Head of Talent Acquisition
Airlock DigitalLocation: San Francisco, CA
Who Are We?
About Airlock Digital:
Airlock Digital is a global leader in application control and allowlisting. We seek to empower every organization to run only what they trust and operate free from malware and ransomware.
With rapid growth across Australia, North America, and EMEA. We are committed to our core values, respect, determination, and integrity. We support a diverse and expanding global customer base. At Airlock, we pride ourselves on being a team of humble, collaborative, and driven professionals who support one another and share a passion for cybersecurity.
What We are Looking For:
Airlock Digital is in a serious growth phase — we’re doubling our global workforce over the next 12 months to ~ 250 headcount. To make that happen, we’re hiring a Head of Talent Acquisition to lead, scale, and execute a world-class hiring function across areas of operation - United States, Canada, Australia and the Philippines.
This role sits at the centre of Airlock Digital’s next phase of growth and will suit someone who thrives in high-growth environments and knows how to turn hiring strategy into measurable outcomes.
You won’t just support hiring — you’ll enable the company to scale globally, faster and smarter.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and deliver the global talent acquisition strategy, ensuring alignment to business priorities and growth plans across all locations.
- Lead, coach and performance-manage a distributed TA team, setting clear expectations, consistent standards and strong rhythm of execution.
- Partner with senior leaders to translate workforce plans into hiring roadmaps, forecasts and prioritized recruitment delivery.
- Oversee end-to-end hiring outcomes across the business, including critical and senior appointments, ensuring quality, speed and a strong candidate experience.
- Build scalable recruitment processes and governance (e.g., structured interviews, scorecards, calibration, approvals) to improve consistency and reduce risk.
- Own TA systems and data (including Greenhouse), ensuring workflows, reporting and system usage support efficient delivery and decision-making.
- Use recruitment metrics and insights (time-to-fill, funnel conversion, quality indicators, hiring manager satisfaction) to track performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Manage recruitment budget, agencies and external vendors to ensure effective spend, strong service levels and measurable ROI.
- Champion employer brand and EVP through recruitment marketing partnerships and consistent messaging across all candidate touchpoints.
- Ensure hiring practices meet compliance, privacy and policy requirements, and support inclusive, fair and evidence-based selection decisions.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven experience leading a regional or global talent acquisition function in a high-growth environment
- Strong track record managing and developing distributed recruitment teams
- End-to-end recruitment expertise, from workforce planning through to onboarding
- Hands-on experience with Greenhouse ATS and AI-enabled sourcing tools
- Commercially astute, with experience managing budgets and vendor relationships
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into hiring plans
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- Data-driven approach, using metrics to inform decisions and track performance
- Highly organised, with a focus on quality, compliance, and continuous improvement
What We Offer:
We don’t think money is everything, but we know it is an important part of your decision to apply for a role. This position has a salary range of USD $195,000 - 225,000. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, location, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and internal equity, alignment with market data, or applicable laws.
At Airlock Digital we offer a wide range of benefits to our eligible team members. Our benefit programs vary by location and can include Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 401K Plan with 4% Company Match – Life and Disability Programs – Paid Parental Leave - Paid time off and Paid Holidays – Volunteer and Birthday Time off – Home Office Allowance
Our Commitment:
We believe in supporting our team members both personally and professionally. Named one of the USA’s Greatest Places to Work in 2024 and 2025, we value flexibility, trust, and a work environment that empowers our team to do their best work.
We will be assessing applications as they come in, so we encourage you to send your resume through to us as soon as possible. All official job offers from our company are extended directly by our recruitment team and will be sent through an official BambooHR document for your review and signature. Please be aware that we do not ask for any personal information in the process of extending offers of employment, such as financial details or social security numbers. Upon acceptance of any offer, we will request such information as part of the onboarding process prior to or on your first day of employment, and only after completing a background check through an authorized third-party vendor. If you receive any communication asking for personal details outside of these processes, please contact us immediately to verify the authenticity of the request. Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience. No contact from recruitment agencies, thank you
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