David Gluck
Vice President, Talent Acquisition | Executive Search | AI Talent Strategy | Healthcare Workforce Transformation
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Talent Acquisition Executive with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise talent strategy, executive search, workforce transformation, and AI-driven recruiting across healthcare, managed care, pharmaceutical, financial services, and consulting organizations. Proven record of modernizing enterprise recruiting functions, deploying advanced recruiting technologies, and partnering with senior leadership to deliver scalable workforce strategies that improve hiring quality, accelerate workforce deployment, reduce recruiting costs, and support sustained business growth. Recognized for aligning talent strategy with organizational objectives through executive hiring, operational excellence, workforce analytics, and continuous process improvement.
Experience
Vice President, Talent Acquisition - SAVISTA
(2024-03 - 2026-03)
Transforms the recruiting organization following the company's separation by rebuilding operations, standardizing enterprise hiring processes, and implementing executive dashboards and Board-level reporting that strengthen organizational visibility and accountability.
- Architects and deploys an AI-enabled recruiting framework integrated with Workday HCM, enhancing talent sourcing, executive assessment, interview consistency, and hiring quality across the enterprise.
- Accelerates workforce deployment by reducing enterprise time-to-fill nearly 30%, from 35–40 days to 25–30 days, through AI-driven workflow optimization.
- Oversees enterprise recruiting operations supporting annual hiring of more than 600 employees across corporate, operational, clinical, and executive functions.
- Spearheads executive search initiatives that secure a Chief Marketing Executive, 10 Vice Presidents, and one Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations, strengthening leadership capability during a period of commercial expansion.
- Eliminates the need for an external executive search firm by conducting the Chief Marketing Executive search internally through LinkedIn Recruiter, securing a transformational leader responsible for corporate branding, digital strategy, sales enablement, and market positioning.
- Establishes enterprise AI governance, standardized leadership assessment methodologies, and structured interview frameworks that strengthen hiring consistency, compliance, and decision quality.
- Reduces agency utilization to less than 2% by expanding direct sourcing capabilities, strengthening recruiter expertise, and building sustainable passive talent pipelines.
- Strengthens workforce quality and long-term retention by analyzing turnover trends, redesigning hiring profiles for high-volume healthcare positions, and aligning selection criteria with critical operational success factors.
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition - SAVISTA
(2021-09 - 2024-03)
Vice President, Talent Acquisition - INNOVACARE HEALTH
(2020-10 - 2021-09)
Provided executive leadership for enterprise recruiting supporting physician, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Physician Assistant (PA), executive, corporate, and operational hiring across a rapidly expanding value-based healthcare organization.
- Guided executive search initiatives for senior leadership positions, partnering with C-suite stakeholders to identify, assess, and recruit leaders aligned with strategic growth objectives.
- Designed scalable physician and advanced practice provider recruiting strategies that strengthened critical talent pipelines and supported continued organizational expansion.
- Optimized Workday HCM recruiting operations, improving recruiter productivity, reporting capabilities, and hiring manager engagement.
- Championed talent due diligence, workforce planning, and organizational assessments supporting mergers and acquisitions, enabling effective workforce integration and business continuity.
- Leveraged workforce analytics and labor market intelligence to strengthen hiring strategies, improve talent acquisition planning, and support executive decision-making.
Senior Director, Recruiting - GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (GNYHA)
(2011-12 - 2020-10)
Built and transformed a centralized recruiting function that reduced external agency utilization from 80% to 10%, significantly lowering recruitment costs while improving hiring efficiency and workforce quality.
- Directed enterprise recruiting strategy for one of the region's largest healthcare organizations, aligning workforce planning with long-term organizational priorities.
- Modernized recruiting operations by leading the implementation of the Taleo Applicant Tracking System and introducing LinkedIn Recruiter as the organization's enterprise sourcing platform.
- Standardized sourcing methodologies, recruiting workflows, and talent pipeline strategies that increased recruiter productivity and improved hiring consistency across multiple business units.
- Developed and facilitated behavioral interviewing programs that strengthened hiring manager capabilities, enhanced interview quality, and improved selection consistency organization-wide.
- Introduced recruiting performance metrics, executive dashboards, and operational reporting that increased leadership visibility and supported data-driven workforce decisions.
Staffing Project Manager - THROMBOGENICS
(2010-02 - 2011-12)
Coordinated international recruiting initiatives supporting pharmaceutical operations across the United States and Belgium.
- Deployed and optimized the Taleo Applicant Tracking System, improving recruiting workflows, reporting capabilities, and operational consistency across global hiring teams.
- Compiled recruitment metrics and workforce reporting that strengthened talent planning, operational performance, and executive decision-making.
Senior Staffing Consultant - STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS
(2009-01 - 2010-12)
Executed full-cycle recruitment supporting engineering, manufacturing, commercial, and corporate hiring across a global medical technology organization.
- Partnered with business leaders to develop targeted sourcing strategies that strengthened specialized healthcare and medical device talent pipelines.
Senior Staffing Consultant - EISAI PHARMACEUTICALS
(2006-01 - 2009-12)
Administered full-cycle recruitment supporting research, clinical, commercial, manufacturing, and corporate functions across a global pharmaceutical organization.
- Cultivated strategic talent pipelines for specialized and difficult-to-fill positions while partnering closely with executive leaders and hiring managers.
Senior Staffing Consultant - NOVO NORDISK PHARMACEUTICALS
(2005-01 - 2006-12)
Conducted full-cycle recruitment supporting commercial, scientific, operations, and corporate hiring initiatives.
- Collaborated with business leaders to identify and secure high-caliber talent aligned with organizational growth strategies and workforce objectives.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Concentration: Human Resources Management - State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport

