Senior Director of Talent Acquisition

LOCATION: ZURICH

We're searching for a forward-thinking and confident Senior Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our hiring strategy across all regions and functions, EMEA, Americas, APAC and beyond. As Global Director of TA, you'll set the bar for what best-in-class recruiting looks like at On. This isn't TA for TA's sake: it's about building the most effective, innovative, and respected TA function in the industry. You'll own how we source, select, and hire talent worldwide, shaping practices that are admired inside and outside On, while raising the capability of our recruiters, hiring managers, and leaders.

• Own recruiting as a craft: design and scale the playbook for how On hires globally, ensuring excellence in every interaction with candidates and stakeholders
• Leading and raising up the bar for a global team of recruiters and TA leaders, coaching them to become true experts, not order-takers
• Stakeholder leadership & influence: build trusted partnerships with senior leaders across all functions and regions; guide them to make faster, fairer, higher-quality hiring decisions, and embed recruiting excellence as a core part of how On scales.
• Partner with senior leaders to hard-wire recruiting excellence into how On grows; challenge, advise, and elevate hiring managers to make better, faster, fairer decisions
• Strategic workforce planning: help to anticipate global business needs, translate them into actionable hiring strategies, and align resources, talent pipelines and strategic pooling, and TA capacity to ensure On always has the right talent at the right time.
• Innovate relentlessly: introduce new sourcing models, technology, AI, and data insights to stay ahead of the market
• Measure what matters: use data and benchmarks to track quality, speed, and efficiency, driving continuous improvement
• Build a culture of bar-raising hiring, where every hire makes the company stronger and where recruiting is seen as a strategic advantage
• Champion diversity and inclusion, embedding it into every step of our process as a non-negotiable standard

• 15+ years in recruitment with a proven record of scaling high-performing TA teams globally
• Recognised for raising standards: you've built recruiting functions that hiring managers and executives see as indispensable strategic partners
• Experience in complex, multi-region, multi-discipline hiring (including retail, product, and tech)
• A conscious leader: you develop people, inspire trust, and hold high expectations
• Known for pushing boundaries, using technology, data, and innovation to transform how companies hire
• Business-minded: you align TA directly to growth, revenue, and long-term company value
• Passionate about recruiting as a craft, you see it not just as a process, but as one of the most impactful levers for company success

On's Talent team is here to challenge the status quo. We don't just "do HR", we design, build, and scale practices that empower On to grow sustainably. We combine pace and creativity with rigour and impact, ensuring we find and keep the very best people to write the next chapter of our story.

Just by the banks of the Limmat you'll find our largest global hub in Zürich West – On Labs – where you can hike up 12 floors through our custom-built spiral trail.

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TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

I'm getting people curious about On – what we're working on, and ultimately what kind of working environment we have, the essence as to what life here is like. I love to get people on a call and change their perception.

On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.

On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.

Build the better you

We want to set everyone up for success, so here's the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.