Director, Talent Acquisition & Workforce Strategy

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Detroit, MI, USA
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Food
Family. Fun. Pizza.
The Role
Lead enterprise talent acquisition and workforce planning to align hiring with business growth. Build and coach a high-performing TA team, optimize recruiting technology and vendor partnerships, develop talent pipelines and employer brand, and deliver data-driven workforce strategies, governance, and process improvements across restaurant, distribution, bakery, corporate, and global operations.
Summary Generated by Built In

Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future

Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact.

Your Mission:  

As Director, Talent Acquisition & Workforce Strategy, you will lead enterprise talent acquisition for Little Caesars, ensuring we have the right talent, in the right roles, at the right time to support our restaurants, distribution centers, bakery operations, corporate teams, and global growth priorities.  

This leader serves as a strategic partner to business leaders, HR Business Partners, Finance, Communications, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business plans into proactive workforce strategies, strong talent pipelines, scalable recruiting practices, and a consistent candidate and hiring manager experience.  

The role is accountable for talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, employer brand, talent pipeline development, recruiting governance, talent analytics, and recruiting technology optimization. This leader also develops a high-performing Talent Acquisition team and helps reinforce a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and service to the business. 

How You'll Make an Impact: 

  • Lead enterprise talent acquisition and workforce planning strategies aligned with business priorities, growth plans, organizational design, and future capability needs. Executes strategies and aligns resources to deliver against approved plans. 

  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Talent Acquisition team by building capability, managing performance, and creating shared ownership of results. 

  • Lead talent acquisition projects, transformation initiatives, technology optimization efforts, and budget stewardship to strengthen recruiting capability and support business growth. 

  • Partner with HR, Finance, and business leaders to support annual and multi-year headcount planning, talent forecasting, strategic hiring decisions, and workforce planning alternatives. 

  • Develop internal and external talent pipelines for critical leadership, professional, operations, bakery, supply chain, restaurant, technical, and hard-to-fill roles to strengthen bench strength and succession readiness. 

  • Lead, sourcing methodology, candidate pipeline development, hiring process excellence, and talent acquisition governance while driving simplification, standardization, and continuous improvement across recruiting practices. 

  • Partner with HR to ensure job descriptions, minimum qualifications, selection criteria, interview practices, and candidate evaluation processes are market-aligned, consistent, and legally defensible. 

  • Strengthen employer brand, recruitment marketing, candidate experience, referral programs, internal mobility initiatives, talent communities, and external partnerships to support talent attraction and hiring effectiveness. 

  • Manage recruiting vendors, search firms, job boards, sourcing tools, and external partners to maximize hiring effectiveness and return on investment. 

  • Utilize recruiting metrics, workforce analytics, labor market trends, recruiting technologies, automation, reporting tools, and competitive insights to improve decision-making, operational efficiency, and workforce strategy execution. 

Who You Are: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field required; SHRM, HRCI, or equivalent certification preferred.  

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, talent management, or related HR leadership roles  

  • Demonstrated experience leading enterprise recruiting functions within complex, multi-site, matrixed, or global organizations.  

  • Proven success leading recruiting teams, talent acquisition transformation, workforce planning initiatives, executive recruiting, and enterprise hiring strategies.  

  • Deep understanding of talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, sourcing methodologies, talent pipeline development, talent management, and recruiting governance.  

  • Strong understanding of recruiting technology, applicant tracking systems (Workday Recruiting preferred), talent acquisition reporting, automation tools, and related HR systems.  

  • Knowledge of employment laws, recruiting compliance requirements, selection practices, and talent acquisition best practices.  

  • Experience managing vendors, search firms, job boards, sourcing platforms, and external talent partnerships. 

Competencies: 

  • Business-first, practical, and strategic thinker who connects talent decisions to business outcomes.  

  • Strong people leader who can build trust, create clarity, coach for performance, and motivate a high-performing team.  

  • Excellent communicator and collaborator with the ability to build relationships and influence across all levels of the organization.  

  • Data-driven problem solver who can translate insights into clear recommendations and action plans.  

  • Comfortable navigating complexity, leading through change, and balancing strategic priorities with hands-on execution.  

  • Demonstrates accountability, sound judgment, confidentiality, and a commitment to building an inclusive and engaging workplace. 

  • Strong knowledge of employer brand, candidate experience, recruitment marketing, onboarding, internal mobility, and talent attraction strategies.  

  • Ability to use labor market intelligence, workforce analytics, and recruiting metrics to influence decisions and improve outcomes.  

Disclaimer: 

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job.  It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. 

All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive.  They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Little Caesars Enterprises Inc.      

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.                                   
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.  
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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field
  • SHRM, HRCI, or equivalent certification
  • 10+ years progressive experience in talent acquisition, talent management, or related HR leadership roles
  • Experience leading enterprise recruiting functions within complex, multi-site, matrixed, or global organizations
  • Proven success leading recruiting teams, talent acquisition transformation, workforce planning, executive recruiting, and enterprise hiring strategies
  • Deep understanding of talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, sourcing methodologies, talent pipeline development, talent management, and recruiting governance
  • Strong understanding of recruiting technology, applicant tracking systems (Workday Recruiting preferred), talent acquisition reporting, automation tools, and related HR systems
  • Knowledge of employment laws, recruiting compliance requirements, selection practices, and talent acquisition best practices
  • Experience managing vendors, search firms, job boards, sourcing platforms, and external talent partnerships

Little Caesars Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Little Caesars and has not been reviewed or approved by Little Caesars.

  • Healthcare Strength Full-time managers and above receive comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage. Employees meeting full-time eligibility thresholds are also offered medical coverage.
  • Retirement Support Full-time managers have access to a 401(k) with company match. This retirement benefit accompanies the broader management-level package.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Performance bonuses are tied to sales increases, cost decreases, and customer satisfaction.

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The Company
HQ: Detroit, Michigan
27,882 Employees
Year Founded: 1959

What We Do

ABOUT LITTLE CAESARS® Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Little Caesars was founded by Mike and Marian Ilitch in 1959 as a single, family-owned restaurant. Today, Little Caesars is the third largest pizza chain in the world, with stores in each of the 50 U.S. states and 27 countries and territories. Little Caesars recently introduced contactless options for both delivery and carry-out through the Little Caesars app. Pizzas are baked in 475-degree ovens to ensure food safety and never touched after baking. The chain has also reinforced cleanliness and sanitization procedures, increasing the frequency of cleaning commonly touched surfaces including door handles, glass, countertops, Pizza Portal surfaces, phones, and cash registers. Known for its HOT-N-READY® pizza and famed Crazy Bread®, Little Caesars has been named “Best Value in America” for the past twelve years (based on nationwide survey of national quick service restaurant customers conducted by Sandelman & Associates - 2007-2019 entitled “Highest Rated Chain – Value for the Money”). Little Caesars products are made with quality ingredients, like fresh, never frozen, mozzarella and Muenster cheese and sauce made from fresh-packed, vine-ripened California crushed tomatoes. An exceptionally high growth company with 60 years of experience in the $145 billion worldwide pizza industry, Little Caesars is continually looking for franchisee candidates to join our team in markets around the world. In addition to providing the opportunity for entrepreneurial independence in a franchise system, Little Caesars offers strong brand awareness with one of the most recognized and appealing characters in the country, Little Caesar

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