Director of Talent Acquisition

Axon is on a mission to Protect Life, focusing on critical safety and justice issues through their devices and cloud software. They are seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead their global recruiting function, drive strategy and execution, and deliver high-quality hires in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Own global R&D Talent Acquisition outcomes with full autonomy, set direction, align executives, and deliver
• Operate as an enterprise leader who anticipates issues early, makes decisions fast, and drives closure in ambiguity
• Translate business strategy into clear hiring plans, priorities, and capacity models that consistently land
• Establish and run an executive operating rhythm that leaders rely on for pipeline health, forecast accuracy, and tradeoff decisions
• Hold hiring leaders accountable to standards for role clarity, assessment quality, interview discipline, and timely decisions
• Build and scale a high performing recruiting organization through strong leader development, clear expectations, and performance management
• Help own and drive the Axon global recruiting system end to end and continuously improve speed, quality, and candidate experience so all P&L’s and recruiting team’s are successful, not just R&D
• Use funnel analytics and market intelligence to remove bottlenecks, increase predictability, and improve offer outcomes
• Drive ATS discipline, data hygiene, and automation so the function runs clean and scales
• Partner deeply with technical and product leaders to design job relevant assessments and structured interview plans
• Build durable sourcing and talent intelligence strategies for hard to hire technical markets
• Deliver crisp executive reporting that ties insights to decisions, actions, and measurable results