Director, Talent Attraction & Acquisition - Carmel

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures.

We are seeking a strategic, data-driven Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our TA function across the US and Canada with a direct responsibility for salaried and hourly field roles. You will set the TA strategy and technology roadmap, drive operational excellence, and deliver a world-class candidate experience. You will partner with business & HR leaders to design comprehensive and creative sourcing strategies that create a pipeline of diverse top talent to drive business success;

ensuring alignment with business priorities. You will report to the Vice President, Global Talent and lead a team of Talent Acquisition Partners, TA Operations Manager, and Early Careers and Outreach Manager. The ideal candidate combines deep TA expertise with strong stakeholder influence, technical fluency in TA systems and AI-enabled tools, and a proven track record of leading teams through change.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive TA strategy aligned to business objectives and talent capability needs for salaried and hourly field roles in the US and Canada; scalable tools and processes for global and plant distributed recruitment network.
• Establish and maintain a clear operating model (SOP’s), service-level agreements (SLAs), and governance across direct recruiting channels.
• Lead workforce planning discussions with business leaders and HR partners to anticipate talent needs and design proactive sourcing pipelines.

• Own and optimize TA technology solutions (ATS - Workday, CRM, recruitment event management, automation tools, and AI-enabled sourcing); ensure effective implementation, adoption, and data quality.
• Build and maintain insightful analytics with dashboards and regular reporting on TA metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, cost per hire, source of hire, pipeline velocity, diversity, candidate experience, hiring manager satisfaction, etc.), inclusive of external benchmarks and market intelligence.
• Drive data-informed decisions, benchmarking, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead and inspire a high-performing TA function, including TA Partners, TA Operations, and Early Careers & Outreach teams.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, scalable processes, inclusion, and engagement.
• Provide meaningful and robust development & coaching for the talent acquisition team to support career growth and maintain recruiting excellence.

• Design and optimize the end-to-end candidate experience across regions and functions: ensure consistency and inclusion.
• Collaborate with Employee Experience and Corporate Communications teams to shape and communicate the candidate/employee experience.
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