding back intelligence and insight to key stakeholders.
- Develop and communicate recommendations to hiring managers based on knowledge of the markets, candidates, and talent strategies.
- Develops, leads, and mentors a Talent Acquisition team that includes management and recruiter direct reports, globally.
- Continuously refine and become a change agent for processes to be more efficient and beneficial to the team and stakeholders.
- In partnership with HR Business Partners, Talent Management and the business leaders, support short- and long-term hiring strategies to balance “build vs. buy,” succession, and internal mobility.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to drive our branding efforts externally.
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What You'll Need
- Bachelor's degree required.
- At least 10+ years of recruitment experience with proven expertise in recruiting solutions, strong operational focus, utilizing data to influence, talent mapping, and direct sourcing.
- Prior leadership experience required.
- Prior experience in managing geographically dispersed teams highly preferred.
- Strong operational experience in various talent acquisition principles: cost per hire, compa ratio, hiring budgets, geographic hiring strategies, etc.
- An analytical mindset where you value and use data to guide you in the story.
- Experience in headcount management and accountability of delivery preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop recruitment and sourcing strategies to drive proactive hiring.
- Experience building strong cross-functional relationships and influencing all levels from individual contributor to executive.
- Strong organizational, critical thinking, attention to detail, active listening, communication, and executive influence.
- Software industry experience preferred.
- Experience with Workday recruiting module, preferred.
The salary range for this role is $161,900.00 - $202,400.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.
About AspenTech
AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks.
If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate.
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