Talent Acquisition Manager

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Manager will own full-cycle recruiting for manager and director-level roles across Highland Holdings, Lucky Lincoln Gaming, Vast, and Highland Real Estate. They will lead a team of contract recruiters and an offshore resource, partner with the Chief People Officer on VP+ searches, build recruiting infrastructure, and manage passive candidate pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle recruiting for manager and director-level roles across Highland Holdings, Lucky Lincoln Gaming, Vast, and Highland Real Estate, from intake through offer
• Lead a team of contract recruiters and an offshore recruiting resource, directing their work, ensuring pipelines are healthy, priorities are clear, and quality is consistent across the portfolio
• Partner with the CPO on VP+ searches, including research, candidate identification, outreach coordination, and candidate prep
• Conduct role discovery conversations with leaders who may not have a fully-formed vision, translating ambiguity into a focused search strategy and a candidate slate that helps them see what they’re looking for
• Build recruiting infrastructure for hiring managers: intake templates, structured interview guides, scorecards, and training that enables them to run a consistent, high-quality hiring process
• Leverage ATS for hygiene: accurate requisitions, clean candidate records, and pipeline data you’d be comfortable presenting to leadership at any time
• Recruiting metrics and reporting to the CPO across the portfolio
• Candidate experience from first touch through offer: responsive communication, clear process, and a standard of care that reflects well on Highland Holdings regardless of outcome
• Highland Holdings’ employer brand presence across job boards, LinkedIn, and Glassdoor in partnership with the CPO

Requirements

• 5–8 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Demonstrated success recruiting manager and director-level roles
• Genuine active listening and skilled discovery partner, comfortable sitting with ambiguity and using a candidate slate to sharpen a brief, not just fill one
• Fluent with AI-powered sourcing tools; hands-on experience with platforms such as Gem, Juicebox, SeekOut, HireEZ, or Findem is a strong plus and comfort with AI-assisted outreach, matching, and pipeline management is a must
• A systems builder who creates process because they believe it makes everyone better, and can translate that into tools and training hiring managers will actually use
• Experience leading or coordinating contract, offshore, or junior recruiting resources
• Experience with psychometric and aptitude assessment tools; familiarity with Culture Index, Criteria, or similar platforms is a plus
• Strong ATS discipline; data hygiene is a professional standard, not an afterthought
• Executive presence and the confidence to push back; you’re comfortable challenging a hiring manager’s thinking, reframing a poorly scoped role, and delivering a perspective, not just a slate
• Fast and decisive; you don’t let perfect be the enemy of progress and you know how to keep a search moving without cutting corners on quality

Salary

$115,000-$145,000