Our client is seeking a collaborative and hands-on Talent Acquisition Lead, Enterprise Programs to join our Corporate Talent Acquisition team. This senior individual-contributor role combines full-cycle recruiting with enterprise talent initiatives, strategic pipeline development, and cross-company partnership.
The Talent Acquisition Lead will manage a portfolio of corporate, professional, technical, and operational searches while helping connect current hiring activity to their future workforce needs. This person will partner with business leaders, operating companies, and recruiting teams to develop talent pipelines, support career fairs and early-career initiatives, and improve how they attract, assess, and engage talent across the organization.
The ideal candidate enjoys being close to the recruiting work while also improving the programs and processes that support it. They are curious, organized, data-aware, and comfortable leading projects through collaboration and influence. Success in this role means delivering strong hires today while building healthier talent pipelines for the future.
What You'll Do
Full-Cycle Recruiting and Talent Partnerships
Manage full-cycle recruiting for assigned corporate, professional, technical, and operational positions
Partner with hiring leaders to understand business needs, define job-related candidate profiles, and develop effective sourcing and selection strategies
Source, screen, assess, and engage qualified candidates while providing a timely and professional candidate experience
Build relationships with passive candidates and develop talent communities for recurring and anticipated workforce needs
Advise hiring leaders on talent availability, recruiting approaches, interview practices, and candidate considerations
Maintain accurate requisition, candidate, and recruiting activity records within the applicant tracking system
Help connect qualified candidates with appropriate opportunities across the organization and its operating companies.
Enterprise Talent Pipelines and Workforce Planning
Translate business priorities, hiring forecasts, and recurring workforce needs into practical recruiting and pipeline strategies;
Identify talent needs that would benefit from proactive sourcing, community engagement, or longer-term pipeline development
Contribute recruiting insights, labor-market information, and candidate trends to workforce-planning discussions
Partner with recruiting teams and business leaders to develop talent communities for critical, recurring, and hard-to-fill positions;
Support talent initiatives involving multiple departments, operating companies, or geographic markets
Help create processes that allow qualified candidates to be considered across appropriate opportunities within the organization.
Career Fairs and Early Talent
Help plan, coordinate, and attend university, technical school, military, community, and industry recruiting events
Build and maintain relationships with schools, workforce organizations, military partners, community groups, and industry associations
Support internship, early-career, and skilled-trade recruiting programs based on business and workforce needs
Coordinate with operating companies and recruiting teams to align event participation with anticipated hiring demand
Ensure candidates identified through recruiting events receive timely follow-up and are connected with appropriate opportunities
Maintain event, candidate, and outcome information to support future recruiting decisions
Evaluate recruiting events based on candidate quality, engagement, hiring outcomes, and long-term pipeline value
Programs, Data, and Continuous Improvement
Contribute to the development of enterprise recruiting programs, tools, resources, and practical best practices
Identify opportunities to improve recruiter efficiency, hiring-leader partnership, selection consistency, and candidate experience
Support talent pools, recruiting workflows, candidate-sharing processes, reporting, and program documentation
Use recruiting data, stakeholder feedback, and candidate trends to identify opportunities and recommend improvements;
Develop clear resources and guidance that can be used by recruiting teams and hiring leaders across the organization
Establish project plans, coordinate stakeholders, track commitments, and communicate progress for assigned initiatives; and
Lead recruiting projects and enterprise initiatives through organization, collaboration, and positive influence.
What You'll Bring
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience
Eight or more years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience
Demonstrated success recruiting across multiple position types, functional areas, or business groups
Experience developing sourcing strategies, engaging passive candidates, and building talent pipelines
Experience supporting recruiting events, career fairs, campus recruiting, early-career programs, or similar talent initiatives
Experience leading recruiting projects or cross-functional initiatives through collaboration and influence
Strong interviewing, candidate-assessment, communication, and relationship-building skills
Ability to establish trusted partnerships with hiring leaders, recruiters, candidates, and external organizations;
Ability to manage multiple searches and projects while maintaining timely follow-through, sound judgment, and attention to detail
Working knowledge of applicant tracking systems, recruiting reporting, and talent data
Ability to handle sensitive candidate and business information with discretion
Ability to travel approximately 20% to 25%, including overnight travel, based on recruiting events and business needs.
Preferred Education and Experience
Experience within construction, engineering, utilities, energy, infrastructure, or another operationally complex industry
Experience supporting multiple business units, locations, or a decentralized organization
Experience contributing to workforce planning, recruiting program development, or process improvement
Experience partnering with universities, technical schools, military organizations, industry associations, or workforce-development programs
Experience using iCIMS or a comparable applicant tracking system
Experience with candidate relationship management tools, event platforms, or university recruiting systems
Experience developing recruiting dashboards, pipeline reporting, or program-effectiveness measures
Travel Requirements
Travel is expected approximately 20% to 25% of the time and may include overnight travel for career fairs, recruiting events, operating company meetings, and other business needs