Vice President, Talent Acquisition

Primary DetailsTime Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Location: Chicago, IL; Sun Prairie, WI; New York, NY

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

The salary range for this role is: $158,500.00 to $297,000.00

The Opportunity

Are you a strategic talent acquisition leader who is committed to enhancing the user experience and passionate about the role of TA in contributing to the success of an organization?

We’re an international insurer, with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries and head office in Sydney, Australia. This is an opportunity to lead a team of 10 in-house recruiters, own the end-to-end recruitment function in North America, and influence hiring strategies from graduate to executive level.

Your new role

As our Talent Acquisition leader in North America, you will guide the design, performance, and delivery of all recruitment activity across the region. You’ll foster a proactive, high-performing TA team while acting as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders.  Reporting to the North American People team and working closely with the Group Head of Talent Acquisition based in Australia, you’ll be part of a collaborative, enterprise-wide TA community spanning four key global regions.

• Lead, coach and empower the USA-based Talent Acquisition team to deliver consistent, high-quality, forward-looking hiring outcomes.

• Drive a proactive approach to talent—embedding workforce planning, pipelining, and data-led decision-making.

• Partner with business leaders and People colleagues to align recruitment strategies with long-term talent and business priorities.

• Enhance candidate and hiring manager experience while maintaining operational excellence and consistency.

• Collaborate with global peers, contributing to the enterprise TA strategy and leverage global systems, tools, and best practices to ensure alignment across the enterprise.

• Shape and elevate our employer brand in the North American market.

• Analyze recruitment performance metrics, identify gaps, and drive continuous improvement to deliver quality and consistency of delivery.

About you

• Proven experience leading an advisory recruitment team or function, ideally across varied levels from early career to executive.

• A strong track record of building team capability, driving performance, and delivering commercial impact through talent acquisition.

• Experience in corporate or matrixed environments with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

• Advanced knowledge of talent acquisition best practices, including sourcing, selection, employer branding and inclusive recruitment.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills; you know how to bring people on the journey.

• A strategic mindset combined with operational know-how—able to balance day-to-day delivery with long-term goals.

If you're passionate about building high-performing teams, driving strategic talent outcomes, and making a real impact—we’d love to hear from you.

About QBE

We’re an international insurer, with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries.  Visit our global website (qbe.com) to find out more about us.

At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the center of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And our scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours!

For more information on working with us in North America, please visit Careers at QBE North America | QBE US

QBE Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to:

• Hybrid Working – a mix of working from home and in the office

• 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender-equal basis

• Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%

• Well-being program including holistic wellbeing coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• Tuition Reimbursement for professional certifications, and continuing education

• Employee Network and Community – QBE actively supports six Employee Networks, and many ways to give back to your community

To learn more, click here: Benefits | QBE US.

Compensation Package

The salary range for this role is provided above. This is the national range for locations listed. The salary offer will be decided based on the role's complexity, its location, and the candidate’s professional background, including their education and experience. Beyond the base salary, regular full-time and part-time employees will also be eligible for QBE’s annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual performance. 

Commitment to Diversity   

QBE is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with QBE, please inform our Talent Acquisition team to let us know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information.   

Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; protected veteran status; or disability or any other legally protected status.  

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Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Coaching for success, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Experience (CX), Customer Service, Employer Branding, Influencing, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Navigating ambiguity, Recruiter Management, Recruiting, Recruitment Strategy, Strategic Planning, Team Management, User Experience (UX)

How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.