Manager, Talent Acquisition

The opportunity

Compensation

• Base pay is stated as $96,000–$141,000 CAD annually, plus an annual short-term incentive.
• Offered base pay may vary based on skills, experience, education, training, job knowledge, and organizational requirements.

Role responsibilities

• Coach and develop recruiters, set priorities, strengthen accountability, balance workloads, and support career development.
• Lead end-to-end Director and Vice President searches, from market research and sourcing through assessment, offer negotiation, and pre-boarding.
• Promote consistent SmartRecruiters use and enable hiring teams to complete recruitment activities accurately and on time.
• Build responsible AI capability and incorporate approved AI tools into sourcing, screening support, communications, research, and insights.
• Set candidate and hiring leader experience standards and resolve service issues.
• Strengthen recruiter skills across sourcing, executive search, inclusive assessment, negotiation, technology, AI, and data.
• Partner on employer-brand campaigns, talent communities, events, careers content, and recruiter outreach.
• Own recruitment reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and operating routines; build cross-functional partnerships.
• Allocate capacity, oversee selected vendors and search partners, monitor spend and service quality, and drive continuous improvement.

What you will bring

• Progressive talent acquisition experience across multiple functions or business groups, including demonstrated success leading and developing recruiters.
• Deep experience delivering Director and Vice President searches and advising senior and executive leaders.
• Experience leading adoption, governance, or continuous improvement of an applicant tracking system; SmartRecruiters experience is an asset.
• Ability to apply AI-enabled tools and recruitment technology responsibly and use recruitment metrics and market intelligence to guide decisions.
• A track record of improving candidate and hiring leader experiences through standards, tools, service expectations, and follow-through.
• Strong judgment, communication, influencing, and stakeholder partnership skills, with appropriate discretion.
• Collaborative, inclusive, improvement-oriented approach and ability to shift between strategy, people leadership, change, and hands-on recruiting.
• Post-secondary education in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.

Benefits

• Benefits include health and wellness programs, a defined contribution pension plan with company matching, learning opportunities, tuition reimbursement, and paid volunteer days.

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