Sr Director, Talent Attraction – AMER Region

Summary

Guidewire is seeking a Director, Talent Attraction – AMER & EMEA to define and lead our regional talent attraction strategy for Product Development & Operations (PDO), all Go‑To‑Market (GTM), and Corporate Functions across North America, LATAM and EMEA.. This transformational leader will contribute to the strategy, execution, and governance of recruiting, building an AI‑enabled, data‑driven recruiting engine and leading the local recruiting team in this region.

Reporting to the VP, Talent Attraction, this role will partner closely with regional and global business leaders to ensure Guidewire can attract, engage, and hire high‑caliber talent at scale while delivering an authentic, inclusive, and accelerated candidate experience. The role is AMER/EMEA focused and based in a major Guidewire hub in the region, with periodic travel to key offices and stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

AMER Talent Strategy 

• Own the AMER talent attraction strategy for PDO, GTM, and Corporate Functions, aligned to business growth, product roadmap, and regional priorities.

• Translate workforce and headcount plans into executable, AI‑first hiring strategies across AMER and EMEA.

• Build multi‑quarter and multi‑year hiring plans that anticipate critical skills gaps, location strategy needs, and market dynamics.

• Partner with Total Rewards, Talent Management, and People Partners to shape hiring plans, job design, and competitive offer strategies that support long‑term success and retention.

Recruiting Delivery, Leadership & Team Building

• Lead, mentor, and grow the recruiting team based in these location, with clear goals, roles, and operating rhythms across PDO, GTM, and Corporate Functions.

• Foster a high‑performance, inclusive culture within the TA team that models Guidewire’s values and creates an accountable work environment.

• Establish clear expectations, performance standards, and development paths for recruiters including coaching, feedback, and succession planning.

• Serve as a visible, trusted talent advisor and escalation point to AMER business leaders and global TA peers.

Modern Recruiting Engine, Process & Candidate Experience

• Continuously improve interview frameworks, hiring manager enablement, and assessment quality to ensure fair, high‑signal, skills‑based hiring.

• Implement and refine best‑in‑class sourcing, screening, and candidate experience practices for both technical (PDO) and commercial (GTM/Corporate) roles.

• Leverage Workday, CRM, AI, and automation to streamline workflows, improve speed and quality, and deliver a consistent, end‑to‑end recruiting experience.

• Partner with global TA leadership to harmonize processes and standards, ensuring global consistency with the right regional flexibility.

Data, Insights & Location Strategy

• Own regional recruiting analytics across PDO, GTM, and Corporate 

• Utilize dashboards and reporting that provide global leaders with clear, real‑time visibility into hiring performance and risks.

• Use internal and external market data to inform decisions on location strategy, talent pools, and niche hiring approaches.

Talent Brand, Stakeholder Partnerships & Collaboration

• Promote Employer Brand to strengthen Guidewire’s employer presence across key talent hubs.

• Drive employee advocacy, referral programs, and social recruiting strategies targeting software engineering, product, GTM, and corporate talent segments.

• Collaborate closely with PDO, Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and HR leadership in regions to align on priorities and business objectives. 

• Represent the TA function in AMER and EMEA in planning forums, talent reviews, and strategic initiatives.

Compliance, Equity & Governance

• Partner with Legal, Compensation, People Operations, Benefits, and Global Mobility to ensure compliant, equitable hiring practices across AMER and EMEA jurisdictions.

• Support consistent job leveling, compensation alignment, and offer governance for PDO, GTM, and Corporate roles in the region.

• Stay current on emerging pay transparency and employment legislation and adapt processes, documentation, and training as needed.

• Uphold high standards of data quality, documentation, and audit readiness in all recruiting activities.

Qualifications

Experience

• 8–12+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including substantial leadership responsibility for regional or functional recruiting teams in a fast‑moving tech or SaaS environment.

• Proven success leading and scaling recruiting for a mixed portfolio of technical (e.g., software engineering, product) and commercial (e.g., sales, customer success, corporate functions) roles.

• Experience leading and developing recruiting teams, including on‑site leadership of a hub team and collaboration with remote or multi‑country colleagues.

• Demonstrated track record of building data‑driven recruiting strategies and delivering predictable hiring outcomes against aggressive growth plans.

Skills and Capabilities

• Transformational leader and strategic thinker able to translate business and workforce plans into an actionable AMER talent attraction roadmap with clear priorities and trade‑offs.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with a history of influencing senior leaders as a trusted talent advisor.

• Deep familiarity with modern ATS (ideally Workday), CRM, and AI‑enabled recruiting tools; comfort experimenting with new technologies and workflows.

• Analytical and systems thinking mindset, with the ability to define KPIs, interpret data, and adjust strategies based on performance and market insight.

• Proven ability to design and scale fair, inclusive, skills‑based hiring practices across diverse role families and locations.

• People leadership capabilities, including building diverse, high‑performing teams, coaching senior individual contributors, and developing future recruiting leaders.

• Champions change initiatives by leading a team through change, providing direction, engaging stakeholders and sustaining high performance during times of transformation. 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, or a related field; equivalent experience considered. Advanced degree or HR‑related certifications are a plus.

Location and Travel

• AMER‑focused role based in a major Guidewire hub (e.g., United States), with flexibility for hybrid work within supported geographies.

• Willingness to travel periodically (approximately 15–25%) for onsite leadership with the AMER recruiting team, business partner meetings, and key internal or external events.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $208,000 - $359,000. Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan. In addition, some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to [email protected]. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail [email protected] to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.