Manager, Talent Acquisition

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors • RPA New York, NY

1d • $120,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Manager, Talent Acquisition is responsible for driving the talent strategy that supports business growth, innovation, and high performance. This role supports recruitment, workforce planning, and onboarding while implementing people-first strategies that enhance the employee experience, strengthen culture, and align talent with business purpose.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience leading strategic talent acquisition functions in a complex, fast-paced organization (5-7years of experience).
• Strong capabilities in workforce planning, recruitment, and talent analytics.
• Demonstrated ability to align talent strategies with business goals and foster a culture of high performance and inclusion.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a track record of effective cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing and implementing the talent acquisition strategy for the organization while leading recruitment for Core business units.
• Support the organization’s end-to-end talent acquisition strategy, with a focus on core business units.
• Independently manage recruitment for critical roles using advanced assessment methods (e.g., structured interview guidance and assessment tools).
• Interpret candidate assessment data to provide insightful hiring recommendations and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Engage with functional leaders to gain clarity on future talent needs.
• Partner with business leaders to gain clarity on future talent needs and define capability requirements aligned with strategic priorities.
• Assess current workforce capabilities, identify skill gaps, and prioritize development plans.
• Promote talent development through mentoring, succession planning, and internal mobility strategies.
• Identify requirements for frameworks and tools for recruitment, and succession planning, diversity, employee on- and offboarding, and retention of talent to meet business needs.
• Define and implement frameworks and tools that support recruitment, onboarding, diversity, succession planning, and retention.
• Ensure these frameworks are cost-effective, compliant with regulatory standards, and integrated with broader organizational policies.
• Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolve queries and issues, and refer very complex or contentious issues to others.
• Serve as a point of contact for assigned core business groups or sponsored projects on HR issues to help drive business results
• Deliver TA data reports; identify and communicate key metrics and trends, conduct complex analysis, and contribute to the creation of TA insights that enable the diagnosis of business issues, enhancement in the overall effectiveness in attracting, developing, and retaining talent.
• Contribute to the development and testing of TA data collection forms or questionnaires in the area of expertise to ensure the collection of relevant data in line with defined requirements.
• Contribute to the management of partnering relationships with internal clients, building effective working relationships, and providing high-quality professional services to support in delivering business strategy and plans.
• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders identifying needs and supporting them by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions.
• Acts as the subject matter expert on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision-making for the client and business.
• Uses expertise to support the planning, organizing, prioritizing, and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
• Applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on using clear and effective verbal communications skills to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.
• Communicates with other people without requiring supervision and provides technical guidance when required on speaking in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.
• Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to review and create relevant, lucid, and effective reports.
• Responsible for all decisions related to the management of staff regarding personnel actions, acquisitions, and utilization of resources, procedures, and control systems.

Benefits

• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including health coverage, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, vacation and holidays, tuition reimbursement and access to professional development resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees