Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – DVM Recruiting

About the Role

Great DVM recruiting starts long before there’s an open position. Cara Veterinary is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – DVM Recruiting to own the DVM recruiting strategy, build a strong pipeline of veterinary talent, and ensure our hospitals have the DVM capacity they need to thrive and grow. This full‑time, salaried exempt position reports to the Vice President of People and is based out of the Cara Support Center in Seattle’s Lower Queen Anne neighborhood. The role involves a mix of office work, hospital visits, candidate meetings, veterinary school and conference travel, and remote work as appropriate. Regular local travel throughout the Greater Seattle area and periodic travel for conferences, veterinary school visits, career fairs, and other recruiting activities are expected.

Responsibilities

• Own full‑cycle DVM recruiting from proactive sourcing through accepted offer.
• Build and nurture relationships with active and passive DVM candidates.
• Maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified prospects that can be activated as hiring needs arise.
• Partner with Medical Leadership, Operations, Hospital Leaders, and the People Team to anticipate current and future DVM capacity needs.
• Develop relationships with veterinary schools, students, externs, and other future talent sources.
• Represent Cara at conferences, career fairs, universities, networking events, and within the veterinary community.
• Bring market intelligence back to Cara, including compensation trends, candidate expectations, competitive activity, and recruiting challenges.
• Use recruiting data to understand pipeline health, candidate conversion, time to fill, and DVM capacity added.
• Support other priority searches across Cara as enterprise needs and capacity allow.

Success Metrics

• Ensuring Cara has the DVM capacity needed to support hospitals and future growth.
• Building candidate relationships before vacancies become urgent.
• Filling DVM positions more quickly and predictably.
• Maintaining a healthy pipeline of qualified, engaged DVM prospects.
• Moving strong candidates efficiently from initial conversation through accepted offer.
• Creating a meaningful future talent pipeline through veterinary school, student, and extern relationships.
• Providing leaders with clear visibility into recruiting progress, opportunities, and risks.

Qualifications

• Significant full‑cycle recruiting, talent acquisition, executive search, or professional recruiting experience.
• Demonstrated success proactively sourcing and closing hard‑to‑find talent in a competitive market.
• Strong passive candidate sourcing and relationship‑building skills.
• Experience building and maintaining long‑term talent pipelines.
• Strong closing, negotiation, and candidate management skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple searches and competing priorities.
• Comfort using recruiting data to measure results and guide strategy.
• Strong communication, networking, and presentation skills.
• Veterinary recruiting experience is strongly preferred; healthcare, physician, dental, executive, or other specialized professional recruiting experience may also translate well.
• An established veterinary talent network is a big plus.

Total Rewards

Base Salary: $95,000–$110,000 annually, plus incentive opportunity.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health and for commuters
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Personal Celebration Day
• Floater holidays
• Annual professional development funds
• Team Member discounts on veterinary services and products