Director, Talent Acquisition & Operations

Leading Educators Careers

6h • Remote

About The Position

This is not a traditional talent acquisition role. This is a mission-critical leadership position that demands extraordinary cognitive agility, strategic thinking, and operational excellence. You are not just filling roles; you are architecting the talent infrastructure that will drive educational transformation.
As our Director of Talent Acquisition & Operations, you will be the operational nerve center of our recruiting ecosystem. This role requires someone who can simultaneously manage 12+ concurrent searches while maintaining laser-focused quality, anticipate complex stakeholder dynamics, and execute recruiting experiences that are as innovative and precise as our educational solutions. You will be a high-touch thought partner who drives the recruiting process. Your role is to take the full cognitive and tactical load off of hiring managers, ensuring they can focus on their core work while you manage every aspect of talent acquisition with precision and efficiency.
Your success hinges on your ability to think in real-time, hold multiple complex variables simultaneously, and make decisive recommendations efficiently. You will be responsible for time to hire, quality of hire, contractor workflows, candidate experiences, and internal dynamics with unparalleled expertise and energy. This is a role for someone who sees talent acquisition as a strategic art form – not an administrative function.
You will directly own the end-to-end recruiting process, managing a small Talent Operations team responsible for scheduling, documentation, onboarding coordination, and contractor workflows. Your role is to set clear performance standards, monitor execution quality, and hold the team accountable for accuracy and service levels, allowing you to focus on critical hiring judgments and candidate experience.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in talent acquisition, recruiting operations, or talent operations, with demonstrated ownership of full-cycle recruiting for full-time roles.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent searches in a fast paced environment while maintaining quality, pace, and stakeholder confidence
• Proven ability to meet ambitious time to hire goals across varied role types and levels
• Experience operating as a senior level thought partner to hiring managers and executives, providing clear, directional guidance in live conversations
• Strong executive presence with confidence leading high stakes intake meetings, calibration sessions, and debrief discussions
• Comfort engaging in productive conflict, directly naming risks and trade offs while maintaining trust and forward momentum
• Deep experience designing and leading structured hiring processes, including role scoping, interview design, evaluation frameworks, and debrief facilitation
• Strong track record of delivering a high quality candidate experience while holding hiring managers accountable for timely decisions
• Experience overseeing onboarding planning and cross functional coordination for new hires
• Experience managing internal transitions and contractor lifecycle processes
• Strong systems orientation with experience using ATS and interview platforms to manage pipelines and workflows. Greenhouse and Spark Hire experience preferred
• Hands on experience testing and activating AI enabled tools in recruiting or onboarding environments, with a bias toward rapid experimentation and practical application
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable guidance

Benefits

• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for individual employees. Additional premium costs are covered 60% by Leading Educators for partners and dependents on medical, dental, and vision plans. 4% matching 401k plan, Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, childcare and commuter expenses, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Benefits are valued at or above $9,000 for employees.
• First three years of employment, full time staff accrue 22 days a year.
• Five additional days are accrued after the third and sixth year of employment.
• Leading Educators also offer 16 additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays staff may use at their discretion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed