Who owns AI in hiring? Why TA can’t afford to lose control
Agentic AI is already transforming hiring – automating sourcing, reshaping screening, and increasingly influencing decisions. Yet in many organisations, ownership is unclear, governance is lagging, and talent acquisition risks losing control to IT, finance, or external vendors.
In this session, we’ve broke down exactly where AI should sit within the hiring process and how TA leaders can stay firmly in the driving seat. Below you can find a practical framework for integrating AI without compromising candidate experience, alongside real-world examples of how leading TA teams are scaling hiring capacity, improving quality, and maintaining accountability in an AI-driven landscape.
Topics discussed:
- A practical framework for where AI should sit within the hiring process
- How TA leaders can retain ownership vs losing control to IT or Finance
- Where agentic AI actually improves hiring speed, quality, and capacity
- How to integrate AI into workflows without damaging candidate experience
- What leading TA teams are doing now to scale hiring without adding headcount
Severine Fiegler is Vice President of Talent Acquisition and Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Infineon Technologies AG, where she leads global recruiting strategy and drives transformation initiatives. With extensive experience at the intersection of technology, people strategy, and inclusion, she now focuses on how AI can responsibly scale hiring, reduce bias, and improve candidate experience.
Parminder Kaur is a Transformation Strategist and Advisor with over 20 years of experience helping global organisations navigate the human and strategic side of technology change. With a current focus on AI, Parminder focuses on what determines whether it actually succeeds; the operating models, the people, and the organisational structures that either carry transformation or quietly collapse under it. A systems thinker by nature, Parminder has spent her career at the intersection of complex technology and human organisation, leading strategic transformation at SAP across a 200-person global function, driving AI adoption and customer strategy at Eightfold AI, and consistently turning the hardest challenge in enterprise technology – genuine, lasting change into measurable outcomes. Her work has taken her across global enterprises in retail, banking, telecommunications, and utilities, advising C-suite leaders on how to move from technological experimentation to ROI advantage. She is a certified Solution-Focused Coach, an experienced speaker, and a rare voice in the AI conversation who brings both the strategic architecture and the human intelligence that transformation demands.
Natasha Preocanin is the Managing Director for In-house Recruitment (IHR), the largest and most engaged community for In-house Recruiters. Our 20,000+ community benefit from over 70 live and virtual events each year ranging from our 1000-strong exhibitions and high profile awards to exclusive half-day breakfasts and targeted dinners for Recruitment Leaders. We also produce industry leading digital whitepapers, webinars and leadership videos alongside high value community forums and an all-inclusive supplier directory. With a background in events, Natasha’s joined the company in 2012 as an Events Executive and quickly progressed up the ranks to her current position as MD. She now leads the company in becoming the go-to resource for all In-house and Talent Acquisition teams who are looking to become better recruiters. Natasha can often be seen on stage, hosting our events or behind a microphone, interviewing a host of industry experts.
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