Senior Talent Partner

HighRes•Beverly, MA

6d•$148,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

HighRes is seeking a Senior Talent Partner to join its People team at its headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts. Reporting to the Vice President of Human Resources, this role leads hiring for critical and hard-to-fill roles across engineering, software, field service, applications science, product, and corporate functions in the US and UK, including senior and leadership searches. The role is intended for an experienced technical recruiter who directly sources and engages hard-to-reach candidates, advises hiring managers and senior leaders on talent strategy, and improves recruiting practices as the company grows. The Senior Talent Partner manages a high-volume portfolio of senior, technical, and hard-to-fill searches, leads director-level and executive searches, and partners with HR leadership and hiring executives. The position also advises leaders on role design, market conditions, compensation, and timelines; supports workforce planning and UK hiring; coaches interviewers; manages agency relationships; maintains recruiting data and reporting; and strengthens HighRes’s employer brand and candidate experience. The primary work location is HighRes headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts, with a hybrid and flexible work arrangement. The salary range is $148,000–$175,000, with eligibility for an annual bonus.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, life sciences, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 8 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including technical or engineering roles.
Record of filling hard-to-find and senior-level roles primarily through personal sourcing.
Advanced skill with LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search.
Experience advising hiring managers and senior leaders and influencing hiring decisions with data.
Experience supporting senior or executive-level searches.
Strong organization skills and ability to manage many searches at once in a fast-paced environment.
Clear, professional written and verbal communication.

Nice To Haves

Recruiting experience in life sciences instrumentation, lab automation, robotics, medical devices, or industrial automation.
Experience recruiting field service engineers, applications scientists, or software engineers.
UK hiring experience.
Experience with Paycom or a comparable HRIS/ATS.
Experience at a growing company of a few hundred employees, building or improving recruiting processes.

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruiting for 15–20 open requisitions at a time, weighted toward senior, technical, and hard-to-fill roles, from intake through offer acceptance.
Lead director-level and executive searches in partnership with HR leadership and the hiring executive.
Source passive candidates directly using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, and industry networks, with a focus on engineering, robotics, software, and life science roles.
Screen candidates for technical fit, motivation, and alignment with HighRes values, and present well-qualified shortlists.
Prepare and negotiate offers using HighRes compensation tools, and close candidates in partnership with HR leadership.
Advise hiring managers and senior leaders on role design, market conditions, compensation, and realistic timelines, and challenge expectations that do not match the market.
Lead intake meetings and define interview plans, structured scorecards, and consistent evaluation standards.
Partner with HR leadership on the annual hiring plan, workforce planning, and recruiting capacity.
Support hiring for the UK team, including local requirements and market practices.
Coach interviewers and share sourcing and interviewing practices.
Manage external agency relationships, including selection, terms, and performance, and reduce reliance on agencies over time by building direct pipelines.
Maintain accurate candidate and requisition data in Paycom and report on pipeline health, time to fill, offer acceptance, and source effectiveness, with recommendations for improvement.
Strengthen the HighRes employer brand through job postings, outreach messaging, campus and industry events, and a strong candidate experience.