Talent Acquisition Project Manager

Sunrise Senior Living • McLean, VA

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About The Position

When you join Sunrise Senior Living, you will be able to use your unique skills to empower residents to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only will you build meaningful relationships with residents, their families, and team members alike, you will also gain joy in serving others and deep fulfillment in your work. Explore how you can follow your passions and shed light on meaningful ways to serve, grow, and shine together. Sunrise Senior Living was again certified as a Great Place to Work® by Activated Insights. This is the 8th time Sunrise has received this top culture and workplace designation, highlighting the special place Sunrise is to be a part of. The Talent Acquisition Project Manager is responsible for supporting and driving strategic recruiting initiatives, process improvements and talent acquisition programs within a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment. This individual contributor role operates as a key partner to the Talent Acquisition team, hiring managers, HR Business Partners and other key HR stakeholders, and leadership to ensure effective execution of talent acquisition priorities. The role combines project and program coordination responsibilities with operational recruiting support. The incumbent is accountable for developing project plans, tracking hiring milestones, monitoring pipeline health, analyzing recruiting metrics and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and scalability within the talent acquisition function. In addition, this role provides hands-on recruiting support during peak hiring periods or coverage needs, including candidate screening, interview coordination and offer process support, ensuring continuity of hiring operations and a positive candidate experience. The Talent Acquisition Project Manager applies analytical thinking, process simplification and agile principles to enhance recruiting performance and enable data-informed decision-making across the organization.

Requirements

• Three to five years of experience in recruiting, talent acquisition or recruiting operations.
• Experience handling and coordinating multiple HR projects simultaneously.
• Experience supporting recruiting systems, reporting, analytics or process mapping.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and reporting/dashboard tools.
• Familiarity with ATS platforms and recruiting technologies.
• Ability to balance strategic project work with tactical execution.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to agile methodologies or continuous improvement practices preferred.

Responsibilities

• Talent Acquisition Project and Program Management Lead and support recruiting initiatives including workforce expansions, high-volume hiring and strategic talent programs.
• Develop and maintain project plans, hiring trackers, timelines and implementation roadmaps.
• Identify risks, remove obstacles and ensure milestones are met.
• Partner with recruiters, hiring managers, Human Resources (HR) and leadership to drive alignment and execution.
• Support implementation and optimization of recruiting systems, tools and dashboards.
• Research industry best practices and recommend improvements to enhance recruiting effectiveness.
• Apply agile principles to continuously improve recruiting workflows and delivery.
• Process Optimization and Analytics Optimize end-to-end talent acquisition processes, ensuring consistent, efficient and scalable hiring workflows across the organization.
• Partner with HR Systems to manage and enhance applicant tracking systems (ATS) and related recruiting technologies to improve data accuracy, reporting and recruiter productivity.
• Analyze recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, pipeline health, offer acceptance and source effectiveness.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports using Excel and internal systems.
• Translate data insights into clear, actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
• Hands-On Recruiting Support Conduct candidate screenings and initial interviews as needed.
• Support full-cycle recruiting during peak hiring periods or coverage needs.
• Assist with interview coordination, offer preparation and candidate communication.
• Ensure a positive, efficient and consistent candidate experience.
• Maintain compliance in assigned required training and all training required by state/province or other regulating authorities as applicable to this role to ensure that Sunrise standards are always met.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Plans
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Employee Assistant Program / Discount Program
• Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and holiday pay
• myFlexPay offered to get paid within hours of a shift
• Tuition Reimbursement
• In addition to base compensation, Sunrise may offer discretionary and/or non-discretionary bonuses. The eligibility to receive such a bonus will depend on the employee’s position, plan/program offered by Sunrise at the time, and required performance pursuant to the plan/program.
• Some benefits have eligibility requirements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed