Senior Recruiter

About the Role

Reporting to the HR Director, North America, the Senior Recruiter will manage the full recruitment lifecycle across the organization. You will partner with hiring managers and HR leadership to define talent needs, develop sourcing strategies, attract qualified candidates, and provide a professional candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned requisitions from intake and sourcing through candidate selection and accepted offer.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, search strategy, interview process, hiring priorities, and realistic timelines.
• Review job descriptions; post positions; source and screen candidates; and assess qualifications, compensation expectations, work authorization, availability, and overall alignment.
• Present qualified candidates, coordinate interviews, gather feedback, facilitate timely selection decisions, and maintain accurate applicant tracking system records.
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies for professional, technical, operational, skilled-trade, field-service, and difficult-to-fill positions.
• Identify and engage active and passive candidates through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, recruiting platforms, and other appropriate channels.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines and communities for recurring and anticipated hiring needs.
• Develop and execute targeted recruitment campaigns for high-volume, technical, field, skilled-trade, and difficult-to-fill needs.
• Partner with HR and Marketing to create recruitment messaging and materials that communicate AB’s opportunities and value proposition.
• Identify, coordinate, and represent AB at job fairs, career fairs, hiring events, trade events, and community recruiting opportunities.
• Build sustainable relationships with technical and trade schools, colleges, universities, workforce organizations, professional groups, and industry associations.
• Build and maintain a trusted network of staffing agencies, specialized search firms, temporary staffing providers, RPO partners, and other external recruiting resources.
• Evaluate external partners based on candidate quality, responsiveness, expertise, service, hiring results, and overall value, while minimizing duplicate submissions and unnecessary costs.
• Serve as a talent acquisition partner to hiring managers by providing guidance on candidate availability, market conditions, search strategy, and realistic hiring parameters.
• Provide regular requisition updates, identify challenges early, and recommend alternative sourcing approaches when requirements or compensation affect candidate attraction.
• Partner with HR and hiring managers to prepare and secure approval for offers within established compensation guidelines.
• Present offers, manage candidate questions and negotiations, escalate requested exceptions, and maintain engagement through acceptance.
• Provide a complete handoff of accepted candidates to the HR Administrator for background screening, pre-employment requirements, and onboarding.
• Provide a professional, responsive, and consistent candidate experience and represent AB professionally during candidate interactions, recruiting events, and external networking.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data and monitor metrics such as time-to-fill, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, agency utilization, pipeline activity, and hiring outcomes.
• Partner with the HR Director and business leaders to understand anticipated workforce needs and support recruitment planning for growth, new locations, projects, and business expansion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field (preferred).
• At least 5 years of progressive full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including independent management from sourcing through offer acceptance.
• Experience recruiting for technical, engineering, skilled-trade, field-service, operations, or other specialized positions (strongly preferred).
• Experience developing proactive pipelines, direct-sourcing strategies, and relationships with external recruiting providers.
• Experience with job fairs, school partnerships, talent outreach, or high-volume and growth environments (preferred).

Skills

• Strong full-cycle recruiting, direct-sourcing, interviewing, and candidate-assessment capabilities.
• Excellent relationship-building, stakeholder-management, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to advise hiring managers credibly and develop creative sourcing approaches for difficult-to-fill positions.
• Strong organization, initiative, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities independently with urgency.
• Strong networking skills and ability to develop external talent partnerships and represent the company professionally.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, recruiting platforms, Microsoft Office applications, and confidential information management.
• Availability to travel locally and occasionally for recruiting events, career fairs, schools, or other business needs.

What We Offer

• Values-driven and inclusive environment: A workplace built on clear values, transparency, respect, and inclusion, fostering collaboration and open dialogue.
• Structured onboarding and mentorship: A dedicated induction program combined with support from experienced professionals to ensure an effective and well-supported integration.
• Professional development and growth: Clearly defined career paths supported by annual performance reviews, continuous feedback, and training opportunities in a context that values individual potential and continuous learning.
• Job rotation and knowledge sharing: The opportunity over time to explore different roles or projects, fostering cross-functional skills, a broad business perspective, and dynamic career paths.
• International environment and mobility: An international organization offering opportunities for multicultural collaboration and, for those interested, international mobility paths over time.
• Focus on employee well-being: A company that actively invests in employee well-being through Workplace Health Promotion initiatives aimed at promoting balance, health, and quality of working life.