Talent Acquisition Lead

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Lead will lead a newly formed centralized recruiting team based throughout the US. You will be responsible for leading the recruiting team with clear direction and encouragement, driving high performance and continuous improvement across the team, developing talent through coaching, training, and active development. You will also execute strategy, ensuring a smooth, effective hiring process by aligning with business needs, meeting and exceeding goals, overseeing and maintaining high standards within the TA function, delivering key performance metrics and actionable insights to key stakeholders and business leaders, guiding the team in refining and scaling processes to support organizational growth while maintaining an exceptional candidate experience, staying informed of industry and geographic talent trends, and serving as the TA SME to the regional Presidents and Super Region President.

Responsibilities

• Lead the recruiting team with clear direction and encouragement.
• Drive high performance and continuous improvement across the team.
• Mentor and grow team skills through coaching, training, and active development.
• Ensure a smooth, effective hiring process by aligning with business needs.
• Meet and exceed metrics and ensure quality within the TA function.
• Create standout experiences for leaders across the Super Region, enhancing client relationships.
• Partner with leadership to offer valuable reports and market intelligence.
• Drive process improvements to elevate the TA function.
• Ensure adherence to internal TA practices and provincial, federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Foster a culture of data privacy, security, and accuracy.
• Build trusted relationships and communicate effectively with different audiences.
• Influence outcomes and champion culture to internal and external stakeholders.
• Solve problems and think outside-the-box.
• Manage hybrid teams and balance the speed to hire without placing the organization in significant risk.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of corporate recruiting and staffing experience within a large scale, matrixed, and high volume environment.
• Strong preference for insurance brokerage experience.
• Agility in dealing with multiple stakeholders: executive team, leadership, employees, and candidates.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team (the whole and individuals).
• Metrics-driven; beyond basic metrics; involves analytics to improve sourcing, team performance, and enhance overall recruitment efficiency.
• Ability to influence outcomes and champion culture to internal and external stakeholders.
• Problem solver with the ability to think outside-the-box.
• Ability to manage hybrid teams.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and MS Office products.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment tools, applicant tracking systems (ATS), and best practices.
• Experience developing and analyzing recruitment metrics to improve outcomes.
• Establishes a team culture of positivity and adaptability with a focus on continuous learning, improvement, and development.