Manager, Talent Acquisition - Full Time - Days
Job Summary
The Manager of Talent Acquisition provides leadership and operational oversight for the Talent Acquisition function. Reporting directly to the Director of Talent Acquisition, this role is responsible for partnering with the Director in the development and execution of enterprise-wide recruitment strategies that align with organizational workforce planning objectives. The Manager leads, mentors, and develops the Talent Acquisition team while serving as an advisor to leadership, HR Business Partners, and hiring managers.
This position directly supervises Talent Acquisition Partners and Employment Coordinators, ensuring service excellence, operational consistency, and achievement of recruitment performance metrics. The Manager oversees full-cycle recruitment operations, is a partner with employer branding, workforce analytics, process optimization, and compliance with all federal, state, and local employment regulations. The role ensures a high-quality, consistent candidate and hiring manager experience while advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to attract top talent.
Core Job Responsibilities
Leadership and Team Management: Provide direct supervision, coaching, and performance management for Talent Acquisition Partners and Employment Coordinators. Establishes clear goals, service standards, and accountability measures. Conduct performance evaluations, assists with time off and payroll functions, support professional development, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. Makes recommendations on assignments for areas of coverage for Talent team, and will assist with Talent workloads as needed.
Training and Development: Training and skill development on full cycle recruitment to the TA team and management at meetings on behalf of Talent Acquisition and Human Resources. Utilizes metrics and observation to assess competency and provides appropriate feedback and coaching.
Data Analytics: Assist in assessing and implementing appropriate Talent related metrics, partners with HRIS to create useful reports, uses analytics to measure and monitor ongoing talent acquisition programs and customer satisfaction, operational effectiveness, efficiency and return on investments by gathering actionable data and conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Consult: Consult with organizational leaders to define their strategic workforce needs as a foundation for understanding their recruitment needs. Trains and support Talent team in assisting hiring managers with establishing value propositions which will be used to campaign for positions open for recruitment.
Sourcing: Develop and leverage appropriate sourcing techniques to cultivate a talent pool of qualified candidates. Makes recommendation on new sourcing approaches and successfully implements and trains Talent team.
Community Sourcing: Directs and supports Talent Acquisition in building relationships with professional organizations, colleges and schools, community agencies in order to identify and recruit a diverse slate of candidates for all positions.
Marketing/Advertising: In collaboration with the Director of Talent, Marketing and the hiring manager, created compelling value proposition/advertising material for sourcing, special events and advertising.
Compensation: Assures Talent Acquisition team is following established compensation tools and guidelines to determine compensation offers, which may include performing equity analysis, assessing loan repayment, relocation and sign on bonus options.
Benefits: Partners with benefits manager to plan to assure that Talent team is providing accurate and complete information related to all benefits and discounts, provides guidance and recommendations to benefits on identified Total Reward improvements following market trends and highlighting us an employer of choice.
Onboarding: Manages the Talent Acquisitions and Employment Coordinator teams to ensure new hires and transfers are guided successfully through the onboarding/transfer process smoothly engagement interactions.
Federal/State/Local Legislation: Possess a mastery of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, pertaining to full cycle recruitment and onboarding.
HRIS/ATS: Possess a mastery of applicant tracking systems to facilitate efficiency in recruitment processes. Involved in recommending and implementing system improvements.
Special Projects/Initiatives: Leads and supports special projects and initiatives, or portions of larger projects and initiates, as assigned.
Education/Experience Requirements
REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, a related field
- A minimum of five years of related talent acquisition experience, one in a leadership capacity
- Demonstrated knowledge of talent acquisition, human resources, employment laws and regulations
- Excellent oral and written communication and skills with all levels of the organization.
PREFERRED:
- Leadership experience, formal or informal
Licensure/Certification Requirements
PREFERRED:
- Recruiter certification
- SPHR, SHRM or related certification.
Disclaimer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Job Details
Req Id 97543
Department HUMAN RESOURCES
Shift Days
Shift Hours Worked 8.50
FTE 1
Work Schedule SALARIED MANAGEMENT
Employee Status A1 - Full-Time
Union Non-Union
Pay Range $100k - $140k/Annually
Nearest Major Market: Utica