Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition will be a strategic, hands-on recruiting leader responsible for leading professional and management recruiting across North America. Reporting to the Head of Global Talent Acquisition, this leader will manage and develop a team of approximately five recruiters while also personally owning a portfolio of critical and senior-level searches. This is a player-coach role for a competitive, high-caliber talent acquisition leader who can build world-class recruiters, strengthen recruiting discipline, and serve as a credible talent advisor to business and HR leaders. The role will support hiring across G&A, commercial, product, engineering, and other professional and management-level functions, excluding high-volume manufacturing hiring. The ideal candidate will bring strong recruiting fundamentals, executive presence, excellent account management skills, and the ability to hunt for hard-to-find talent. Commercial recruiting experience is highly valued, and executive search or senior-level recruiting experience would be a significant plus. Lead & Develop a World-Class Team : Lead, coach, and develop a North America recruiting team of approximately five recruiters supporting professional and management hiring. Build a team culture grounded in accountability, urgency, strong sourcing discipline, candidate experience, and continuous improvement. Develop recruiters into trusted talent advisors who can influence hiring managers, understand talent markets, and manage searches with rigor. Raise the bar on recruiting execution, including intake quality, sourcing strategy, pipeline development, assessment discipline, and offer management. Provide hands-on coaching through active searches, candidate calibration, stakeholder management, and hiring manager engagement. Professional and Management Recruiting Execution: Lead recruiting delivery for North America management and professional roles across G&A, commercial, product, engineering, and related functions, excluding high-volume manufacturing hiring. Partner closely with the Head of Global Talent Acquisition to execute the broader talent acquisition strategy at the regional level. Translate business priorities into practical recruiting plans, talent pipelines, and market-facing search strategies. Support a major focus on up-leveling commercial talent over the first 24 months. Use recruiting data and operating metrics, including pipeline health, conversion, time-to-fill, quality of slate, and offer acceptance, to manage performance and drive accountability. Stakeholder Partnership: Build trusted relationships with business leaders, HR partners, and hiring managers across North America. Run a disciplined account management model with clear communication, search updates, pipeline visibility, and issue escalation. Advise leaders on talent market dynamics, candidate availability, compensation realities, competitive intelligence, and hiring process effectiveness. Senior Level Recruiting & Talent : Manage select high-priority, confidential, senior-level, or business-critical searches, potentially including VP-level roles. Bring a search-oriented mindset to critical roles, including proactive sourcing, candidate development, and competitive talent intelligence. Additional Preferred Attributes: Experience operating in a matrixed, global organization. Executive recruiting experience, including personally leading senior and C-suite searches. Hands-on experience with Oracle ATS and AI-enabled talent platforms such as Eightfold. Handle confidential information and sensitive searches with discretion, integrity, and excellent judgement. Strong work ethic, a low ego, and a commitment to continuous improvement. #LI-KJ1