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Associate Vice President of Talent Acquisition - Multiple Locations Across the US

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
Lead and execute talent acquisition strategy across service lines, oversee full-cycle recruiting and KPIs, build sourcing pipelines, forecast demand, institutionalize proactive candidate pipelines, mentor recruiting teams, and ensure compliance with employment and immigration laws while improving TA processes and candidate experience.
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You are a natural leader. You take initiative, remove obstacles and get things done. You are very detail-oriented, and you thrive while working under pressure in a collaborative way with other people. You are easy to talk to, curious by nature, and can balance being personable and analytical.

Who are we?

For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. Our current focus and innovation in Digital Hyperexpansion TM offers nearly limitless opportunities for career growth. For a brief 1-minute video about us, you can check out https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.

What are we looking for?

We want a leader that will create and deploy talent acquisition strategies and tactics that strengthen recruiting capabilities at Photon while maximizing existing resources. We want this person to understand our vision, our business and strategy, the employee base, and have exceptional leadership competencies and behaviors. The Director of Talent Acquisition demonstrates decisiveness, gets into the details, and models the organization's cultural values and attributes, while implementing the TA operating model to deliver improved processes, tools, strategic programs, and delivery channels to increase ROI and efficiencies.

What will you do?

  • Be ultimately accountable for demand being fulfilled at a client
  • Oversee the full-cycle recruiting process; setting policies and processes for different parts of the process, measuring KPIs for each part of the process, understanding market competitiveness and coordinating recruiter communication, developing sales skills, leading the interview process to ensure a strong positive candidate experience, and providing interview and feedback training
  • Develop processes for forecasting demand, by skill, to be planned for the medium term, and creating fulfillment plans for the short term
  • Lead sourcing strategies through a variety of sourcing channels including the use of social media with an emphasis on passive candidate attraction and maximizing the benefits of recruiting tools
  • Develop a process to ensure that a pipeline for candidates is always available for each service line and institutionalize the principle of “ABC” – Always Be Closing for candidates – in the entire talent organization. Directly participate in institutional planning providing broad mentorship and coordination to various teams as designated by the SVP
  • Manage, leverage and challenge existing recruiting strategies, methods, and systems to generate a proactive and efficient approach to sourcing, assessing and on-boarding qualified talent
  • Collaborate with leadership to define the organization's long-term talent acquisition mission and goals; identify innovative and creative ways to support this mission through talent management
  • Maintain knowledge of laws, regulations, and best practices in employment law, immigration law, and talent management

You’ll need to have:

  • At least eight years of Talent Acquisition experience required, with 5+ years of leadership experience, specifically leading and developing recruiting operations in high pressure and growth-oriented companies
  • In-depth knowledge about local and international Talent Acquisition Processes (sourcing, talent acquisition, schedule coordination, ATS, full time versus C2C hiring, general employment legislation, etc.)
  • Knowledge of and experience with varied TA information systems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal, and critical thinking skills, along with an ability to respect candidate and organizational confidentiality and demonstrate discretion
  • Strong emotional intelligence and passion for building relationships across all levels of an organization
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are.
 

Photon is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We bring out the best in each other.


Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603

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