Senior Business Partner, Talent Acquisition

Vertin • Edina, MN

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About The Position

Vertin is seeking a Senior Business Partner, Talent Acquisition to shape how the company attracts, hires, and grows employees across more than 80 locations. The role combines recruiting and strategy, partnering with Marketing to communicate Vertin’s employer story and building a consistent hiring engine across the organization. The position reports to the VP of Administration and is Minnesota based, with travel to company locations as needed.

The successful candidate will lead talent acquisition strategy for funeral directors, location leaders, part-time associates, and Shared Services roles. They will strengthen the employer brand, improve the candidate experience, lead rollout of an applicant tracking system, explore and adopt useful AI tools for recruiting, develop the funeral director pipeline with the Early Careers team, and use recruiting data to evaluate results.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of HR experience.
• Ideally, at least 4 years leading talent acquisition in a multi-site organization.
• A record of building recruiting processes, hiring hard-to-find or licensed roles, and partnering with Marketing on employer brand.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and credibility with senior leaders and field managers.
• Hands-on experience implementing an applicant tracking system.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Eligible to work in the United States.
• Able to travel occasionally to company locations across 8 states, conferences, and college recruiting visits.

Nice To Haves

• PHR, SHRM-CP, or SPHR certification.
• Experience in funeral service or another licensed profession.

Responsibilities

• Lead talent acquisition strategy for funeral directors, location leaders, part-time associates, and Shared Services roles.
• Partner with Marketing to grow Vertin’s employer brand through the career site, social content, and associate stories.
• Create a fast, warm, and consistent candidate hiring experience across locations.
• Lead the rollout of the applicant tracking system and establish it as the backbone of hiring across locations.
• Explore, test, and implement useful AI tools for sourcing, screening, and engaging candidates.
• Strengthen the funeral director pipeline with the Early Careers team through internships, apprenticeships, and relationships with mortuary science schools.
• Use data such as time to fill, source of hire, quality of hire, and new-hire retention to evaluate recruiting effectiveness.
• Travel occasionally to company locations, conferences, and college recruiting visits.

Benefits

• Eligible for an annual bonus.
• Medical benefits with HSA contributions.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Life insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior