Sr Talent Acquisition Manager
About The Position
The Senior Talent Acquisition Manager leads and executes American Dream’s talent acquisition strategy and manages a high-performing recruitment function supporting the organization’s changing workforce needs. The role partners strategically with operational leaders and hiring managers, overseeing full-cycle recruitment, workforce planning, talent pipelines, employer branding, and selection processes while maintaining compliance with applicable employment regulations. The position combines strategic leadership, operational oversight, and hands-on recruiting across corporate, hospitality, entertainment, retail, attractions, operations, and leadership functions. It uses data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, and recruitment technologies to improve hiring efficiency, candidate experience, time-to-fill, and overall outcomes. The manager leads, coaches, and develops recruiting team members; advises hiring managers; oversees recruiting operations, analytics, compliance, employer branding, vendors, and budgets; and drives continuous improvement across the talent acquisition function.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related field.
- At least 7 years of Human Resources experience with a demonstrated emphasis in staffing.
- At least 5 years of leadership or supervisory experience managing recruiters and/or talent acquisition functions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to use data for decision-making.
- High proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), HRIS platforms, Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, Power BI, and AI-enabled recruitment technologies.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and service excellence.
Nice To Haves
- Experience recruiting across corporate, hospitality, retail, entertainment, attractions, operations, or high-volume environments.
- Demonstrated success implementing recruiting technologies, ATS platforms, automation solutions, and AI-enabled recruitment tools.
- Experience developing recruiting analytics, workforce dashboards, and KPI reporting.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day Talent Acquisition operations and guide, coach, and develop recruiting team members.
- Develop and execute recruitment strategies aligned with organizational growth and workforce planning.
- Partner with senior leaders and hiring managers to anticipate staffing needs and build talent pipelines.
- Establish recruiting priorities, allocate resources, and foster a high-performance recruiting culture.
- Manage and participate in full-cycle recruiting, including requisition intake, sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer negotiation, and onboarding transition.
- Recruit for exempt, non-exempt, professional, management, and hard-to-fill positions across business functions.
- Develop competency-based interview guides, selection criteria, job descriptions, and candidate evaluation frameworks.
- Maintain timely candidate communication, extend offers, and oversee required employment documentation.
- Promote AI and recruitment technologies for sourcing, screening, engagement, scheduling, and reporting; evaluate emerging tools and optimize ATS workflows.
- Use market intelligence, predictive analytics, automation, dashboards, and workforce metrics to improve recruitment, while ensuring responsible and compliant AI use.
- Advise leaders and hiring managers on talent acquisition, workforce planning, interviewing, and hiring decisions.
- Train hiring managers on legal compliance, interviewing, unconscious bias awareness, candidate assessment, and selection practices.
- Provide updates on candidate pipelines, hiring activity, labor market trends, and recruiting challenges.
- Track, analyze, and communicate recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, time-to-hire, source effectiveness, cost-per-hire, candidate conversion, and offer acceptance rates.
- Maintain accurate recruiting records in ATS, HRIS, and related systems and use analytics to improve hiring outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and recruiting requirements, including EEO, OFCCP, ADA, FCRA, I-9, and wage and hour requirements.
- Oversee employment documentation, background screening, drug testing, and pre-employment verification; audit procedures for fairness and compliance.
- Partner with HR leadership to mitigate employment-related risks and support compliance initiatives.
- Oversee careers content and develop employer branding strategies across digital platforms.
- Manage recruiting advertising, social media recruiting, employee referrals, community outreach, and representation at career fairs and other recruiting events.
- Build relationships with recruiting agencies, educational institutions, and community organizations.
- Manage recruitment budgets and expenditures; negotiate vendor contracts and service agreements.
- Oversee relationships with background screening, drug testing, recruitment advertising, and other talent acquisition service providers.
- Establish team performance objectives and accountability measures, foster cross-functional collaboration, and drive continuous improvement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
