Rowan Digital Infrastructure is redefining how data centers are delivered—faster, smarter, and at scale. We partner with hyperscale customers to provide tailored, high-performance infrastructure with a focus on sustainability, efficiency, and flexibility.
Our experienced, end-to-end team delivers custom solutions across a growing portfolio of strategic sites in key markets across the United States. Backed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, Rowan is committed to enabling the next generation of digital infrastructure—and building a more sustainable future in the process.
Ready to help transform how the world’s most important technologies are powered? Join us.
Role Summary
The company is seeking a Director, Talent Acquisition to lead the strategy and execution of hiring across the organization, ensuring the company attracts and hires exceptional talent while maintaining speed, quality, and a strong candidate experience.
This role leads the Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence, responsible for developing scalable recruiting strategies, managing recruiting operations, and building strong partnerships with hiring leaders across the company.
The Director will oversee the full recruiting lifecycle including workforce planning partnership, sourcing strategy, interview processes, candidate experience, recruiting analytics, and employer brand development. As the company continues to grow, this role will ensure recruiting processes remain efficient, data-driven, and aligned with the company’s hiring goals and culture.
The Director will lead and develop the recruiting team including the Manager, Recruiters and Recruiting Coordinators, and will partner closely with HR Business Partners, People Operations, and executive leadership to ensure hiring plans are aligned with business priorities.
This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys building high-performing recruiting teams, improving hiring processes, and helping organizations scale with exceptional talent.
Travel: Ability to travel approximately 20% for company gatherings.
Location: Denver, CO (3 day hybrid in-office role)
Compensation: $170-$215K (Offers Bonus)
Talent Acquisition Strategy
Develop and lead the company’s talent acquisition strategy aligned with business growth and workforce planning priorities
Partner with executives and HR Business Partners to translate hiring plans into scalable recruiting strategies
Ensure the organization hires high-quality talent quickly while maintaining a strong candidate experience
Recruiting Operations & Process Design
Design and maintain scalable recruiting workflows that support efficient hiring across the organization
Ensure hiring processes are structured, consistent, and aligned with company standards
Continuously improve recruiting operations to increase speed, quality, and efficiency
Workforce Planning Partnership
Partner with HR Business Partners and leadership teams to align recruiting strategies with workforce planning
Develop systems to proactively manage requisition planning, hiring timelines, and pipeline development
Ensure the recruiting team is positioned to support anticipated hiring demand
Hiring Manager Partnership
Build strong partnerships with hiring managers to ensure clarity on role requirements, candidate profiles, and hiring priorities
Provide guidance to leaders on interview processes, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions
Support hiring managers in making strong, timely hiring decisions
Candidate Experience
Ensure candidates have a positive and professional experience throughout the recruiting process
Build recruiting processes that reflect the company’s culture and guiding principles
Ensure communication with candidates is clear, timely, and respectful
Recruiting Analytics & Metrics
Establish and track recruiting metrics including time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, pipeline health, and hiring quality
Use recruiting data to improve hiring outcomes and inform workforce planning decisions
Partner with People Operations to ensure recruiting data and reporting are accurate and actionable
Employer Brand & Talent Attraction
Partner with marketing and People teams to build a compelling employer brand
Develop messaging and recruiting strategies that attract top talent in competitive markets
Strengthen the company’s reputation as an employer of choice
Interviewing & Hiring Capability
Design and deliver interviewer training to ensure consistent evaluation and high-quality hiring decisions
Ensure interview loops assess the capabilities needed for success in each role
Partner with HRBPs and Talent Development to strengthen hiring manager capability
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with HR Business Partners to align recruiting with business priorities and team needs
Collaborate with People Operations to ensure recruiting systems, data, and processes support efficient hiring
Partner with Talent Development to ensure onboarding and hiring quality support long-term employee success
Supervisory Responsibilities
Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence.
Manage the Manager of Talent Acquisition and Recruiting Coordinators
Set recruiting priorities and workload distribution across the recruiting team
Coach and develop recruiters to strengthen hiring outcomes and stakeholder partnership
Ensure recruiting coordinators are effectively supporting scheduling, candidate experience, and process execution
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
10+ years of experience in talent acquisition or recruiting, including leadership of recruiting teams
Experience supporting hiring in high-growth or scaling organizations
Experience building and managing data-driven recruiting functions, including the development of recruiting dashboards and reporting frameworks
Demonstrated experience using recruiting metrics and analytics to inform hiring strategy and improve outcomes
Experience partnering with executives and business leaders to translate workforce plans into scalable hiring strategies
Experience implementing and optimizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruiting tools
Skills & Capabilities
Strong leadership and team development skills
Experience designing and managing recruiting dashboards and hiring metrics to track performance and guide decision making
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate recruiting data into actionable insights
Ability to evaluate recruiting funnel performance including pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, interview quality, and sourcing effectiveness
Experience using recruiting metrics to improve hiring speed, candidate quality, and hiring manager alignment
Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
Ability to communicate insights clearly to leadership and influence hiring decisions using data
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Experience
Experience working within a People team structure that includes HRBPs, Centers of Excellence, and People Operations
Experience building recruiting reporting within platforms such as Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, or similar ATS systems
Experience designing recruiting dashboards that track headcount planning, hiring progress, and recruiting funnel metrics
Familiarity with business intelligence or analytics tools used to support recruiting insights
Within the first year, this role will:
Establish trusted partnerships with senior leaders and executives
Strengthen workforce planning and organizational clarity across business units
Improve leadership capability and manager effectiveness
Help embed company guiding principles into everyday leadership practices
Contribute to building a scalable People function that supports the company’s continued growth
Fueled by Excellence & Collaboration
At Rowan, we are a distributed team united by a common mission to transform data center delivery. Across our two offices, we offer a hybrid work environment supported by the teamwork, technology, and in-office gathering time to help you be successful. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado and have an office in Seattle, Washington. Our team of talented and passionate individuals is spread out across the U.S.
Here to support you
At Rowan, we want to make sure you can do great work. We offer competitive benefits focused on helping you be and achieve your best.
Hybrid working environment
Team building and educational opportunities
Generous benefits package including robust health benefits and a 401(k) company contribution
Unlimited PTO
Competitive compensation and bonus plan
Equal Opportunity Employer
Rowan Digital is an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome and celebrate diversity in all aspects of our workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.