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Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition

Echo Global Logistics · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
Human Resources$129k–$188k/yrFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop the Sales and High-Volume Recruiting team.
  • Create and execute recruiting and sourcing strategies to meet hiring goals.
  • Coach recruiters on sourcing, candidate engagement, and client partnership.
  • Partner with business leaders to understand hiring needs and provide recruiting expertise.
  • Use recruiting metrics and market data to improve hiring performance and inform strategy.
  • Build talent pipelines through sourcing, recruitment marketing, referrals, and networking.
  • Champion Echo's employment brand and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

Recruiting Operations & Process Excellence

  • Drive standardization of recruiting processes, workflows, and documentation across the TA organization.
  • Create, maintain, and govern SOPs covering the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle (requisition, screening, interview, offer, and onboarding handoff).
  • Lead change management efforts for new tools, process updates, and organizational changes, ensuring smooth adoption across recruiters and stakeholders.
  • Design and deliver training programs for the recruiting team and business stakeholders on recruiting processes, systems, and best practices.
  • Manage relationships with recruiting vendors and technology partners, including contract oversight, performance management, and vendor selection.
  • Optimize recruiting tools, systems, and sourcing channels, partnering with HRIS/Workday and other cross-functional teams as needed.
  • Identify and lead operational improvement initiatives, using data to measure impact and drive continuous improvement.
  • Manage recruiting projects and communicate hiring progress, metrics, market insights, and operational updates to senior leadership.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of recruiting experience required.
  • 3+ years of experience leading and developing recruiting teams.
  • Demonstrated experience in recruiting operations, process standardization, or change management.
  • Experience developing and maintaining SOPs, training programs, or process documentation at scale.
  • Experience managing vendor relationships and recruiting technology implementations.
  • Experience developing recruiting strategies and managing hiring initiatives.
  • Strong sourcing, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience using recruiting metrics and data to drive business outcomes and inform operational decisions.
  • Proficiency with ATS, CRM, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools, and other recruiting technologies.
  • Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
  • Proficient in Excel and other Microsoft products.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.

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