Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – DVM Recruiting

Cara Veterinary•Seattle, WA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cara Veterinary is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – DVM Recruiting to lead their DVM recruiting strategy. This role involves building a strong pipeline of veterinary talent and ensuring hospitals have the necessary DVM capacity for growth. The ideal candidate is proactive in sourcing, skilled at building relationships with both active and passive candidates, and understands the long-term nature of talent acquisition. Cara Veterinary is a growing veterinary enterprise in Washington, committed to high standards of quality, consistency, and compassion, with a strong focus on community involvement and a people-centric culture. This position is full-time, salaried exempt, and based out of the Cara Support Center in Seattle, WA. It requires regular local travel and periodic travel for recruiting activities.

Requirements

Significant full-cycle recruiting, talent acquisition, executive search, or professional recruiting experience.
Demonstrated success proactively sourcing and closing hard-to-find talent in a competitive market.
Strong passive candidate sourcing and relationship-building skills.
Experience building and maintaining long-term talent pipelines.
Strong closing, negotiation, and candidate management skills.
Ability to independently manage multiple searches and competing priorities.
Comfort using recruiting data to measure results and guide strategy.
Strong communication, networking, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Veterinary recruiting experience is strongly preferred.
Healthcare, physician, dental, executive, or other specialized professional recruiting experience may also translate well.
An established veterinary talent network is a big plus.

Responsibilities

Own DVM recruiting strategy and build a sustainable DVM talent pipeline.
Manage full-cycle DVM recruiting from sourcing to offer acceptance.
Build and nurture relationships with active and passive DVM candidates.
Maintain a pipeline of qualified prospects for future hiring needs.
Partner with Medical Leadership, Operations, Hospital Leaders, and the People Team to anticipate DVM capacity needs.
Develop relationships with veterinary schools, students, and externs.
Represent Cara at conferences, career fairs, universities, and networking events.
Gather market intelligence on compensation trends, candidate expectations, and competitive activity.
Utilize recruiting data to track pipeline health, candidate conversion, and time to fill.
Support other priority searches across Cara as needed.