Director, Talent Acquisition - Full Time - Hartford, CT
About The Position
The Director of Talent Acquisition leads a high-performing team of recruiting and onboarding professionals responsible for sourcing, selecting, and onboarding talent across Connecticut Children's clinical, operational, and administrative functions. This role serves as a strategic partner to senior leaders across the organization, driving recruiting excellence, improving candidate and hiring manager experience, and owning the end-to-end pre-employment process — including health clearance in partnership with Occupational Health. The Director reports to the VP, HR Operations and plays a key role in workforce planning and talent pipeline strategy.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
- 8 years of progressive talent acquisition experience, 3 years of leadership experience
- Proven experience managing pre-employment processes and compliance-driven hiring environments
- Experience with ATS platforms (e.g., Oracle, Workday, iCIMS) and recruiting analytics tools
- Demonstrated track record of using data and insights to optimize recruitment strategies and drive cycle-time improvements
- Experience working cross-functionally with HR Centers of Excellence (compensation, HRIS, benefits)
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Business or Human Resources
- Healthcare or regulated industry experience
- Experience leading contingent workforce programs
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a multi-year talent acquisition strategy aligned to organizational workforce needs
- Lead the design and evolution of recruitment models, sourcing strategies, and workforce planning initiatives
- Build strong talent pipelines across critical roles and hard-to-fill positions
- Oversee the pre-employment clearance and onboarding process, including occupational health, background checks, licensure verification, and other regulatory requirements
- Ensure clearance processes are timely, compliant, and tightly integrated with onboarding and HR systems
- Build long-term strategic plans for clearance, credentialing workflows, and operational efficiencies
- Define and manage strategies for contingent labor entry into the organization, including process design, policies, and vendor partnerships
- Partner with HR, legal, finance, and supply chain to optimize contingent workforce governance
- Develop and sustain data-driven recruiting processes and performance dashboards
- Monitor, evaluate, and communicate key hiring and funnel metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, time-to-start, funnel conversion, vacancy impact)
- Identify opportunities and drive initiatives to accelerate hiring cycle times and increase quality of hire
- Use analytics and trend data to evaluate workforce needs and improve decision making
- Partner closely with Compensation, HR Systems & Analytics, Occupational Health, Compliance, hiring leaders, and other stakeholders to streamline hiring and onboarding workflows
- Work with HR Systems leaders to enhance ATS and clearance systems, data flows, and reporting capabilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing Talent Acquisition team and clearance specialists
- Foster a culture of service excellence, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement
- Provide coaching, training, and performance management for TA team members
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
