Senior Specialist, Talent Acquisition

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the entire recruiting process for both exempt and non-exempt U.S. Retail positions, from initial intake and sourcing to assessments, hiring recommendations, and offer acceptance.

• Collaborate with hiring managers and business leaders to identify workforce requirements, outline role specifications, foresee talent shortages, and create effective recruiting strategies.

• Establish diverse talent pipelines for essential and challenging roles through focused sourcing, employer branding, career events, and talent initiatives.

• Provide insights to leaders based on labor market trends, talent availability, recruiting metrics, and candidate feedback to enhance hiring decisions, reduce time-to-fill, and improve candidate experience.

• Work alongside Human Resources and Compensation teams on offer formulation and negotiations.

• Ensure precise applicant tracking, compliance, and recruitment documentation are maintained.

• Act as a recruiting subject matter expert by mentoring partners, leading initiatives, and promoting process and technology enhancements.

⛳️ Requirements

• An Associate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Over 6 years of progressively responsible experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, sourcing, workforce planning, or related Human Resources roles.

• Proven experience in managing full-cycle recruiting and directly collaborating with hiring managers and business leaders.

• Demonstrated ability to develop pipelines and successfully fill challenging positions.

• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn Recruiter or comparable sourcing tools, and Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Understanding of employment law, recruiting compliance, and best practices in hiring.

• Experience in maintaining accurate recruitment data.

• Ability to leverage recruiting metrics to enhance outcomes.

• Experience in negotiating employment offers to support successful hires.

• Preferred: experience in high-volume and exempt hiring across corporate, technology, supply chain, sales, finance, or specialized professional roles.

• Preferred: experience with talent market analytics, workforce planning, candidate relationship management platforms, process improvement, project leadership, or mentoring recruiters.

• Preferred: experience utilizing AI-powered recruiting tools, including Microsoft Copilot.

• Capability to align recruiting objectives with workforce and business needs.

• Strong consultation, relationship-building, and influencing abilities.

• Excellent, confident communication skills.

• A data-driven, practical problem-solving mindset.

• Sound judgment and meticulous attention to detail.

• Adaptability, resilience, professional integrity, and a commitment to collaborative, customer-focused service.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus plan.

• Generous paid time off, including one Floating Holiday each year.

• Flexible work arrangements, including adaptable work hours.

• 401(k) plan with company match.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

• Optional benefits.

• Associate store discount.

• Discounts on mobile plans and movie tickets.

• Potential eligibility for bonuses or other variable compensation.