Job Description: The Director, Talent Acquisition is a key leadership role responsible for shaping and executing the talent acquisition strategy across the organization. This high-impact position focuses on recruiting top-level talent, ensuring a positive candidate experience, and advancing corporate initiatives. As a trusted talent advisor to the firm, the Director will be expected to: Responsibilities: Develop strong cross-functional relationships to deeply understand business drivers, talent needs, and recruitment goals. Lead the full lifecycle recruiting process for senior roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding. Utilize recruiting resources, in-house applicant tracking systems (ATS), and creative sourcing strategies to attract top-tier talent. Cultivate partnerships with vendors and professional organizations to enhance the recruitment process and ensure successful placements. Lead and mentor the Talent Acquisition team to optimize systems, processes, and the candidate experience, while enhancing capabilities and performance to drive improved efficiency, quality, and outcomes. Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to build and maintain a diverse talent pipeline. Implement and track recruitment metrics, including status reports. Ensure the effective use of the ATS and streamline the recruitment process through regular updates and management. Qualifications: 10-15+ years of progressive experience in full lifecycle recruiting, with a strong focus on sourcing and hiring for senior leadership roles, ideally within financial services, professional services, or real estate. Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or certifications (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR) preferred. Proven experience managing and developing high-performing recruitment teams. Expertise with applicant tracking systems (Workday preferred); proficient in LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present confidently to senior leadership. A proven track record of achieving recruitment goals with a commitment to excellence and a sense of urgency. Ability to manage ambiguity, changing priorities, and evolving organizational needs. Team-oriented, with strong interpersonal skills and professionalism. Highly organized with a strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities. The compensation available for the role considers a variety of factors including, but not limited to, work location, individual skill set, previous/applicable experience, and other business needs. The estimated base salary range is $180K-$220K The above salary range represents Ventas’ good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible base salary range at the time of posting and is one part of the compensation and total rewards Ventas provides to employees. #LI-Hybrid #LI-MB1 Ventas, Inc. offers a competitive compensation and benefits package to the successful candidate. Ventas, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ventas, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms or any third parties. Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two powerful and dynamic industries – healthcare and real estate. As one of the world’s foremost Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), we use the power of capital to unlock the value of real estate by partnering with leading care providers, developers, research and medical institutions, innovators and healthcare organizations whose success is buoyed by the strong demographic trends of an aging population and increased life expectancy. Led by our Chairman and CEO, Debra A. Cafaro, who is recognized as one of the best-performing CEOs in the world by Harvard Business Review, Ventas has followed a successful strategy that endures: owning a high quality diversified portfolio and partnering with industry leaders combined with a collaborative, dynamic and experienced team focused on producing consistent growing cash flows and superior returns on a strong balance sheet, ultimately rewarding Ventas stockholders with extraordinary outperformance. That’s not just excellence. That’s Excellence. Sustained.