VP Talent Acquisition

Role Description

Talent is one of our most critical drivers of success. This role, reporting directly to the CPO/CHRO, will shape how we identify, attract, and hire the people who will define our next phase of growth and continued success.

This is an exciting time to be at Verint! The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping the future talent as we expand across the globe and lead the industry with our newly merged organizations.

We are looking for a Vice President of Talent Acquisition to build and lead the global recruiting strategy for the newly combined Verint-Calabrio organization. This is a critical leadership role responsible for building a best-in-class global talent acquisition function that enables the company to attract and hire exceptional talent across engineering, product, go-to-market, and corporate teams.

The VP of Talent Acquisition will partner closely with the executive team to support the company’s next stage of growth, designing scalable recruiting strategies, strengthening employer brand, and ensuring the organization can hire world-class talent in highly competitive technology markets. This role requires a leader who combines strategic vision with operational excellence, and who has a proven track record of building high-performing recruiting organizations in SaaS or technology companies undergoing rapid growth or transformation.

What you will do

• Globalize and align the Talent Acquisition Function:
• Design and lead a modern, high-impact recruiting organization capable of supporting a global SaaS company, hiring across all regions with rapid growth in India.
• Partner with the Executive Team on Talent Strategy:
• Work closely with the CEO, executive leadership team, and People leaders to align hiring strategies with the company’s growth plans and workforce priorities.
• Lead Post-Merger Talent Acquisition Integration:
• Unify recruiting practices across the Calabrio and Verint organizations, establishing consistent hiring standards, processes, and systems.
• Elevate Recruiting Excellence:
• Implement best-in-class recruiting practices including structured interviewing, high-quality candidate experience, and data-driven hiring decisions.
• Strengthen Employer Brand:
• Position the company as an employer of choice within the SaaS and technology community through strong talent branding and candidate engagement strategies.
• Build a High-Performing Recruiting Team:
• Lead and develop a global team of recruiters and recruiting operations professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Define and operationalize global recruiting KPIs, analytics, and standardized executive reporting to enable consistent, data-driven oversight of Talent Acquisition performance.

What success looks like

• A scalable, globally aligned talent acquisition function that works as one team.
• Strong results for all hires proven by data-driven metrics to manage expectations of all stakeholders.
• Outstanding metrics for time-to-hire, quality-of-hires, and candidates experience.
• A consistent and disciplined hiring approach across the combined organization.
• A recruiting organization capable of supporting the company’s long-term growth strategy.

Qualifications

• Extensive Global TA experience, including senior leadership roles in SaaS or technology companies.
• Proven success building and scaling global recruiting teams.
• Strong experience hiring technical and sales talent (engineering, product, and GTM) at scale and expansion in India.
• Track record of leading recruiting functions during periods of rapid growth and transformation.
• Experience successfully partnering with executive leadership and HRBPs on workforce planning and talent strategy.
• Strong operational discipline and experience building data-driven recruiting organizations.
• Ability to influence and align senior leaders in complex organizations.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Data-driven approach with extensive experience in KPI reporting, analytics, and dashboards.
• Experience operationalizing recruiting KPIs and analytics with standardized executive reporting.

Benefits

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