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We are bonded by our shared purpose - driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.\nPosition Overview\nThe Senior Director, Talent Acquisition will lead the strategy, design, and execution of Cengage's enterprise talent acquisition function. This role is responsible for building and scaling a recruiting organization that enables the business to attract, assess, and hire high-impact talent across a dynamic and evolving workforce landscape.\nAs Cengage continues its evolution as a digital-first, technology-enabled learning company, this leader will ensure talent acquisition strategies support the organization's growth in product, technology, data, AI, and customer-centric capabilities required to challenge and scale in a SaaS-driven environment.\nThe role requires a strategic operator who can evolve recruiting practices through data, AI-enabled capabilities, enterprise skills frameworks, talent intelligence, and scalable processes that improve hiring outcomes. This leader will leverage Cengage's skills-first talent strategy to enhance talent identification, workforce planning, internal mobility, and hiring effectiveness while ensuring the organization attracts talent capable of succeeding in an increasingly AI-enabled, digital-first environment.\nWhat You'll Do Here\nSkills You Will Need Here\nDevelop and execute an enterprise talent acquisition strategy aligned to organizational growth priorities, workforce plans, and evolving business capabilities.\nBuild and scale a high-performing recruiting team with deep functional expertise and the flexibility to support changing organizational priorities.\nLead the transformation of recruiting practices through AI-enabled tools, automation, talent intelligence, and data-driven decision making.\nPartner with HR Talent Strategy Partners, Talent COE leaders, and business leaders to operationalize Cengage's skills-first talent strategy and leverage enterprise skills frameworks to improve talent identification, workforce planning, internal mobility, and hiring effectiveness.\nLeverage enterprise skills data, workforce insights, and talent intelligence to identify talent gaps, advise recruiting strategies, and support hiring for emerging capabilities critical to Cengage's growth, digital transformation, and AI-enabled future.\nPartner with business leaders to define hiring profiles and assessment approaches that reflect evolving workforce requirements, including AI fluency, digital adaptability, continuous learning, and technology-enabled ways of working.\nEstablish dedicated recruiting strategies and proactive talent pipelines for critical capabilities across product, technology, data, AI, customer success, commercial, and leadership functions.\nDefine and supervise recruiting metrics, workforce analytics, and market insights to drive accountability, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement.\n12+ years of dynamic talent acquisition experience, including 5+ years in leadership roles within sophisticated, matrixed organizations.\nProven success building and scaling enterprise talent acquisition functions in dynamic, technology-enabled, or high-growth environments.\nExperience implementing and using Eightfold is highly desirable\nExperience demonstrating skills-based hiring frameworks, talent intelligence, or workforce capability models to improve recruiting outcomes.\nUnderstanding of talent requirements within digital, SaaS, technology-enabled, or AI-enabled organizations.\nConsistent record to use workforce data, recruiting analytics, and talent insights to influence business decisions and improve hiring outcomes.\nExpertise with ATS platforms and recruiting technologies, including Workday Recruiting preferred.\nExceptional relationship-building, executive influencing, and strategic advisory skills.\nCengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.\nCengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at .\nAbout Cengage\nCengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. 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