Company Overview

Our client is a well-established national B2B distributor, recognized as a leader in its market and serving customers through an omnichannel model. The company has built a culture centered on customer success, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision making. As the company invests in digital transformation and sustainable commercial growth, it is seeking a VP of eCommerce to unite brand strategy and demand generation and deliver a consistent, high-performing experience across every customer touchpoint.

Position Overview

This is a rare opportunity to own the full marketing engine of a national B2B distributor at a pivotal point in its digital growth. You will report directly to the President and work with the senior leadership team. You will build and lead a cross-functional team spanning performance marketing, brand, content, social media, and CRM, with full ownership of the marketing budget and accountability for revenue impact. You will lead the digital transformation of marketing, shaping the company’s investment in CRM, marketing automation, personalization, and AI-enabled tools. The role is on-site in the Midwest one week a month, and offers a leader the platform to define how the business grows and to expand their impact as it scales.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an integrated marketing strategy aligned with company objectives, owning brand growth, demand generation, customer acquisition, and revenue performance.
• Partner closely with the President and senior leadership team to align marketing priorities with the broader business strategy and growth objectives.
• Build, lead, and develop high-performing teams across performance marketing, brand management, campaign management, content, social media, and CRM to support scalable growth.
• Own branding, content, lead generation, and performance marketing across SEO, paid search, shopping, display, retargeting, email, social, print, and partnerships, connecting brand-building activity with measurable commercial outcomes.
• Optimize the customer journey across digital and physical touchpoints to deliver a consistent, effective omnichannel experience.
• Lead digital transformation within marketing, advancing the use of CRM, CMS, web analytics, marketing automation, personalization, and emerging technologies to improve performance and efficiency.
• Manage marketing budgets, forecasting, and investment allocation with disciplined, ROI-focused steering of spend.
• Establish a rigorous KPI and reporting framework, including test-and-learn practices, that turns data, market research, competitive insight, and customer feedback into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Data Analytics, Creative, Engineering, Merchandising, Product Management, Sales, and Finance, and manage agency and platform partners, to ensure seamless execution across the full customer journey.
• Define marketing processes, frameworks, and best practices that drive consistency across channels, and continuously adapt strategy to market trends, platform updates, and competitive dynamics.

Position Qualifications

Required:

• A proven track record of developing and executing integrated, omnichannel marketing strategies that connect brand-building with measurable commercial results, including delivering against ROI, growth, and customer acquisition targets.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive marketing experience, including significant leadership in brand strategy, performance marketing, and digital or eCommerce growth.
• A minimum of 5 years of people leadership experience building and developing high-performing marketing teams, paired with a hands-on approach to execution.
• Demonstrated expertise in branding, content marketing, lead generation, and performance marketing across SEO, paid search, shopping, display, retargeting, email, and social platforms.
• Ability to work remotely and travel to the Midwest one week per month.

Preferred:

• Experience leading marketing in a B2B environment.
• Familiarity with GA4, Power BI, SQL-based reporting, CRM, CMS, and marketing automation platforms, including experience selecting or implementing new marketing technologies and AI-enabled solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, eCommerce, or a related field, or equivalent experience; an advanced degree is a plus.

Call to Action

If you are ready to lead marketing and digital growth for a national leader in its industry, we would like to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills, and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

Talentfoot Overview

Talentfoot Executive Search specializes in future proofing organizations by securing forward-thinking leaders across sales, marketing, eCommerce, product, data, operations, finance, and technology with a track record of accelerating growth, innovation, and profitability. Since 2010, we’ve partnered with more than 2,500 companies and lead the industry with a 98% client success rate. Learn more at Talentfoot.com

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Our client is an education technology company helping professionals grow their skills and advance their careers through lifelong learning. Their fully remote team has earned national recognition as one of the best places to work, with repeated top rankings among education and training employers, midsize workplaces, and workplaces for women. The culture is tight knit and collaborative, built on curiosity, a love of learning, a drive to solve complex problems, and plenty of laughter along the way. With a thriving consumer subscription business, a growing institutional opportunity, and a modernizing data and technology foundation, the company is seeking a Vice President of Marketing to lead its marketing organization into the next phase of growth.

Position Overview

This is a rare chance to shape both the results and the operating model of a modern marketing organization during a pivotal stage in the company’s growth. As a member of the executive team, you will set the strategy that scales a proven consumer subscription business while building the enterprise marketing engine that will support new products, buyers, and markets. You will also lead a meaningful transformation in how marketing operates, bringing AI, automation, and stronger data infrastructure into the team’s everyday work so that talented marketers can spend more time on strategy and growth. Partnering closely with leaders across Brand, Sales, Revenue Operations, Product, Data, and the business units, you will have broad visibility and a direct influence on where the company goes next. This fully remote role is open to candidates based anywhere in the United States, with occasional travel for company and leadership gatherings.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy for sustained consumer subscription growth through disciplined channel optimization, a balanced multichannel mix, and thoughtful expansion into new acquisition opportunities.
• Build and lead the enterprise marketing function within a unified team that shares channels, budget, and resources across consumer and institutional audiences, including demand generation, campaign frameworks, and channel strategy.
• Partner with Revenue Operations and Sales to strengthen pipeline processes, shared infrastructure, and measurement.
• Advance the marketing technology stack, data architecture, and AI driven automation in partnership with Revenue Operations and Data, bringing a strong marketing voice to decisions on tools, vendors, and governance.
• Champion the integration of AI across marketing systems, workflows, and decision making, delivering measurable progress within the first year.
• Collaborate with the brand leader to ensure channels, campaigns, and customer touchpoints are ready to support an evolving brand strategy.
• Guide content strategy across campaign messaging, thought leadership, demand generation content, and sales enablement.
• Own the marketing budget across all lines of business, allocating investment strategically to maximize return on performance and growth spend.
• Establish strong partnerships and shared accountability with business unit leaders and cross functional teams.
• Lead and develop an experienced, high performing marketing team, supporting their growth and guiding them through change.

Position Qualifications

Required:

• A proven track record of driving measurable revenue growth as a senior marketing leader, including a VP level or higher role on an executive or senior leadership team.
• Significant progressive marketing leadership experience across both consumer subscription or SaaS businesses and B2B enterprise or institutional environments, with real depth on the enterprise side.
• Fluency in subscription economics, including CAC, LTV, payback period, churn, and retention, along with experience managing multimillion dollar marketing budgets and demonstrating ROI.
• Deep expertise across paid search, paid social, lifecycle, SEO, direct mail, and partnerships, as well as building B2B demand generation, ABM, and content driven pipeline programs.
• Experience leading marketing through a significant operational or technological transformation, with a practical, AI forward point of view and strong command of modern martech, data, and attribution.

Preferred:

• Experience guiding marketing through a major brand evolution while treating brand and performance as complementary.
• A collaborative leadership style that builds trust across functions, thrives in a matrixed remote environment, and is comfortable with ambiguity and change.
• A strategic, data informed decision maker who moves with urgency and raises the bar for the people around them.

If you’re ready to lead a marketing organization through its most exciting chapter yet, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

Company Overview

Our client is a founder-led, mission-driven consumer wellness company creating thoughtful, accessible products in a large category where consumer education has not kept pace with consumer need. What began as an entrepreneurial brand has grown into an established organization with national distribution and a strong presence across major retail channels, and its dermatologist-tested products are supported by published clinical studies. The company continues to invest in innovation and operational excellence, and every employee participates in equity. After a period of strong double-digit growth, it plans to roughly double sales over the next several years and is hiring a Director of Media Buying to build the specialized media function behind that growth.

Position Overview

This is an opportunity to build a specialized media function at a high-growth consumer brand. The Director of Media Buying will stand up and run paid media across the platforms where the company invests. Working alongside an established in-house performance marketing team, this leader will build the function that becomes the single source of truth for paid performance. From day one, this leader will build live data visualization and lead regular readouts that share results openly across marketing and leadership. The role is central to the company’s plan to roughly double the business.

Position Responsibilities

• Stand up and manage paid media campaigns across the platforms where the company invests, putting spend to work efficiently against business goals and owning week-over-week execution and optimization.
• Centralize the in-house media function into the single source of truth for paid performance, establishing the operational and reporting discipline the company expects from its in-house marketing team.
• Organize buying and optimization by platform, using deep knowledge of each channel’s levers. Refine the media mix with integrated marketing leadership, who set the overall campaign and media strategy.
• Plan and buy across retail media networks, including Walmart Connect and Target Roundel, to drive sales with national retail partners. Support continued growth on Amazon and other digital channels.
• Stand up live data visualization so the marketing team can see media performance in real time.
• Deliver regular readouts on spend, performance, and learnings, explaining what the data shows and sharing results openly with marketing and leadership.
• Work with marketing leadership to define how return on ad spend is measured and reported.
• Partner with creative, creative operations, and design. Share timely performance insight to shape creative development and help bring new creative into market quickly.
• Coordinate with agency partners as more capability moves in house, keeping ownership of strategy and data within the company.

Position Qualifications

Required:

• A track record of standing up and managing paid media campaigns across major digital platforms.
• 8+ years of experience in paid media buying and performance marketing, with deep, hands-on skill in platform-level buying and optimization.
• Experience building or leading in-house media buying teams at high-growth, digitally led consumer brands on the brand side, including managing agency partners while keeping ownership of strategy and data in house.
• A track record of building live dashboards and data visualization, and of defining and reporting return on ad spend and related performance measures.
• Experience running performance programs, and the ability to explain what the data shows clearly to leadership.

Preferred:

• Retail experience, including retail media networks such as Walmart Connect and Target Roundel.
• A collaborative partner to creative teams who shares data and results openly.
• Financial discipline, directing resources to the highest-impact work, and a willingness to question the status quo and bring fresh approaches.

Call to Action

If you’re ready to build a media function that drives a company’s next phase of growth, we’d like to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

Talentfoot Overview

Talentfoot Executive Search specializes in future proofing organizations by securing forward-thinking leaders across sales, marketing, eCommerce, product, data, operations, finance, and technology with a track record of accelerating growth, innovation, and profitability. Since 2010, we’ve partnered with more than 2,500 companies and lead the industry with a 98% client success rate. Learn more at Talentfoot.com

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SVP, Managing Director

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid, 3 days per week in office)

Company Overview

Our client is a full-service agency and brings together strategy, creative, media, and analytics to solve its clients’ toughest business challenges. As the firm continues to expand its senior leadership bench, it is seeking an SVP, Managing Director to help drive the next chapter of client growth and agency innovation.

Position Overview

This is a rare opportunity to step into the most senior client-facing leadership seat at an agency, owning the strategy, growth, and profitability of a significant piece of business. The role sits at the intersection of executive relationship management and integrated agency leadership, giving the successful candidate direct visibility with C-suite stakeholders on both the client and agency side. Three things make this role especially compelling for the right leader: first, the scope, you’ll direct a multidisciplinary team spanning strategy, creative, media, and analytics, shaping how all of it comes together for the client; second, the influence, you’ll advise client executives on business challenges that go well beyond marketing, positioning you as a trusted strategic partner rather than a vendor; and third, the growth trajectory, this role reports directly into executive leadership and carries real decision-making authority over investment and resourcing, making it a natural springboard to broader executive responsibility.

Based in Chicago with a hybrid schedule of three days a week in the office, this role offers the flexibility of a modern workplace paired with the in-person collaboration needed to lead at this level.

Position Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior-most agency leader and primary executive contact for a significant client relationship, owning its overall health, growth, and profitability
• Develop a deep understanding of the client’s business, industry, and competitive landscape to identify new opportunities for value creation and growth
• Partner with executive leadership to shape long-term business plans, growth strategies, and investment priorities
• Lead and align cross-functional teams across strategy, creative, media, communications, analytics, and technology to deliver cohesive, high-impact work
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, establishing the agency as an indispensable business partner
• Direct decision-making across disciplines, resolving issues that could affect client performance or team effectiveness
• Lead, mentor, and develop a large team through influence and collaboration, creating growth opportunities for future agency leaders
• Champion the thoughtful adoption of AI and emerging technologies to improve client outcomes and operational efficiency
• Ensure effective planning and execution across multiple workstreams, balancing long-term strategy with day-to-day demands
• Drive accountability for commitments, timelines, and quality standards across the business

Position Qualifications

Required:

• A proven track record of growing client or business relationships through strategic partnership rather than transactional selling
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience within an advertising agency, marketing organization, or professional services environment
• Experience serving as the senior executive responsible for enterprise client relationships exceeding $5 million in annual revenue
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams spanning strategy, media, creative, technology, and analytics
• Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to speak fluently to operating margins, growth strategy, and brand architecture alike
• Executive presence and confidence engaging CEOs, CMOs, and boards on issues extending beyond marketing

Call to Action

If you’re ready to make an impact and take your career to the next level, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills, and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

About Talentfoot

Talentfoot Executive Search specializes in future proofing organizations by securing forward-thinking leaders across sales, marketing, eCommerce, product, data, operations, finance, and technology with a track record of accelerating growth, innovation and profitability. Since 2010, we’ve partnered with more than 2,500 companies and lead the industry with a 98% client success rate. Learn more at Talentfoot.com.

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Business Development Director

Remote (U.S.)

Company Overview

Our client is a profitable, founder-owned technology company that helps businesses claim the research and development tax credit through an end-to-end software platform, built by tax credit practitioners with more than two decades of combined experience in the field. The company serves clients in software, life sciences, manufacturing, architecture, and engineering, and it also licenses its platform to CPA firms and consultants who deliver R&D credit studies to their own clients. After federal legislation permanently resolved a multi-year headwind for the industry, the company doubled its revenue, and it now releases new platform features every month. With a lean, collaborative team that values initiative and fresh ideas, and a goal of doubling revenue and customers over the next three years, the company is adding a Business Development Director to scale its CPA and accounting firm channel.

Position Overview

This is a rare opportunity to lead growth for a proven, feature-rich platform at a turning point for the R&D tax credit market. First, you will work in open territory with uncapped earning potential, building relationships across a large and underpenetrated market of accounting firms, without splitting accounts or territories across a large sales team. Second, you will report directly to the co-founders and work alongside them every day, with full visibility into company strategy and the freedom to set your own cadence, campaigns, and channel approach. Third, as the sales organization grows, a high performer in this seat will have a path toward leadership and future equity conversations. Your success will directly drive the company’s plan to double its revenue and customer base over the next three years.

Position Responsibilities

• Build and own an outbound pipeline into CPA and accounting firms with roughly 10 to 200 employees, engaging partners, owners, and presidents who make decisions about service lines, software, and client referrals.
• Sell two complementary partnership models: platform licensing for firms that want to add or scale R&D tax credit work without adding staff, and referral partnerships for firms that prefer to send qualifying clients to the company for delivery.
• Manage the full sales cycle from first conversation through signed engagement, working with the co-founders on demos and closing calls when needed, so that each opportunity moves forward efficiently.
• Lead consultative conversations about firm economics, showing how the platform helps firms create new revenue from existing clients and run studies more efficiently.
• Identify and pursue new channels for growth, including industry conferences, webinars, professional associations, and strategic partnerships, and bring these ideas to leadership with a clear plan for execution.
• Time outreach and deal activity around the tax calendar, focusing on the summer and fall windows when firms are most open to adopting new solutions before tax season.
• Use the company’s sales technology, including HubSpot, prospecting data, a power dialer, and appointment-setting support, to test outbound campaigns in new segments and keep pipeline data accurate.
• Hand signed clients to the delivery team for onboarding and stay engaged with partner firms to support renewals and generate ongoing referrals, which compound over time as clients return year after year.

Position Qualifications

Required:

• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding quota in a full-cycle closing role, with consistent results on deals averaging around $40K.
• 5+ years of full-cycle, quota-carrying B2B sales experience.
• Direct experience selling software or services to decision makers at CPA or accounting firms.
• Demonstrated ability to build outbound pipeline from scratch without heavy marketing or SDR support.
• Experience in a startup or early-stage environment, with a self-directed working style and comfort with ambiguity.

Preferred:

• Experience selling R&D tax credit services, R&D tax credit software, or other specialty tax incentive solutions.
• An established network of relationships within the accounting industry.
• A collaborative, idea-driven approach that brings new strategies to leadership instead of waiting for direction.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you are a builder who wants to own a growing channel and work directly with founders, apply now. A member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch if your track record of success, experience, skills, and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

Talentfoot Overview

Talentfoot Executive Search specializes in future proofing organizations by securing forward-thinking leaders across sales, marketing, eCommerce, product, data, operations, finance, and technology with a track record of accelerating growth, innovation, and profitability. Since 2010, we’ve partnered with more than 2,500 companies and lead the industry with a 98% client success rate. Learn more at Talentfoot.com

Sales Director, Salesforce Financial Services

Our client is a woman-owned Salesforce implementation partner serving financial services organizations across Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, and Private Equity. Built on a unique combination of consulting and education, this East Coast-based firm helps its clients become more strategically aligned through Salesforce, illustrating what a fully integrated technology stack can look like with Salesforce at the center. The culture is relationship-driven and people-centered, with a deep commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and the ongoing development of every team member. As they invest in formalizing their new-business sales motion, they are looking for a Sales Director, Salesforce Financial Services to build and own the function from the ground up.

Position Overview

This is a builder role with direct access to company leadership and a clear mandate to create something lasting. The Sales Director will own the full sales cycle from first relationship through signed Statement of Work, carrying a $2 to $3 million annual booked-revenue target and working closely with the founder and delivery leaders to grow qualified pipeline through new clients, Salesforce partnerships, and account expansion. In the first 90 days, the focus is on learning the current client base, offerings, and partner relationships and establishing a credible pipeline baseline. Over the following 12 to 24 months, the mandate is to grow bookings, make the sales motion more predictable, and build the playbook that will support the firm’s next stage of growth. For a commercially sharp, low-ego professional who is energized by creating the playbook rather than inheriting one, this is the right seat.

Position Responsibilities

• Own a $2 to $3 million annual booked-revenue target, with a clear sales plan that accounts for deal size, sales cycle, and delivery capacity.
• Create new-logo and expansion opportunities through targeted outreach, warm introductions, Salesforce co-sell activity, referrals, and industry relationships across private equity, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, fintech, and lending.
• Develop and manage trusted relationships with Salesforce Account Executives, Solution Engineers, Partner Account Managers, and other ecosystem leaders, maintaining a regular in-person presence at key Salesforce and partner events.
• Lead the full opportunity lifecycle from prospecting and qualification through discovery, solution shaping, proposal development, commercial negotiation, and close.
• Partner with leadership and delivery experts to translate client needs into clear approaches, estimates, pricing, proposals, and Statements of Work.
• Coordinate clean sales-to-delivery handoffs, ensuring client expectations, scope, commercial terms, and relationship context are fully understood before work begins.
• Track the full sales funnel and provide a clear weekly view of opportunity quality, risk, and expected bookings, with disciplined CRM hygiene throughout.
• Bring market intelligence back to leadership to sharpen the firm’s offerings, positioning, partner strategy, and future growth investments.
• Build and codify a repeatable sales playbook that informs how the company develops its broader growth function over time.

Position Qualifications

Required:

• A documented track record of owning and exceeding annual bookings targets through new-logo acquisition and strategic account expansion in financial services technology, consulting, or professional services.
• A minimum of 8 years of midmarket sales, business development, or account leadership experience, including at least 5 years in a quota-carrying role with direct accountability for annual bookings or new-business revenue.
• A relevant network and the ability to establish credibility quickly with senior buyers across Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Private Equity, Banking, or Fintech.
• Experience selling complex consulting, implementation, managed services, or digital transformation engagements, not only software licenses.
• Working knowledge of the Salesforce partner and co-sell motion, including collaboration with Account Executives, Solution Engineers, Partner Account Managers, and delivery teams.
• Familiarity with Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, and how Salesforce supports financial services operating models and growth priorities.
• Strong forecasting, CRM discipline, and commercial judgment, including the ability to pursue growth without overselling delivery capacity or creating avoidable margin and scope risk.
• A builder’s mindset and collaborative, low-ego approach that fits a relationship-driven, people-centered firm.
• Based in or able to maintain a regular presence in the New York metropolitan area, with remote flexibility and willingness to travel for client and partner engagement.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Preferred:

• Existing relationships within the Salesforce partner ecosystem or with Salesforce field teams serving financial services clients.
• Experience building a sales function or playbook at a boutique consulting or professional services firm.

If you are ready to own a visible growth mandate and help shape the next chapter of a respected Salesforce partner, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills, and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

Talentfoot Executive Search specializes in future-proofing organizations by securing forward-thinking leaders across sales, marketing, eCommerce, product, data, operations, finance, and technology with a track record of accelerating growth, innovation and profitability. Since 2010, we’ve partnered with more than 2,500 companies and lead the industry with a 98% client success rate. Learn more at Talentfoot.com

Our client is a global, family-spirited industrial group serving the aviation sector. Over six decades it has grown from a small engineering business into an organization of more than 4,000 employees, built through a series of complementary businesses that together give customers a complete, end-to-end solution. The workforce is unusually diverse, spanning field technicians, factory engineers, software developers, and strategic sales professionals across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The company is proud of its entrepreneurial, customer-focused culture and its long record of developing people into international careers. Having reached a scale where more structure is needed, the company is now investing in its people function so that culture can grow with the business. This role will lead that work across the Americas.

Position Overview

This is a rare opportunity to step into a newly created regional HR leadership role and shape the people agenda for a complex, multi-business organization at a pivotal point in its growth. First, the role has broad scope. The VP, People Americas serves as the strategic partner to several regional CEOs and business leaders across Canada, the United States, and Latin America, with influence over talent, organization design, HR operations, and HR technology. Second, the role carries real visibility and international exposure. It sits on the regional leadership team, works hand in hand with Group HR at the European headquarters, and contributes to group-wide projects beyond the Americas. Third, the impact will be lasting. The successful leader will bring alignment to HR practices that grew up separately across divisions, build a structured talent and succession process, and help modernize HR through data and AI-enabled tools. The role is based in the Chicago area, with regular travel to sites across the Americas and periodic travel to Europe.

Position Responsibilities

• Partner with regional CEOs and leadership teams as a trusted advisor on talent, organization design, and workforce planning, making sure people strategy supports each business’s priorities.
• Lead and coordinate the regional HR network through influence, building trust with local HR teams across multiple sites and divisions and aligning them around a shared roadmap.
• Consolidate, harmonize, and standardize HR processes, tools, and KPIs across divisions in the Americas, adapting group frameworks to local needs and legal requirements where a clear business case exists.
• Build a structured talent management process for the region, including talent reviews, development plans for key talent, succession planning, and internal mobility across divisions and countries.
• Define and oversee the recruitment strategy for the Americas, leading executive and strategic hiring, standardizing recruitment processes and partners, and strengthening the employer brand.
• Drive continuous improvement of regional HR operations and shared services, including training strategy, onboarding, and payroll coordination, with an eye toward scalability and service quality.
• Lead the regional HRIS and people analytics roadmap with Group HR, improving data quality, delivering consistent dashboards, and supporting the adoption of digital and AI-enabled HR solutions.
• Ensure compliance with group HR policies, governance, and ethics standards, and support the business on complex employee relations matters, including international mobility.
• Contribute to cross-regional and group-wide HR initiatives, bringing proven practices from other regions into the Americas and sharing regional successes globally.

Position Qualifications

Required:

• A proven track record of building or maturing HR functions and delivering measurable improvements in talent, process, and HR operations within complex organizations.
• 13 to 20 years of progressive HR experience, including senior HR business partner or HR leadership roles.
• Experience leading HR across multi-site, multi-entity organizations in an international or matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated success advising senior executives and leadership teams and leading through influence across teams that do not report directly to you.
• Experience driving organizational change, process standardization, and HR transformation initiatives.
• Willingness to travel at least one week per month across the Americas, plus periodic travel to Europe.

Preferred:

• Experience in industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or international B2B environments, ideally within a company headquartered in Europe.
• Experience supporting HR in Latin America, including building or coordinating HR shared services.
• Hands-on exposure to HRIS optimization, people analytics, and AI-enabled HR tools.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field.
• Strong listening, diplomacy, and project management skills, with a collaborative style=””>

This is a rare opportunity to build a talent acquisition function nearly from the ground up at a company in the middle of national expansion. Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Talent Acquisition Manager will lead high-volume property-level hiring across a multi-state portfolio, along with periodic corporate searches, while managing two recruiters. Second, this is a true player/coach role with direct visibility to senior leadership, where improvements in fill times, candidate quality, and team stability will show up quickly across every community. Third, there is a clear growth path: as the function matures, this leader will have the opportunity to take on broader people leadership responsibilities across the organization.

Position Responsibilities

• Build and own an end-to-end recruiting strategy that covers both high-volume property-level hiring and periodic corporate searches, with distinct workstreams and resourcing for each, so the organization can staff new acquisitions and backfill turnover at the pace the business requires.
• Partner with operations leadership to forecast hiring demand tied to acquisitions, dispositions, and turnover, and make staffing recommendations that include requisition load standards, market coverage assignments, and flexible contract recruiting support during peak periods.
• Design grassroots sourcing strategies to reach maintenance technicians, leasing professionals, property managers, and skilled trades talent, including partnerships with trade schools, community colleges, workforce organizations, and trade-adjacent local businesses.
• Launch market-level employer branding and community marketing, from targeted digital channels to on-the-ground flyers and mobile-friendly applications, and strengthen resident and employee referral programs to increase applicant flow in every market.
• Build and maintain talent communities in each market that the team can activate through text and email campaigns the moment an opening arises, shortening the time from requisition to qualified candidate.
• Evaluate the current applicant tracking system and lead the selection and implementation of a platform with campaign, automation, and reporting capabilities that connects job posting, sourcing, and candidate communication in one place.
• Pilot AI-enabled sourcing and first-round screening for hourly roles to expand outreach and improve response times, with clear guardrails and transparent candidate communication.
• Define, track, and report core recruiting KPIs, including time to fill, outreach to placement, submission to placement, interview to placement, offer acceptance, and early attrition, and use the data to coach the team and inform leadership decisions.
• Lead, coach, and develop two recruiters through clear expectations, scorecards, and performance-based incentives, while personally carrying the most complex property and corporate searches and training property-level hiring managers on interviewing, selling the opportunity, and moving candidates quickly to offer.
• Partner with the onboarding and training specialist to strengthen the first-week through 90-day new hire experience, building structured check-ins, pulse surveys, and exit data collection that reduce early attrition and sharpen future hiring decisions.

Required

• A track record of building or rebuilding a recruiting function or playbook, with measurable improvements in time to fill, applicant flow, or quality of hire.
• 4 to 6 years of recruiting experience, including direct experience leading, managing, or formally coaching other recruiters.
• Significant experience recruiting for hourly, trade, or field-based roles across multiple sites or markets, in industries such as property management, skilled trades, facilities, retail, distribution, logistics, or hospitality.
• Hands-on experience selecting, implementing, or optimizing an applicant tracking system, including candidate communication and automation features.
• Currently carries a personal requisition load and is comfortable managing five to seven active searches while leading a team.
• Ability to work on-site five days per week at the corporate office in the Chicago metro area.

Preferred

• Experience building non-traditional sourcing channels such as community partnerships, trade school relationships, local advertising, and referral programs, and managing contract recruiters for flexible capacity.
• A competitive, metrics-driven approach to recruiting performance, paired with curiosity and hands-on experience using AI-enabled sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement tools.

If you’re ready to make an impact and take your career to the next level, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

Our client is a rapidly growing consumer products company transforming the personal care industry through innovative, plant derived wellness solutions. With a mission rooted in education, accessibility, and empowering consumers, the organization has built a strong presence in the retail market while challenging traditional approaches to personal care. Its collaborative, purpose driven culture encourages creativity, accountability, and a commitment to making a meaningful difference in consumers’ lives. As the company continues to expand its retail footprint, they are seeking a Senior Director of Sales to accelerate growth across the Drug and Grocery channels.

Position Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a mission driven consumer products company at a pivotal stage of growth. The Senior Director of Sales will play a critical role in driving profitable revenue growth, expanding market share, and strengthening relationships with leading Drug and Grocery retailers. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Sales, this leader will oversee a high performing team, guide strategic account planning, and influence key decisions across distribution, pricing, promotions, and retail execution. With significant visibility across senior leadership and the opportunity to shape channel strategy, this position offers the chance to make a measurable impact on the company’s continued expansion.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of strategic business plans across Drug and Grocery retail accounts, driving revenue growth, market share, distribution, and profitability
• Coach, mentor, and develop a team of sales professionals, establishing clear performance expectations and supporting ongoing professional development
• Build and strengthen relationships with key retail partners, buyers, and decision makers to identify opportunities and support long term growth
• Oversee joint business planning, annual agreements, customer negotiations, and strategic initiatives that deliver value for both the organization and its retail partners
• Leverage consumer insights, category trends, syndicated data, and retailer performance metrics to identify growth opportunities and develop compelling sales strategies
• Guide decisions related to pricing, promotional investments, merchandising, and trade spending to maximize profitability and return on investment
• Monitor sales performance, forecasting accuracy, and key business metrics, implementing action plans to address performance gaps and achieve growth objectives
• Partner with Marketing, Finance, Demand Planning, eCommerce, and Operations to ensure alignment and execution of customer and channel strategies
• Lead the development of persuasive sales presentations, category growth stories, and business reviews that influence retailer decisions
• Foster a collaborative, accountable team culture focused on continuous improvement, talent development, and delivering measurable business results

Position Qualifications

Required:

• Demonstrated track record of driving profitable sales growth, expanding market share, and consistently achieving revenue objectives within the consumer packaged goods industry
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive CPG sales experience, including at least 5 years of people leadership experience
• Proven experience managing annual sales portfolios exceeding $30 million, with a strong understanding of major retail accounts and channel dynamics
• Experience developing and executing strategic business plans, negotiating annual customer agreements, and managing retail relationships within Drug, Grocery, or related channels
• Strong financial and analytical acumen, including experience with trade spending, promotional effectiveness, category insights, and account profitability
• Demonstrated success building, coaching, and developing high performing sales teams

Preferred:

• Experience working with leading national Drug and Grocery retailers, including an understanding of buyer expectations, merchandising strategies, and promotional planning
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Additional Details

• Remote work environment
• Travel expectations of approximately 10% to 25%
• Opportunity to join a growing, purpose driven consumer products organization
• Significant exposure to senior leadership and cross functional business partners

If you’re passionate about building strong retail partnerships, developing talented sales teams, and driving meaningful growth within the consumer products industry, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills, and qualifications match our client’s requirements.

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