Global Director Of Talent Acquisition

In short

We’re searching for a forward-thinking and confident Global Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our hiring strategy across all regions and functions, EMEA, Americas, APAC and beyond. As Global Director of TA, you’ll set the bar for what best-in-class recruiting looks like at On. This isn’t TA for TA’s sake: it’s about building the most effective, innovative, and respected TA function in the industry. You’ll own how we source, select, and hire talent worldwide, shaping practices that are admired inside and outside On, while raising the capability of our recruiters, hiring managers, and leaders.

Your Mission

• Own recruiting as a craft: design and scale the playbook for how On hires globally, ensuring excellence in every interaction with candidates and stakeholders
• Leading and raising up the bar for a global team of recruiters and TA leaders, coaching them to become true experts, not order-takers
• Stakeholder leadership & influence: build trusted partnerships with senior leaders across all functions and regions; guide them to make faster, fairer, higher-quality hiring decisions, and embed recruiting excellence as a core part of how On scales.
• Partner with senior leaders to hard-wire recruiting excellence into how On grows; challenge, advise, and elevate hiring managers to make better, faster, fairer decisions
• Strategic workforce planning: help to anticipate global business needs, translate them into actionable hiring strategies, and align resources, talent pipelines and strategic pooling, and TA capacity to ensure On always has the right talent at the right time.
• Innovate relentlessly: introduce new sourcing models, technology, AI, and data insights to stay ahead of the market
• Measure what matters: use data and benchmarks to track quality, speed, and efficiency, driving continuous improvement
• Build a culture of bar-raising hiring, where every hire makes the company stronger and where recruiting is seen as a strategic advantage
• Champion diversity and inclusion, embedding it into every step of our process as a non-negotiable standard

Your story

• 15+ years in recruitment with a proven record of scaling high-performing TA teams globally
• Recognised for raising standards: you’ve built recruiting functions that hiring managers and executives see as indispensable strategic partners
• Experience in complex, multi-region, multi-discipline hiring (including retail, product, and tech)
• A conscious leader: you develop people, inspire trust, and hold high expectations
• Known for pushing boundaries, using technology, data, and innovation to transform how companies hire
• Business-minded: you align TA directly to growth, revenue, and long-term company value
• Passionate about recruiting as a craft, you see it not just as a process, but as one of the most impactful levers for company success

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.