Recruiter

Ankura•Chicago, IL

7d•Remote

About The Position

Ankura is seeking a Recruiter to continue growing a career in Talent Acquisition by connecting talented candidates with opportunities. The Recruiter manages full-cycle recruiting, builds trusted relationships with hiring leaders, proactively identifies talent, and creates an exceptional candidate experience. The role calls for strong recruiting fundamentals, communication skills, curiosity, and a commitment to continuous learning. The Recruiter partners with business leaders to understand current and future talent needs, develop and execute talent acquisition strategies, and adapt to changing headcount plans and business priorities. The role combines candidate sourcing and relationship management with structured interview processes, recruiting analytics, operational excellence, and ongoing improvement of recruiting approaches. The Recruiter also represents Ankura to the talent market and supports efforts to attract, hire, and retain a diverse workforce.

Requirements

Three to five years of recruiting experience.
Demonstrated ability to influence successfully and achieve goals in partnership with business leaders, HR partners, and external partners.
Proven experience identifying, engaging, and closing senior-level passive candidates.
Ability to work with diverse interviewer teams and improve structured decision-making quality.
Ambition and ability to close candidates in a highly competitive environment.
Experience building strong candidate relationships and communicating about motivation, compensation, and career progression.
Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to remove roadblocks and find creative solutions.
Metrics-driven approach and ability to use data to report on and improve recruiting processes.
Ability to build trust and genuine relationships with hiring partners and candidates by understanding intrinsic motivators and end-state goals.
Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to adapt verbal and written communication to the audience.
Strong attention to detail and operational excellence, including the ability to prioritize across multiple stakeholders and candidate pools.

Nice To Haves

Prior recruiting experience in fast-paced industries, including management consulting.
Experience with Workday.

Responsibilities

Manage the full recruitment life cycle, from initial outreach through closing.
Partner with hiring managers to understand talent needs and lead end-to-end talent acquisition for the assigned area.
Manage recruiting processes according to agreed priorities, with a focus on candidate experience and timely turnaround.
Track recruiting pipelines, metrics, priorities, and performance data, and share relevant information with internal stakeholders.
Build robust candidate pipelines using employee referrals, applicants, active candidates, passive candidates, and additional sourcing channels.
Source active and passive candidates using creative strategies, including LinkedIn and other sources.
Maintain data integrity in Workday ATS and other People Office systems.
Advise business leaders on current and future talent needs and adjust recruiting plans to changing headcount plans and business priorities.
Develop and deploy talent acquisition strategies with business leaders, acting as a strategic advisor.
Encourage shared ownership of talent outcomes and promote recruiting excellence, business acumen, innovation, and scalable solutions.
Provide insight on market trends, competitive intelligence, and industry best practices.
Recommend improvements to recruiting processes and the organization.
Manage structured, multi-stage interview processes using predefined criteria to support sound decisions and reduce bias.
Create compelling job descriptions that engage high-quality candidates with Ankura and its open positions.
Develop thoughtful outreach campaigns using relevant content for target audiences.
Apply best practices to attract, hire, and retain a diverse workforce.
Nurture candidate relationships over time and develop a network of qualified candidates interested in Ankura.
Represent Ankura professionally in the talent market and maintain courteous communication with candidates.
Understand candidates’ capabilities and career aspirations, and build relationships around their motivations and goals.
Use data to identify and address weaknesses in candidate and hiring-team experiences.
Use research-driven targeting and high-quality assessment tools to raise the bar for talent.
Manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, and activities, prioritizing resources and work with sound judgment and data.