Talent Acquisition Lead - North America

Who are we, and what do we do?

Corteva Agriscience is a global leader in agriculture, dedicated to enriching the lives of those who produce and consume agricultural products. We are committed to creating sustainable solutions for farmers and delivering high-quality, innovative products and services. As a key player in the agricultural sector, we are seeking a dynamic and execution-focused Talent Acquisition Lead to join our North America team.

As the Talent Acquisition Lead for North America, you will shape and execute the talent acquisition strategy for a key business portfolio, including R&D & Corporate Functions or Commercial & Operations. This is a hybrid strategic and hands‑on role, requiring a leader who can set direction, advise the business, and directly manage hiring processes for priority, complex, or business‑critical roles. The role also includes supporting university relations and early‑career talent initiatives to build future pipelines for critical capabilities.

The role requires strong execution discipline, agility, data fluency, and the ability to translate business priorities into recruiting plans, talent pipelines, and measurable outcomes. The ideal candidate brings experience recruiting for science‑driven, technical, or innovation‑led organizations and is comfortable leveraging modern recruiting technologies, analytics, AI‑enabled tools, and skills‑based hiring practices to improve quality, speed, candidate experience, and workforce readiness.

• Strategic Talent Leadership: Develop and execute a business‑aligned talent acquisition strategy, with a focus on critical skills, workforce priorities, and long‑term talent pipeline health.

• Science and Technical Talent Strategy: Build sourcing and hiring approaches for complex roles across science, R&D, digital, technical, commercial, manufacturing, and corporate functions, with an understanding of niche and hard‑to‑find talent markets.

• Hands‑On Hiring Execution: Personally lead full‑cycle hiring processes for select priority, confidential, complex, or high‑impact roles, including intake, sourcing strategy, candidate engagement, assessment coordination, offer strategy, and close partnership with hiring leaders through final selection.

• Team Leadership and Agility: Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing recruiting team that can adapt quickly to changing business priorities, manage ambiguity, and deliver with consistency and accountability.

• Technology, Data, and AI Enablement: Leverage recruiting platforms, analytics, automation, and AI‑enabled tools to improve sourcing effectiveness, funnel health, recruiter productivity, hiring quality, and candidate experience.

• Data, Analytics, and Execution Management: Use recruiting metrics, funnel analytics, labor market insights, and operational dashboards to manage priorities, identify risks, improve process performance, and hold the team and business accountable for hiring outcomes.

• Skills‑Based Hiring: Advance skills‑based recruiting practices by partnering with leaders to clarify role requirements, identify transferable skills, strengthen assessment approaches, and expand access to diverse talent pools.

• Stakeholder Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, senior leaders, and hiring managers by bringing market insights, talent intelligence, and practical solutions to workforce and hiring challenges.

• Talent Pipeline and Market Intelligence: Develop proactive sourcing strategies for priority talent segments, using external market data, competitive intelligence, and talent mapping to anticipate future needs.

• University Relations and Early‑Career Talent: Support university relations strategies and early‑career hiring initiatives by building relationships with priority schools, strengthening internship and entry‑level pipelines, and partnering with the business to align campus recruiting efforts to future skill needs.

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