Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the role

As the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Commence, you will play a strategic role in shaping the future of the company by sourcing and securing top talent in technology, project management, and health information. You will ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruiting lifecycle, build a strong employer brand, and attract high-performing candidates using advanced sourcing strategies. This role requires excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work closely with various departments, and the capability to operate independently while advising hiring managers on market conditions and hiring strategy.

Responsibilities

• Create an extraordinary candidate experience for every 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 for highly specialized roles using 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 teams consist of diverse, qualified individuals.
• Ensure staffing needs are 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, 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 company guidelines.
• Maintain meticulous data hygiene, reporting accuracy, and pipeline visibility.
• Leverage metrics to evaluate sourcing effectiveness and inform prioritization.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• 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, including 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.