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This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.\nFounded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.\nOne of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognized and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise, and more!\nFor more information, visit www.zuru.com\nRole Purpose:\nHiring the best people is ZURU's number one priority. ZURU has built two Talent Acquisition operations: one out of New Zealand, supporting hires across NZ, Australia, the Americas and Europe, and one out of China. The opportunity now is to bring them together as one global function, with shared standards, shared data and a genuine pipeline strategy built to match ZURU's hypergrowth.\nOne Director will own that vision: one global TA strategy, one set of frameworks, and a team resourced and specialized to move ZURU toward proactive, pipeline-led hiring. This role has real scope to design, influence and build a global TA function from the ground up, something ZURU has never had before.\nCore Roles and Responsibilities:\nGlobal Strategy and Leadership\nOwn TA strategy end to end across International and China, leading the China TA Managers and International TA Managers to one global standard rather than two disconnected models.\n\nSupport the business to get in front of their TA needs as the business grows over 30% year on year.\n\nBring consistency to how ZURU hires everywhere, so a role, a process and a candidate experience mean the same thing whether the hire is in Auckland or Shenzhen.\n\nGive leaders clear direction and the support to execute at pace, without taking over their day-to-day delivery.\n\nStructure, Ways of Working and Resourcing\nReview how the TA function operates today, structure, team roles, processes, KPIs across both International and China, and decide the best course to keep up with ZURU’s pace and the recruitment challenges we’re facing right now.\n\nDesign the resourcing model to match where ZURU is growing.\n\nBuild out the frameworks, processes and standards to support mass adoption.\n\nEmpower hiring managers to do more of the process themselves, by providing a clear framework and training that build their capability.\n\nRefine TA systems and tools to enable new TA team members to onboard and become effective faster.\n\nEarly Careers and Campus\nMake sure ZURU's early careers and campus recruitment are set up to succeed: the teams running internships, graduate and campus programmes have clear direction, the right structure and what they need to deliver. This role steers and enables it rather than executing it.\n\nSet the global standard and share learnings across regions, so a strong programme in one market lifts the others rather than staying local.\n\nDrive continuous improvement, so early careers keeps building a deliberate pipeline of future talent and raises the bar as ZURU grows.\n\nEmployer Brand and Marketing Partnership\nPartner closely with Marketing to bring a marketing lens to talent: joint campaigns, storytelling and creative that sell ZURU as a place to build a career, not just job adverts.\n\nDrive ZURU's employer brand globally, with particular focus on the markets where we do not yet have a strong brand presence, so we can win the best people in places that do not already know us.\n\nPut ZURU's brand, channels and creative firepower to work for talent the way they already work for our consumer brands, so we show up as boldly to candidates as we do to customers.\n\nOwn ZURU's employer value proposition and candidate experience in every market, so the best people know who we are and want in.\n\nSourcing and Pipeline\nBuild a genuine sourcing and pipeline function, so ZURU is building relationships with strong candidates before a role opens.\n\nShift the function’s posture from reactive to proactive.\n\nAI and the Future of Talent Acquisition\nActively assess how AI is likely to reshape Talent Acquisition over the next one to two years, sourcing, screening, scheduling, assessment and bring AI into day-to-day delivery now: automate the admin and repetitive work across both regions.\n\nAccountability\nDrive accountability across the whole function: real KPIs, forecasting and reporting that let Talent Acquisition operate with the discipline of a business function, not a service desk.\n\nCoach and develop Managers to grow into director-level capability themselves.\n\nSkills and Experience Required:\nA track record leading Talent Acquisition at scale across multiple countries, ideally including experience bridging Western and Chinese or Greater China markets.\n\nProven experience reviewing and redesigning how a TA function operates, structure, ways of working and resourcing, to keep pace with fast-changing hiring demand.\n\nStrong command of TA data, reporting and forecasting.\n\nGenuine interest in how AI is changing recruitment, and the judgement to decide what that means for team structure and roles and how we can move faster.\n\nExperience coaching and building hiring manager capability to empower them to do more themselves.\n\nComfortable holding both strategy and delivery scope at once, in a lean team.\n\nGenuine willingness to travel to China regularly to build one unified team.\n\nSees possibility where others see complexity, and thrives in the space between strategy and execution.\n\nBuilds strong relationships and credibility quickly, and is energized by growth and change.\n\nLIFE@ZURU\nZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group has rapidly grown and now spans three core divisions-ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods) and ZURU Tech (construction).\nAt ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.\nAt ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.\nGet to know us a little better by checking outLIFE@ZURUon Instagram orwww.zuru.com\nWHAT WE OFFER\nCulture for Growth\n\nHealth Benefits\n\nGlobal Opportunities\n\nSurrounded by an A Player Team\n\nCompetitive Remuneration\n\nLots of fresh fruit, coffee, Pals fridge and more\n\nZURU - Reimagining tomorrow \n #LI-KM1\nZURU may use AI tools to help screen, assess or select applicants.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7085,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Toys, Games & Puzzles","FMCG & Consumer Brand Groups"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T19:53:15Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":14,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.492,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":100,"expected_fill_days":34,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/zuru-global-talent-acquisition-director","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/zuru-global-talent-acquisition-director.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T02:42:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4131,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3048236},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3048236"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fzuru-global-talent-acquisition-director"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fzuru-global-talent-acquisition-director"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fzuru-global-talent-acquisition-director"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/zuru-global-talent-acquisition-director\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fzuru-global-talent-acquisition-director"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2383884}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"zuru.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2383884},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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