Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the role

At Commence, we’re the start of a new age of data-centric transformation, elevating health outcomes and powering better, more efficient processes to program and patient health. We combine quality data-driven solutions that fuel answers, technology that advances performance, and clinical expertise that builds trust to create a more efficient path to quality care. With human-centered, healthcare-relevant, and value-based solutions, we create new possibilities with data.

As the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will play a strategic role in shaping the future of Commence by sourcing and securing the best talent available, specifically in technology, project management, and health information. This role requires excellent interpersonal skills for working closely with others across various departments and the ability to operate independently while advising hiring managers on market conditions and hiring strategy.

Responsibilities

• Create an extraordinary candidate experience for every single candidate regardless of hiring status.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting for complex, technical, cleared, or high-impact roles with autonomy.
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies that support highly specialized roles leveraging advanced sourcing tools and techniques.
• Build long-term pipelines for recurring or critical roles.
• Serve as a consultative partner to hiring managers by providing guidance on talent availability, market trends, and hiring strategy.
• Provide input to ensure that teams consist of diverse, qualified individuals.
• Ensure that staffing needs are being met with a long-term strategy in mind.
• Facilitate alignment between hiring teams on competency expectations, interview structure, and selection criteria.
• Identify workflow gaps and recommend enhancements to improve speed, quality, and consistency.
• Coordinate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs and candidate selection criteria.
• Contribute to employer branding efforts and represent the organization at high-value recruiting events.
• Provide data-driven insights and competitive intelligence to hiring managers and HR Leadership.
• Organize and attend various recruitment functions for the organization, including job fairs, open houses, and national conferences to build strong candidate pipelines.
• Ensure all recruitment and hiring functions comply with federal and state employment laws and are in line with company guidelines and policies.
• Ensure meticulous data hygiene, reporting accuracy, and pipeline visibility.
• Leverage metrics to evaluate sourcing effectiveness and inform prioritization.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience sourcing complex technical roles including software engineers, solution architects, data scientists, and other high-impact roles.
• Significant experience in full-cycle recruiting, with a focus on technology, business development, and executive roles.
• Proficiency with social media, resume databases, and professional networks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, organizational and problem-solving skills, along with a strong customer service focus.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
• General knowledge of employment best practices and compliance laws.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Experience with advanced sourcing techniques and applicant tracking systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting diverse positions in the government contracting space inclusive of full-time, part-time, key personnel, and 1099 candidates.
• Experience recruiting for cleared talent.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is an office position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a climate-controlled environment. Candidates must be able to sit, read, work on a computer, and watch a computer screen for extended periods of time. Occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, kneel, or crouch.

Pay

$95,000–$110,000 per year.