Talent Acquisition Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead and develop the recruitment team.

• Manage, coach, and nurture three recruiters.

• Establish clear expectations and growth trajectories for recruiters.

• Foster a team culture that emphasizes consistency, candidate experience, and accountability.

• Take ownership of team capacity planning and workload distribution.

• Design and execute standardized intake, screening, and interview processes.

• Define robust hiring standards and create structured scorecards and interview kits.

• Develop screening criteria for skills suited to a distributed environment, including written communication, self-direction, and collaboration.

• Train and coach hiring managers on structured interviewing and unbiased evaluation techniques.

• Oversee sourcing, referrals, talent pools, and various recruiting channels.

• Establish sourcing expectations and monitor pipeline volume and conversion rates.

• Build talent pipelines in anticipation of demand based on the workforce plan.

• Collaborate with Marketing and People teams on employer branding initiatives.

• Set up ATS data foundations and establish recruiting metrics.

• Develop leadership dashboards while ensuring data hygiene.

• Collaborate with senior leaders on hiring forecasts, prioritization, and timelines.

• Connect recruitment execution with workforce planning and onboarding processes.

• Manage day-to-day talent acquisition operations.

• Coordinate the transition from offer acceptance to first day with onboarding teams.

• Ensure compliance with employment and human rights legislation.

• Advocate for inclusive, bias-aware hiring practices.

• Oversee the ATS and recruiting technology stack.

• Assess automation, AI, and tool integrations.

• Guarantee a consistent candidate experience.

• Manage recruiting vendors and the associated budget.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of leadership experience in talent acquisition, specifically in developing a recruiting team.

• Proven success in building or restructuring a talent acquisition function, including establishing interview frameworks, hiring standards, and recruiting metrics from the ground up.

• Demonstrated ability to build a strong top-of-funnel pipeline through sourcing, referrals, and talent pooling, as well as coaching a team to achieve similar results.

• Strong proficiency in recruiting data management and ATS administration.

• Capability to transform disorganized or unreliable data into accurate and trustworthy reporting.

• Experience in training and influencing hiring managers on structured and inclusive interviewing practices.

• Comfort in operating as an execution and data owner within a broader talent strategy.

• Excellent skills in stakeholder management.

• Good judgment in prioritizing a build-phase roadmap amidst real hiring pressures.

• Experience in a scaling mid-sized organization (approximately 200-1000 employees) is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first setup for enhanced flexibility.

• Home office allowance.

• "Office in a box" with all essential technology equipment.

• Half days off before public holidays.

• Flexible health and dental plans for families, including mental health support.

• Health & personal spending accounts.

• Parental leave top-up.

• Education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and memberships.

• Opportunities to learn from industry experts and advance your career.

• Weekly Friday team huddles.

• Virtual and in-person team-building events.

• Annual discretionary bonus.

• Performance-based incentive awards.