Talent Acquisition Manager (930956)

Equus•Madison, MS

About The Position

The Talent Acquisition Manager will serve as a point of contact between Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring managers, ensuring consistent hiring practices, clear communication, and high-quality hiring outcomes across APM. This role blends hands-on recruiting leadership with stakeholder partnership, process optimization, and day-to-day coaching of TA Partners. This position is ideal for a strong people leader who excels at translating business needs into recruiting execution and ensuring hiring managers are supported, aligned, and accountable throughout the hiring process.

Requirements

5+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including full‑cycle recruiting
2+ years of experience leading or mentoring Talent Acquisition partners
Demonstrated Talent Acquisition background, including experience supporting a workforce of 1,500+ employees.
Strong experience partnering with hiring managers to deliver timely, high‑quality hiring outcomes
Solid understanding of recruiting metrics, workforce trends, and hiring best practices
Demonstrated experience with change management and/or process improvement within Talent Acquisition

Nice To Haves

Healthcare recruiting experience preferred
Experience with SmartRecruiters ATS and recruiting analytics tools is highly desirable, though not required

Responsibilities

Act as the primary escalation and advisory point for hiring managers on talent acquisition topics, including, interview strategy, timelines, and candidate decision-making.
Proactively partner with hiring managers to clarify hiring needs, calibrate expectations, and ensure alignment.
Drive hiring readiness by ensuring managers understand and follow recruiting processes, interview best practices, and selection standards.
Facilitate Kick-Off conversations and recruit for complex or high-impact roles.
Serve as a day-to-day people leader and coach for assigned Talent Acquisition Partners.
Provide guidance on requisition strategy, sourcing approaches, stakeholder management, and candidate experience.
Review pipelines, recruiting plans, and workload distribution to ensure efficiency and balanced coverage.
Support performance management, skill development, and continuous improvement for TA Partners.
Act as a bridge between the TA Director and TA Partners by translating strategy into execution and surfacing operational feedback.
Ensure consistent and effective execution of the end-to-end recruiting process across assigned functions.
Monitor recruiting metrics in collaboration with the TA Director such as vacancy rates, time to fill, quality of hire indicators, candidate experience feedback, and hiring manager satisfaction.
Identify process gaps or inefficiencies and partner with the TA Director to implement improvements.
Ensure a high-quality, inclusive, and professional candidate experience throughout the hiring lifecycle.
Reinforce structured interviewing, equitable hiring practices, and data-informed decision-making.
Address and resolve candidate or stakeholder concerns as needed.