Technical Talent Acquisition Partner

Alliant Insurance Services•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Responsible for leading full-cycle recruiting for technical and product roles, including complex and hard-to-fill searches. The role partners with hiring managers and business leaders to attract, assess, and hire talent across AI, data, software engineering, product, and related disciplines. It develops targeted sourcing strategies, provides talent-market insights, builds candidate pipelines, and supports efficient, high-quality hiring. The Technical Talent Acquisition Partner serves as a consultative talent advisor, manages the candidate experience from initial screening through pre-hire activities, and owns search outcomes by identifying risks, removing bottlenecks, and keeping searches moving toward effective hiring decisions. The role also identifies process improvements, shares market knowledge, and provides guidance to team members as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Five or more years of related work experience.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence hiring partners and candidates at all levels.
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across teams and business units.
Strong problem-solving and time-management skills.
Excellent planning, organizational, and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple technical searches.
Ability to source and engage passive technical talent through direct sourcing, professional networks, online platforms, and recruiting tools.
Working knowledge of software engineering, AI and machine learning, data science and engineering, cloud and platform, and product disciplines; ability to translate role needs into job-related screening criteria.
Ability to develop and explain search strategies, share talent-market insights, and advise hiring partners on candidate profiles and compensation expectations.
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust, deliver a respectful candidate experience, and assess candidates using consistent, job-related methods.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, applicant tracking systems, and sourcing and recruiting tools.

Responsibilities

Lead full-cycle recruiting for assigned technical and product positions, including complex, high-impact, and hard-to-fill searches, with a high degree of autonomy and accountability.
Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to clarify role outcomes, technical requirements, candidate profiles, compensation parameters, interview plans, and decision criteria.
Develop and execute sourcing strategies for software engineering, AI and machine learning, data science and engineering, product, cloud and platform, and security roles based on business needs.
Directly source and engage candidates through online platforms, professional networks, referrals, industry communities, and other channels; build pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
Share talent-market insights and advise on candidate availability, role positioning, search strategy, and compensation expectations.
Manage the candidate experience end-to-end, including initial screens, interview coordination, feedback collection, offer strategy and negotiations, and pre-hire activities.
Assess candidates through structured, job-related conversations and help interview teams apply consistent criteria and provide timely feedback.
Maintain accurate applicant tracking data and use recruiting metrics and market insights to assess progress, identify trends, and inform hiring strategies.
Own hiring outcomes by identifying search risks, removing bottlenecks, communicating progress, and keeping searches moving toward effective hiring decisions.
Identify process improvements that strengthen technical recruiting efficiency and scalability; share market knowledge and provide guidance to team members as needed.
Perform duties in accordance with company policies and procedures and applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Perform other duties as assigned.