Job Summary

The Manager, Talent Acquisition oversees recruiting delivery across the business, ensuring the team meets KPIs such as outreach effectiveness, candidate conversion, time to fill, source efficiency, and offer acceptance. This leader regularly engages with executives and HR leadership to review performance, present data driven insights, and advise on market trends. In addition to leading the team, the Manager will own a select set of requisitions to model best in class recruiting practices and maintain hands on credibility. This includes candidate experience, sourcing strategy, and delivery speed.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Talent Acquisition Partners (TAP through Lead level when applicable).
• Set clear performance expectations aligned with industry-standard recruiting KPIs (outreach, pipeline conversion, time-to-fill, source efficiency, offer acceptance).
• Provide ongoing mentorship, feedback, and career development guidance to elevate team performance.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Business Partnership & Executive Presence

• Act as the primary Talent Acquisition contact for assigned business groups.
• Regularly meet with business leaders to review requisition status, candidate pipelines, and market insights.
• Provide proactive updates on roles trending off track and present recommendations for solutions.
• Advise executives on market conditions, talent availability, and competitive intelligence.

Strategic Insights & Data-Driven Execution

• Create, analyze, and edit recruiting reports for both team performance and business-facing updates.
• Leverage recruiting data and KPIs to identify risks, opportunities, and improvements in delivery.
• Proactively present insights and solutions on requisition health, candidate experience, and market trends before issues escalate.
• Own team-level metrics reporting, ensuring accuracy and transparency with leadership.

Recruiting Innovation & Thought Leadership

• Act as a TA thought leader, challenging the status quo and introducing innovative strategies for sourcing, talent attraction, and recruitment marketing.
• Partner with employer branding and marketing to design creative campaigns that attract passive and diverse talent pools.
• Drive adoption of creative sourcing strategies across the team, ensuring modern methods (Boolean, AI, X-ray, social media, referral campaigns) are consistently applied.
• Evaluate new TA tools and technologies; partner with HR and IT on recommendations and implementations.

Operational Excellence

• Personally manage a select portfolio of requisitions, setting the example in candidate experience, sourcing execution, and speed-to-fill.
• Ensure the recruiting process delivers a world-class candidate experience from outreach to hire.
• Collaborate with HR partners on workforce planning, requisition prioritization, and process alignment.
• Manage relationships with third-party agencies, monitor spend, and report on ROI and vendor performance.
• Drive consistency in TA processes, workflows, and compliance across the team.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 plus years of progressive recruiting experience, including 2 to 3 years in a leadership or senior partner role.
• Proven ability to manage and mentor recruiters and sourcers at multiple levels.
• Strong full cycle recruiting and advanced sourcing experience, with willingness to remain hands on.
• High analytical capability with experience creating and interpreting recruiting KPIs.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders with strong executive presence.
• Experience overseeing third party recruiting agencies including budget and performance management.
• Proficiency in ATS and CRM systems such as SAP SuccessFactors and sourcing or reporting tools.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Strategic thinker who turns data into actionable insights.
• Hands on recruiter who sets the standard for delivery excellence.
• Strong communicator able to influence executive stakeholders.
• Creative problem solver with interest in sourcing innovation.
• Proactive operator who anticipates risks and solutions.
• Culture builder focused on developing and elevating team performance.
• Up to 15 percent for team meetings, business engagement, or recruiting events.

Compensation and Benefits

In compliance with this state's pay transparency laws, the salary range for this role is $107,200 to $160,800. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final offer amounts may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

We care about our employees and it shows. Our staff receive a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical and prescription coverage, dental and vision insurance, life and AD&D insurance, disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, 100 percent paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, other paid time off, voluntary benefits, employee discount programs, and optional pet insurance. #LI-SK1