Talent Acquisition Lead

Fantastic career opportunity with a very well-established company whose highly technical systems and solutions are used around the world. This is a great career opportunity for someone who wants to work for a complex and interesting global company headquartered in Vancouver. Reporting into a VP HR and working with a tight-knit team. Candidates must have at least 7 years progressive full-cycle recruitment experience, in-house experience is required (and ideally a blend of in-house and agency!). Strong preference for experience headhunting for various engineering and technical skillsets.

Who- the Company:

Our client is a highly successful and innovative company headquartered in the lower mainland with over 40 years of history and a well-established global reputation. The company is very reputable, well-managed, and successful, and there have been no lay-offs conducted in well over 8 years- this is a great place to work if you are looking for job stability in these uncertain times. If you are a well-rounded Recruiter with 7+ years relevant experience who is looking for a successful and exciting global company to work for, this could be the place for you!

What- the Role:

Our client seeking a new Talent Acquisition Team Lead to join their tight-knit Human Resources & Talent Acquisition team. The TA Lead will report to the VP of HR, will act as coach and mentor to 2 TA Advisors, and will work alongside HRBPs (who help support some of the TA needs), L&D Specialists, etc. The req load is fairly consistent year-round- currently at 20-30, with most of the positions based in Canada, but there are also International searches for the company’s operations in various other countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania. Much of the open headcount is “repeatable”, ie the same role for the same or different markets.

This is a full cycle recruitment role including sourcing, headhunting, screening, interviewing, background & reference checks, making & negotiating offers, etc. Many of the open searches are in engineering, including systems engineers, mechanical engineers, hardware engineers, software engineers, project engineers, electrical engineers, etc. Some are roles requiring rare skillsets where candidates need to be sought from all over for relocation, not just candidates already living in the city where the role is based. The TA Lead will also manage corporate recruitment for the HQ (accounting & finance, legal, administration, HR, IT, etc.)

The TA Lead will collaborate closely with hiring managers and will also have communication with the executive team (including scheduled meetings with executives to update them on the company’s talent acquisition pipeline, as well as TA-related opportunities and challenges). In addition to hands-on full-cycle recruitment, the TA Lead will also work on TA process improvements, various TA-related projects, and employment branding.

SWIM will provide interested candidates with a thorough job description.

Who- the Candidate:

We are seeking candidates with at least 7 years’ experience in full-cycle recruitment, and preferably 8+ years. Qualified candidates will have excellent sourcing and headhunting skills, including experience recruiting for high demand and/or rare technical professionals in engineering and technology. International recruitment is an asset. Experience optimizing the use of an HRIS or ATS is significant asset (user testing, customization, adding new modules, etc.). Relevant post-secondary education is highly preferred.

We are looking for people who have strategically managed a TA function, including TA projects, employment branding, tracking TA metrics, process improvements, recruitment vendor negotiations, etc. Experience with formal people management of 1 to 3 direct reports is highly preferred.

How Much:

Competitive base salary commensurate with level of talent acquisition skills and experience, in the range of $110,000 to $120,000. Additionally, the TA Lead will be eligible for health & dental benefits, paid vacation, PD support, and an RRSP matching program.

Where:

Full time in office. The company is headquartered in Greater Vancouver. A huge perk of working for this company is that employees can choose to work a regular 8 hour day 5 days a week (and work from home on Fridays) OR work 10 hours a day for 4 days a week and take every Friday off work! There is also an “in-between” option whereby the employee can work 9 hours a day and take every 2nd Friday off work. This is a very rare and valuable perk in North America! Given this a global company, this allows the TA Lead to work a bit earlier or later than the average workday to cover interviewing candidates across different time zones, and then recoup that time by only working 4 days a week!

When & How to Apply:

This search is moving quickly and interviews kick off immediately. Swim Recruiting has been exclusively engaged on this search and will be presenting the profiles of short-listed candidates directly to the hiring team, including the VP of HR, for review.

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