Senior Partner, Talent Acquisition

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of the entire recruitment lifecycle for executive, leadership, and specialized positions.

• Conduct intake and calibration meetings with hiring managers.

• Identify passive candidates utilizing job boards, Boolean and X-ray searches, professional networks, associations, referrals, social media, and direct outreach.

• Establish and sustain a continuous talent bench and cultivate candidate pipelines.

• Oversee requisitions, job advertisements, and candidate movement within the Workday ATS/HRIS.

• Create structured interview and assessment frameworks.

• Track and report on requisition statuses, pipeline health, time-to-fill metrics, sourcing effectiveness, and other relevant recruiting statistics.

• Provide guidance to hiring managers throughout the recruitment process with updates on pipelines, market insights, and interview coaching.

• Facilitate debriefing sessions and decision-making discussions.

• Maintain consistent communication with candidates and handle sensitive discussions with care.

• Represent DIRECTV’s mission, culture, and value proposition as an employer.

• Demonstrate Talent Acquisition best practices and enhance peer performance without direct management responsibilities.

• Collaborate with Compensation on competitive offers and engage with leadership on immigration/visa matters.

• Oversee onboarding, operational processes, and background/reference checks up to day one.

• Direct compensation strategies, develop and present offer packages, and negotiate salary, bonuses, equity, relocation, and retention scenarios.

• Ensure offers align with pay equity standards, approval workflows, and regulatory requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–7+ years of progressive experience in full-cycle recruiting, executive search, or talent acquisition.

• Direct accountability for leadership-level and specialized recruitment efforts.

• Proven success in sourcing and securing passive candidates through job boards, Boolean searches, professional networking platforms, industry associations, and referral networks.

• Experience in leading and finalizing complex compensation negotiations, including intricate bonus arrangements.

• Ability to develop consultative relationships with senior hiring managers and executives.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Experience collaborating across functions on hiring strategies and offer implementation.

• Sound judgment and discretion concerning confidential, sensitive, or high-visibility searches.

• Capacity to work independently with strategic insight and disciplined execution.

• Advanced proficiency in ATS and HRIS systems preferred; experience with Workday is highly preferred.

• Talent marketing experience, including programmatic job distribution, SEO/SEM, paid social media, and career site optimization, preferred.

• Established professional network and industry presence preferred.

• Experience in recruiting for media, entertainment, telecommunications, or technology sectors preferred.

• Familiarity with executive compensation frameworks preferred.

• Experience mentoring within a broader talent acquisition team preferred.

• A background check may be required due to regular access to proprietary data.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation aligned with market standards.

• Base salary determined by work location, skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

• Total compensation package includes bonuses and benefits (specific amounts not disclosed).