Director, Talent Acquisition Strategy

About Pernod Ricard

Where Conviviality is at work. Pernod Ricard is a global premium international champagnes and spirits company. We’re the team behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT® Vodka, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, Malibu®, Kahlúa® Liqueur, The Glenlivet®, Beefeater and Malfy Gins, and a leading portfolio of American whiskey brands including Jefferson’s, Rabbit Hole, TX, Smooth Ambler and Skrewball™ whiskey. Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word, convivialité…it means human connection, authenticity, friendly, and jovial. Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard. Guided by our 4 core values: (1) grounded in the real; (2) fiercely authentic; (3) passion for challenge; and (4) connected beyond borders; we are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and (cocktail) shakers. We have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business!

The salary range for this role, based in New York, is $156,800.00 to $196,020.00. The range may vary if the role outside of this location. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a candidate’s experience, skills against internal peers and against the scope and responsibilities of the position.

Job Summary

The Director, Talent Acquisition Strategy leads the development and execution of the North America talent acquisition strategy in partnership with the Head of Talent Management and business leaders. Operating within an embedded recruiting model, this role provides centralized Talent Acquisition leadership, governance, tools, and standards while enabling recruiters to meet the unique needs of their functions. The Director will drive consistency, quality, and innovation across hiring practices and directly lead executive and critical-talent recruitment, ensuring a strategic and high-touch approach to leadership hiring.

Who will love this job:

You are a strategic Talent Acquisition leader who is equally comfortable shaping enterprise-wide strategy and personally leading high-impact searches. You thrive in complex, distributed recruiting environments and know how to create consistency without losing the flexibility needed to support different businesses and functions. You are a trusted advisor who can influence senior leaders, use data and market intelligence to strengthen decisions, and build recruiting capability across teams. You are also energized by evolving how Talent Acquisition works through technology, AI, assessment excellence, and continuous improvement.

What you’ll do:

Talent Acquisition Strategy & Governance

Define and lead the North America talent acquisition strategy in alignment with business priorities and workforce plans.

Establish recruiting frameworks, governance, standards, and clear ways of working across embedded recruiters, People Business Partners, Talent Management, and business leaders.

Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on hiring priorities, market dynamics, and talent acquisition strategy.

Executive & Critical Talent Hiring

Lead end-to-end recruitment for executive, senior leadership, and business-critical roles.

Design tailored search strategies and bring market intelligence, benchmarking, succession context, and rigorous assessment into leadership hiring decisions.

Partner directly with senior executives, the Chief People Officer, and Head of Talent Management while ensuring an exceptional, high-touch candidate experience.

Embedded Recruiting Team Enablement

Provide direction, coaching, tools, and capability building for recruiters embedded within the business.

Develop structured methodologies and playbooks that strengthen sourcing, assessment, selection, and hiring decision-making.

Drive consistency across recruiting teams while preserving the flexibility needed to support distinct business and functional needs.

Talent Quality & Assessment Excellence

Partner with Talent Management to establish structured, competency-based, and inclusive assessment practices that improve quality of hire.

Develop interview frameworks, assessment tools, and selection methodologies that strengthen hiring rigor and decision quality.

Monitor and continuously improve candidate experience across the hiring journey.

Workforce Planning & Talent Insights

Partner with People Business Partners, Talent Management, and business leaders to translate workforce plans and future capability needs into proactive hiring strategies.

Provide labor-market intelligence, talent availability insights, and hiring analytics to inform workforce and talent decisions.

Connect external talent acquisition strategies with internal mobility, succession planning, leadership development, and broader talent priorities.

Talent Acquisition Operations, Technology & Innovation

Establish and monitor key recruiting metrics, including quality of hire, time to fill, source effectiveness, candidate experience, recruiter productivity, and representation.

Champion the responsible adoption of AI, automation, and recruiting technologies that improve recruiter effectiveness, hiring outcomes, and scalability.

Identify opportunities to optimize recruiting processes, tools, and ways of working, and lead the selection and management of external recruiting partners and technology solutions.

Employer Brand & Talent Attraction

Partner with Communications, Culture, HR, and business leaders to strengthen the organization’s employer brand and employee value proposition across key talent markets.

Develop targeted sourcing and attraction strategies for critical, hard-to-fill, and future-focused talent segments.

Expand digital talent attraction capabilities through social channels, targeted campaigns, talent communities, and emerging technologies.

Required qualifications:

• 12+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including experience leading enterprise, regional, or global Talent Acquisition strategies.
• Experience operating within complex or federated recruiting models, including CoE and embedded recruiter structures, strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading executive search and senior leadership hiring.
• Experience building, transforming, or scaling Talent Acquisition strategies, operating models, processes, and standards.
• Experience partnering closely with People Business Partners and Talent Management on workforce planning, succession, internal mobility, and broader talent strategies.
• Strong analytical capabilities with experience defining and using Talent Acquisition KPIs, data, and market intelligence to drive decisions.
• Experience with recruiting technologies, AI-enabled tools, automation, and emerging Talent Acquisition practices.
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on when needed, including personally leading critical or executive searches.
• Strong executive presence, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility across senior leaders and diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead change and influence mindsets, behaviors, and ways of working across a complex organization.

Job Posting End Date: Target Hire Date: 2026-10-05

When you join Pernod Ricard, you’ll experience a workplace that is rich in heritage, driven by our iconic brands and a long-standing commitment to sustainability, safety, and giving back to the people and communities where we work. We know that happiness at work starts with that feeling of belonging you get from an inclusive culture where being uniquely you is celebrated. Our values are lived, they drive our behaviors, and it’s what brings our culture to life. Our work philosophy celebrates the magic of human connection with the flexibility needed to provide one's most meaningful contribution.

We offer a flexible work policy, with most of our positions offering a a hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. As a global employer, we understand that not everyone’s working hours are the same, and we empower our employees to work the hours that make the most sense for them and their team’s schedules. We offer employees great benefits and perks to toast to a life filled with support. Check out PRUSABenefits.com for details.

This recruitment process uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to match applicant skills with role requirements and qualifications.

Pernod Ricard USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It employs qualified individuals based solely on ability, training, and experience, and does not and will not, discriminate for or against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based upon actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service or any other classification protected by law. Offers will be subject to United States local terms.

Pernod Ricard USA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Pernod Ricard USA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. To request reasonable accommodation during the application process, contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and champagne industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Our mission is to ensure the long-term growth of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive and responsible culture of authentic conviviality.

Pernod Ricard’s consolidated sales amounted to € 10,959 million in fiscal year FY25. Pernod Ricard is listed on Euronext (Ticker: RI; ISIN Code: FR0000120693) and is part of the CAC 40 index.