Director, Talent Acquisition, EMEA

As the Director of Talent Acquisition, you will lead both the execution and transformation of Talent Acquisition across your region, embedding AI into how hiring operates and elevating the function into a data-driven, insight-led capability.

This role is a trusted partner to the Vice President, Global Head of Talent Acquisition and senior business leaders, responsible for building a function that understands its pipelines, leverages AI at scale, and drives better hiring decisions through insight—not activity.

What You’ll Do

Be the point person for Aristocrat in all things related to recruitment and talent attraction for your region.

Act as the primary leader for Talent Acquisition across your region, owning both delivery and the adoption of AI as a core operating standard.

Lead through managers, building and scaling high-performing teams of Talent Acquisition Partners by setting clear expectations for AI adoption, pipeline understanding, and data-driven execution.

Drive the adoption of AI across the Talent Acquisition lifecycle, ensuring tools such as Workday, Paradox, Metaview, Textio, and TalentNeuron are embedded into how work gets done across teams.

Build organizational capability to understand talent pipelines end-to-end, including pipeline composition, candidate flow, drop-off points, funnel conversion patterns, and talent density across markets and roles.

Ensure managers and their teams use data-driven insights to enable smarter hiring decisions, influencing role building, talent targeting, and hiring strategy.

Shift Talent Acquisition from reactive execution to proactive hiring, where high-quality talent pools are built, understood, and actively managed ahead of demand.

Develop and guide managers to elevate their teams toward Adoptive and Transformative levels of AI proficiency, ensuring consistent use of tools, workflows, and insight-led practices.

Establish and embed structured workflows and standards across sourcing, outreach, interview evaluation, and candidate management to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability across regions.

Build a culture of continuous experimentation and improvement, where new AI capabilities are tested, refined, and scaled across teams through managers.

Use tools such as Metaview Deep Research and TalentNeuron to generate deeper insight into talent markets, and ensure these insights are translated into actionable strategies across the organization.

Partner with People & Culture and Diversity & Inclusion leaders to use data and insight to identify gaps, improve representation, and drive targeted interventions across the hiring funnel.

Ensure all AI-enabled practices meet global regulatory, privacy, and compliance standards, with clear governance and accountability embedded across leadership layers.

What You’ll Bring

The hard-working relationship-builder we seek is an adept strategist and inspiring leader to the business with these qualifications.

Must-Have

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

12+ years of Talent Acquisition experience across in-house and agency environments

5+ years of leadership experience managing managers and geographically distributed teams

Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and evolve Talent Acquisition functions or operating models

Strong experience bringing to bear technology and data to improve recruiting efficiency

Experience using talent intelligence platforms such as TalentNeuron or Draup to advise strategy

Proven track record to influence senior collaborators and inspire change across the business

Strong analytical approach with the ability to interpret and act on pipeline and talent data

Deep understanding of global recruitment practices, employment laws, and compliance requirements

Nice to Have

Knowledge of global recruitment guidelines in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.

Prior experience with merger & acquisition environments and supporting the in-flight integration

AI Fluency Expectations

Proven track record to drive AI adoption at scale through managers and teams

Experience integrating AI within workflows across sourcing, outreach, interview evaluation, scheduling, and insights

Strong understanding of pipeline analytics, including candidate flow, drop-off, conversion patterns, and talent density

Experience demonstrating AI tools such to generate meaningful talent insights

Ability to translate data into clear, actionable hiring strategies at an organisational level

Track record of improving how Talent Acquisition operates through AI, data, and structured workflows

This job description may have been reviewed and enhanced using AI-assisted tools to improve clarity, consistency, and inclusivity. All final content, role requirements and hiring decisions remain subject to human review and approval by Aristocrat.

Compensation Philosophy

We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success. Our approach is underpinned by a pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact. Your specific compensation package will be determined by factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Depending on your role and location, you may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.

Specific details about compensation and benefits for this position will be discussed during the recruitment process.