Create Your Experience of a Lifetime!
Come work and play in the mountains! Whether it’s your first-time seeing snow or you were born on the slopes, joining our team means discovering (or re-discovering!) a passion for the outdoors while building lifelong connections with teammates and guests from around the world.
With 40+ resorts across 3 continents, you can join our team for a season or stay to build a career. From day one, you'll receive some of the highest compensation rates in the industry, free Epic pass(es) along with free ski and snowboard lessons, 40% retail discounts, the chance to grow through Epic Service - our leading training and development experience, and wellness benefits to fuel your success.
Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).
Job Benefits
- Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons
- MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Excellent training and professional development
- Referral Program
Full Time roles are eligible for the above, plus:
- Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
- Free ski passes for dependents
- Critical Illness and Accident plans
Job Summary:
The Experience of a Lifetime starts with the first moment a candidate or hiring manager engages with our Talent Acquisition to ensure their experience is aligned with business and talent strategies, differentiated against market-driven best practices, and executed with consistency and care for the candidate and hiring manager experience.
The Director of Talent Acquisition is responsible for the design and execution of overall talent sourcing, recruiting, and hiring strategies for all year-round and seasonal frontline positions. The Director will take a data-driven approach to ensure executional excellence in recruiting across managerial, professional, and operational roles and identify selective opportunities for proactive sourcing in alignment with business needs and functional talent strategies. This role is a key member of the Talent senior leadership team and leads the Talent Acquisition COE team to ultimately attract and select inclusive, engaged, high performers with the capabilities to meet the business needs of the future.
Job Specifications:
- Starting Wage: $125,000 - $150,000 + annual bonus + equity
- Employment Type: Year Round
- Shift Type: Full Time
- Minimum Age: At least 18 years of age
- Housing Availability: No
Job Responsibilities:
- Delivers critical talent acquisition metrics including time-to-fill, quality of hire, and representation of candidate slates to deliver on year-round and frontline leader hiring needs for the enterprise.
- Partners with Strategic HR Business Leaders to build hiring strategies aligned to functional and enterprise talent strategies. Drives alignment with senior and executive committee leaders to ensure sourcing and acquisition strategies are in service of achieving business outcomes.
- Leverages and owns year-round recruiting data analysis and insights to proactively identify areas of risk/opportunity while monitoring time-to-fill, quality of hire, and talent acquisition metrics that integrate business with talent priorities. Analysis also informs recruiter vs vacancy allocation based on hiring volume and cycles.
- Achieves hiring targets for seasonal frontline leader positions in service of ‘always-on’ seasonal staffing strategy. Partners closely with Talent Management in the context of EpicService frontline talent strategy to enable internal mobility for high-performing talent from entry/advanced to frontline leader positions.
- Lead strategic programs and enterprise change initiatives that continuously strengthen and adapt our Talent Acquisition ecosystem—including Global Mobility, Relocation, Workforce Analysis, and related talent programs—to ensure we're positioned to attract, mobilize, and retain top talent across Vail Resorts as business needs evolve.
- Leads a high-performing Talent Acquisition team with partnership capability and specialized, function-specific recruiting expertise sets. Emphasizes team-based ways of working and sharing best practices cross functionally within the Talent Acquisition team and across HR.
- Partners effectively to ensure that we are selectively and proactively building talent pools from our broad talent pipelines to meet current and future business needs focused on provided differentiated guest experience.
- Operates with discretion in partnership with senior leadership key stakeholders for confidential job posting and hiring support.
- Builds consistency and standardization in hiring processes for all experienced and senior leader roles with clear measures of success, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR or related field. Master's degree preferred but not required
- 8+ years leading strategic HR programs and teams directly related experience, preferably in a medium-large company or consultancy
- Self-driven and have the demonstrated capability and confidence to interface effectively with senior leaders, members of the HR team, and multiple stakeholders throughout the company driving critical talent sourcing and hiring initiatives.
- Experience coaching and developing high-performing teams.
- Success in establishing and maintaining professional relationships with stakeholders.
- Ability to access team/individual solutions, needs assessments, and implementing appropriate solutions with appropriate colleagues.
- Creative problem solver.
- Effective communication both written and verbal, to clearly articulate ideas.
- Demonstrated track record of designing engaging and impactful programs that improve individual, team, and company performance.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change that drives business outcomes.
The expected pay range is $125,000 - $150,000 + annual bonus + equity. This is the pay range we reasonably expect to pay for this position. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.
In completing this application, and when submitting related documentation, applicants may redact information that identifies their age, date of birth, and/or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We follow all federal, state, and local laws including restrictions on child/minor labor. Minors hired into this position will not be asked or permitted to engage in any activities restricted to adult workers.
Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID 516225
Reference Date: 07/28/2026
Job Code Function: Talent Acquisitions
