Vice President, Talent Acquisition

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It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing!

At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications.

Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.

Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers.

• Build collaborative partnerships with the Executive Team, business leaders and key stakeholders to develop an innovative, cohesive recruitment strategy that supports out commitment to building a high-performance company and culture.
• Integrate talent acquisition best practices across industries to build a world-class talent acquisition organization.
• Inspire, develop and elevate our global Talent Acquisition team in India, UK, Romania and the US by cultivating a culture of ongoing learning, collaboration and excellence.
• Develop and operationalize a talent planning model in partnership with the business to enable the creation of both short-term and long-term strategic workforce plans.
• Optimize and streamline global talent acquisition processes, tools and technology to drive maximum efficiency and effectiveness, resulting in an exceptional experience for candidates and the business.
• Develop and operationalize a recruiting capacity planning model to balance hiring resources and ensure the right resource allocation is supporting business needs.
• Establish a strategic point of view by region on building and providing people insights through data to support the business and leaders in driving data-driven talent decisions.
• With a lens on global representation, inclusion, and belonging; build out talent acquisition programs that are creative and transformative, supporting our long-term goals and vision of the company.
• Partner with Strategic Communications on building a compelling employer brand strategy that is aligned to our company's vision, values and culture and is attractive to a diverse pool of talented applicants.
• Leverage digital technologies and social media to engage and connect with a diverse pool of talented applicants in a modern and progressive way.
• Lead global Employee Value Proposition (EVP) initiatives, ensuring a compelling, consistent, and regionally tailored employer brand that attracts and retains top talent.

• Strategic Mindset and Planning - Adept at defining a long term forward thinking strategic tech and process roadmap that integrates with other People Org tech roadmaps, allocating resources, building shared goals and expectations with key partners, anticipating potential obstacles, setting realistic timelines, managing risks, and keeping stakeholders informed of plans and progress.
• Critical thinking- Challenge the norm, be curious, take an outside in perspective.
• Results-oriented- Enable business outcomes and act with the end in mind.
• People Leadership - Build and empower diverse, winning teams, leading and building the skills and capabilities of the team to grow and deliver through strategic change and challenges.
• Collaborative - Demonstration of strong partnering and collaboration skills, including deep partnerships with executives, business leaders, managers and People Team leadership across geographies.
• Influence - Ability to influence diverse stakeholders via effective communication up, down, and across to a variety of constituencies, both verbally and in writing and presentation format.
• Business & Financial Acumen - Understands business and financial drivers and how Talent Acquisition supports the business in delivering on its strategic objectives; has experience with annual and long-term budgeting cycles.
• Data-Driven Execution - Ability to analyze data and perform root cause analysis, determining insights which lead to enabling targeted actions being executed to enhance performance and/or experience.

• 10+ years of experience leading a global talent acquisition organization (or related experience) with an emphasis on building high performing teams and an inclusive culture and 5 years in corporate recruitment.

• Strong business acumen and proven experience in a senior leadership role, partnering and influencing key stakeholders across the business in driving and aligning talent acquisition strategy with company strategy.

• Strong systems experience and a desire to create great experiences through technology.

• Experience working in a global, dynamic, and publicly traded company.

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.