Manager, Talent Acquisition

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of R3's talent acquisition strategy, ensuring alignment of hiring plans with organizational priorities, growth objectives, business development initiatives, and federal/client staffing requirements.

• Act as the primary leader of the talent acquisition function, establishing recruiting priorities, service standards, expectations for the hiring process, and accountability measures.

• Collaborate with executives and hiring managers to prioritize job requisitions, define candidate profiles, set timelines, and ensure follow-through.

• Leverage market data and internal hiring trends to identify talent shortages and create proactive pipelines for critical and challenging IT roles.

• Develop scalable recruiting processes, templates, interview frameworks, reporting routines, and tools for hiring managers.

• Evaluate recruiting performance metrics and suggest enhancements.

• Oversee and optimize R3's applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruiting technology stack.

• Manage relationships with recruiting vendors, staffing partners, job boards, and external sourcing resources.

• Lead intake meetings and full-cycle technical recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviews, candidate engagement, offer management, and finalization.

• Organize interview loops, collect feedback, maintain process momentum, and ensure a professional experience for candidates.

• Build and nurture an active talent network and maintain a candidate database.

• Keep accurate candidate records and track recruiting activities in the ATS.

• Collaborate with federal business and contracts leadership on proposals, task orders, and staffing requirements for contracts.

• Create qualified candidate pipelines for federal opportunities, including those with necessary certifications, clearances, or eligibility for clearance.

• Source, screen, and submit candidate slates and resumes for federal proposals, recompetes, and task orders.

• Monitor federal candidate pipelines and track submission statuses.

• Ensure compliance with federal contracting and staffing requirements.

• Partner with Marketing to enhance employer branding and recruitment marketing efforts.

• Represent R3 at job fairs, conferences, and recruitment events.

• Work with HR to provide a smooth onboarding experience.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition or technical recruiting, preferably within IT managed services, technology, consulting, or government contracting sectors.

• Proven success in managing full-lifecycle recruiting for technical and hard-to-fill positions.

• Experience in developing or refining recruiting processes, reporting, tools for hiring managers, intake practices, interview workflows, and standards for candidate tracking.

• Strong comprehension of IT roles, technical skill sets, certifications, and talent markets across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, service desk, engineering, and project management.

• Capability to partner with executives, hiring managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify hiring needs and facilitate timely decision-making.

• Proficient in using recruiting data and metrics to evaluate pipeline health, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, aging requisitions, and trends in offer acceptance.

• Experience in supporting federal government contract staffing, proposal recruiting, task order staffing, cleared roles, or compliance-focused hiring is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with security clearance levels, OFCCP requirements, EEO practices, and compliant recruiting documentation is preferred.

• Previous experience managing recruiting vendors, staffing partners, sourcing tools, or external recruiting resources is preferred.

• HR certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR is a plus.

• Strong technical sourcing capabilities, including Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, resume databases, referrals, networking, and direct outreach.

• Ability to build proactive pipelines for difficult-to-fill IT, technical, cleared, and client-facing roles.

• Solid business acumen and understanding of hiring priorities, workforce needs, revenue impact, and client or contract staffing requirements.

• Outstanding communication and influencing abilities.

• Strong candidate engagement and closing capabilities.

• Data-driven approach to identifying bottlenecks, enhancing process performance, and reporting progress.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented; capable of managing multiple requisitions and adapting to shifting priorities.

• Proficient in ATS, HRIS, sourcing platforms, and reporting skills, with an emphasis on accurate data and compliant documentation.

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business, or a related field is preferred; equivalent experience will be considered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Base salary ranging from $90,000 to $115,000 annually.

• Additional benefits, bonuses, incentives, and other forms of compensation may be included as part of the overall compensation package.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.