Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

About This Role

This Senior Talent Acquisition Partner role leads end-to-end recruitment across the organization, focusing on complex, confidential, and leadership positions. The role delivers talent acquisition programs and initiatives, working independently to partner with senior leaders, including the C-suite, on hiring strategy and to solve complex hiring challenges. The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner also serves as a subject matter expert and informal coach to the team and supports the Manager on Executive and VP searches.

Responsibilities

• Partner with executives and senior leaders to understand current and future hiring needs and shape role requirements, hiring plans, and selection decisions
• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process for roles across the organization, leading Senior Manager, Director, and other business-critical searches, including confidential searches and select mandates
• Develop and execute proactive sourcing and talent-mapping strategies for senior talent, including passive outreach, networking, and pipelining
• Deliver a high-quality, high-touch candidate experience for senior candidates
• Use recruitment metrics and market and compensation intelligence to advise leaders and inform hiring strategy
• Lead the planning and delivery of talent acquisition initiatives and programs, managing scope, timelines, stakeholders, and results
• Apply critical thinking to challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to recruitment processes, tools, and systems
• Use AI-enabled tools and automation to improve recruiting effectiveness and productivity, with human judgment applied to hiring decisions
• Support hiring manager training and enablement, including structured interviewing and inclusive hiring practices
• Act as a subject matter expert and informal coach to the Talent Acquisition team on best practices and complex searches
• Support the Manager, TA on Executive and VP searches and other select mandates
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and internal policies related to hiring and candidate data privacy across relevant jurisdictions
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support team objectives, departmental needs, and overall organizational priorities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years of progressive experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, including recruiting Senior Manager and Director roles, ideally in a technology or software environment
• Demonstrated executive presence, with the credibility to advise and influence C-suite and senior leaders
• Proven success delivering talent acquisition initiatives or programs from planning through implementation, with strong project management and critical thinking skills