Global Talent Acquisition Manager

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About The Role

• As Global Talent Acquisition Manager, you will lead a Growth Team that drives TomTom's talent strategy across buy, build, borrow, and bot principles. This role goes beyond acquisition: it's about career engineering, enabling internal mobility through our flagship product In-Motion, and shaping a dynamic workforce for the future.
• You will manage a global team across Amsterdam, Lodz, Pune, and Taipei, ensuring scalable, tech-driven processes that deliver exceptional candidate and employee experience. Your remit includes external hiring, internal career moves, and leveraging automation and AI to optimize talent flows. TA consultants will act asstrategic advisors, driving internal growth and skills development while exploring new opportunities for automation and talent intelligence.

What you'll do

• Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning:

Design and execute a global talent strategy aligned with TomTom's growth ambitions. Operationalize
buy, build, borrow, bot
principles to balance external hiring with internal development.

• Internal Mobility & Career Growth:

Drive adoption of
In Motion
for internal mobility, ensuring visibility of roles, rotations, and gigs. Partner with Business leaders and HRBPs to promote internal opportunities via Lever. Act as a consultant for internal moves, guiding career conversations and supporting skill development. Monitor metrics like internal hire % and engagement survey results on growth scores to measure impact.

• Leadership & Team Development:

Lead and inspire a globally dispersed team, fostering a culture of innovation and agility. Equip the team with tools and insights to act as
talent engineers
, not just recruiters.

• Technology, AI & Automation:

Champion tech-led recruitment processes, ATS integrations, and
AI-driven sourcing
. Explore automation ("bot") to streamline workflows and enhance scalability. Identify new AI opportunities to make TA consultants more consultative and data-driven.

• Employer Branding & Candidate Experience:

Collaborate with Employer Brand to position TomTom as the emplopyer of choice. The destination to engineer the first realtime map and a destination for growth and impact.

• Ensure a seamless experience for candidates and employees exploring new paths.

What you'll need

• 8-10 years in global talent acquisition, with experience in internal mobility and strategic workforce planning.
• Proven ability to lead transformation toward tech-enabled, data-driven talent practices.
• Strong understanding of buy, build, borrow, bot frameworks.
• Proven ability to work with AI tools and emerging technologies, demonstrating digital fluency and a proactive approach to integrating technical innovations into daily practice.
• Expertise in managing recruitment across multiple geographies and cultures.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

What we offer
A competitive compensation package, of course.

Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as paid access to e-learning resources such as O'Reilly and LinkedIn Learning.

Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities.

Work flexibility, where TomTom'ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home to focus, collaborate, learn and socialize. It's all about getting the best out of both worlds - we ask TomTom'ers to come to the office two days a week, and the remaining three are free to be worked in either location.

Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance.

Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year, to visit family and friends, or to simply explore the world we're mapping.

Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday.

Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world.

Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community - we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom

Find out more about our global benefits and enjoy additional local benefits tailored to your location.

Meet your team
We're Human Resources. We make it our number one goal to attract impact seekers, welcome them into our global TomTom'er community and give them the support they need to unlock their potential. Our culture encourages connection and builds leaders in all areas of the organization. Joining us, you will find your place in the world as you help others find theirs, directly impacting the lives of all TomTom'ers, wherever they may be.

At TomTom...
You'll help people find their way in the world. In 2004, TomTom revolutionized how the world moves with the introduction of the first portable navigation device. Now, we intend to do it again by engineering the first-ever real-time map, the smartest and most useful map on the planet.

Work with a team of 3,700 unique, curious and passionate problem-solvers. Together, we'll open up a world of possibilities for car manufacturers, enterprises and developers to help people understand and get closer to the world around them.

After you apply
Our recruitment team will work hard to give you a meaningful experience throughout your journey with us, no matter the outcome. Your application will be screened closely and you can rest assured that all follow-up actions will be thorough, from assessments and interviews all the way through onboarding. To find out more about our application process, check out our hiring FAQs.

TomTom is an equal opportunity employer
TomTom is where you can find your place in the world. Every day we welcome, nurture and celebrate differences. Why? Because your uniqueness is what makes you, you. No matter your culture or background, you'll find your impact at TomTom. Research also shows that sometimes women and underrepresented communities can be hesitant to apply for positions unless they believe they meet 100% of the criteria. If you can relate to this, please know that we'd love to hear from you.